Jen sez, "This is a link to a Times Online article describing an ISP surveillance and throttling scheme announced by the UK government today. It's unclear what proof is required… Read the rest of the article: British ISPs sign up for surveillance and throttling of accused file-sharers

A group of esteemed British scientists and academics have sent an open letter calling on the British government to give more financial support to Bletchley Park, the site of the… Read the rest of the article: Brit academics call for Bletchley Park funding

Damien from Amnesty UK sez, Binyam Mohamed – an Ethiopian national, and a former resident of the United Kingdom – has been detained at Guantánamo Bay since September 2004. Amnesty… Read the rest of the article: Turning 30 in Guantanamo — Unsubscribe from the War on Terror

The NY Yankees banned sunblock at Yankee stadium "to prevent terrorism." On a blistering hot day. And sold high-markup, crappy sunblock inside the gates. You know, as soon as we… Read the rest of the article: New York Yankees ban sunblock "to fight terrorism" — sell replacements at $5/oz

SarahL sez, "I've been posting a portrait of a citizen of Toronto every day, painted in under an hour. Some are famous, others are friends or people I meet on… Read the rest of the article: Painting a portrait of a different Torontonian every day

Continuing in the Blade Runner theme of our most recent Boing Boing tv episode, today BB Gadgets editor Joel Johnson speaks with artist and futurist Syd Mead about this rare… Read the rest of the article: BBtv – Blade Runner LEGO Spinner Car: Syd Mead with Joel Johnson

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we found the best places to buy the worst gadgets, reviewed D-Link's DSM 330 Medialounge, and wondered how someone can retrospectively patent something and then… Read the rest of the article: Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets

CNN reporter Drew Griffin reported on the TSA's 1,000,000+ name watchlist of "potential terrorists," and now his name seems to have been added to the list. The TSA denies it,… Read the rest of the article: CNN reporter says bad things about the TSA, gets hassled every time he flies

Warren Ellis's fantastic net-perv novel Crooked Little Vein's just come out in paperback — here's the review I posted of the hardcover last year: Warren Ellis's first novel, "Crooked Little… Read the rest of the article: Crooked Little Vein: Warren Ellis's novel now in paperback

Dan "We the Media" Gillmor has a fascinating editorial up today, "Helping the Almost-Journalists Do Journalism" about the "journalistic" work that organizations like the ACLU are doing in covering stories… Read the rest of the article: Can ACLU and other advocacy orgs be journalists too?

Philips has spun out a new company called Shapeways that does cheap remote 3D printing — send them a design in 3D and they'll fabricate it out of a variety… Read the rest of the article: Shapeways 3D printing by Internet: 500 free beta signups

Photographer Phillip Todelano has put up "Days With My Father," a haunting and beautiful photo-essay about his relationship with his elderly father, who has no short-term memory. Link (Thanks, Andrew!)

Glyn sez, "The Open Rights Group's websites front page and the portions of the EFFs website (Deeplinks blog, Our work and Press room) are being blocked by Radialpoint Parental control… Read the rest of the article: Radialpoint parental filter/Virgin Media blocks Open Rights Group, EFF

Siva sez, "For the book he is writing called The Googlization of Everything, Siva Vaidhyanathan wants to know:" Do you remember the first time you used Google? When was it?… Read the rest of the article: Do you remember your first Google?

Neatorama found this photo of a 2nd Century AD bust that bears a resemblance to The Hillbilly Cat. Roman Elvis (Neatorama)

In the late 1990s, Jeff Simmermon formed a band with two chickens as members. This is his story. The keyboard players in my band were spacier than Sun Ra, more… Read the rest of the article: Band features two keyboard-playing chickens

Last night, the Imaginary Foundation presented me with this beautiful gift, "Bigfoot, the Garden Yeti Sculpture." Available from Design Toscano, it stands almost two and a half feet tall and… Read the rest of the article: Garden Yeti

iPhone Forensics: Recovering Evidence, Personal Data & Corporate Assets is a new book from O'Reilly Media that "gives IT professionals, security personnel, and law enforcement the knowledge needed to conduct… Read the rest of the article: iPhone Forensics book

I enjoyed this video of Keith Barry performing feats of "brain magic" at TED. First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies — in a trick… Read the rest of the article: Keith Barry's "brain magic" on TED Talks

Here's a nice appreciation for the work of Minnesota artist Jeffrey T. Larson. His work reminds me of my favorite painter, John Singer Sargent. My favorites of Larson's paintings, though,… Read the rest of the article: Art of Jeffrey T. Larson