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

This aggressive little tortoise is unstoppable in his determination to keep cats off his territory.

On Instructables, The Raven shows how to make a high-pitched tormentor that most mature adults are immune to: This is a little device that I designed for the simple purpose… Read the rest of the article: The Raven, high pitched tormentor

Why are these news anchors smiling? Because they've been given cups filled with a solid plastic material that resembles coffee. Two cups of McDonald's iced coffee (BUY!) sit on the… Read the rest of the article: Fox TV news anchors enjoy plastic coffee

No, we're not talking shock therapy. Researchers at the University of Toronto installed deep brain stimulating electrodes in 20 patients with severe depression who weren't helped by other means. Twelve… Read the rest of the article: Brain electrodes as depression treatment

UPDATE: Our moderator Teresa dig quite a bit of digging into this search engine optimization company. I highly recommend you read her report on what people are saying about eBoost… Read the rest of the article: Did eBoost Media customer service rep call customer a faggot?

The "Curse of the Crying Boy" involves any number of kitschy prints of a sad child that are said to bring ruin to any house where it hangs. The legend… Read the rest of the article: Curse of the Crying Boy art print

CBS2 Chicago has a good roundup on the trend to "X-rated" TSA searches at airports wherein travellers are forced to strip in public, remove their nipple rings; a child amputee… Read the rest of the article: Why is the TSA taking out nipple rings and pantsing amputees?

Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, John Brownlee ponders why someone, other than the most hardcore goth, might prefer to clean their ears with black q-tips. Perhaps it's good preparation for… Read the rest of the article: Black q-tips

In other Syd Mead news, Shrapnel, a new graphic novel series featuring Mead's mecha designs, debuts at this week at Comic-Con in San Diego. The story was spawned from a… Read the rest of the article: Shrapnel: new comic featuring Syd Mead's designs

Stanley Kobierwoski, 34, Providence, Rhode Island, was arraigned Tuesday on charge of DUI and resisting arrest. His blood alcohol level was 0.491, a likely record in the state for a… Read the rest of the article: Man has blood alcohol level of 0.491

I've just finished reading Jonathan Zittrain's The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, a provocative, well-reasoned, well-informed and sometimes frustrating book about the power of the Internet… Read the rest of the article: Zittrain's "The Future of the Internet" — how to save the Internet from the Internet

The 1982 cyberpunk cinema classic Blade Runner remains one of the most influential science fiction movies of all time, and tops many a nerd's favorite films list. Today on Boing… Read the rest of the article: BBtv – Syd Mead with Joel Johnson, part 3: BLADE RUNNER.

Brilliant assemblage sculptor Jeremy Mayer has put up a new gallery of his work, which transforms parts from old typewriters into exotic, fanciful and expressive humans and animals. Link See… Read the rest of the article: Old typewriters turned into beautiful, expressive animals and people

Wired's Danger Room has a good interview with Dan Kaminsky, whose DNS hack has been burning up the wires. Dan figured out a means of disrupting the entire Internet by… Read the rest of the article: Kaminsky on the net-shaking DNS bug

Wired's got a long, loving feature on the cultural significance of War Games, perhaps the greatest geek movie of all time, a film that inspired a generation of hackers and… Read the rest of the article: Wargames: finest geek movie ever

This Swiss goop ("Cyber Clean") is a viscous slime that you roll around on your keyboard, so that all the food particles and fingernail parings are swept away, while the… Read the rest of the article: Viscous keyboard-cleaning goop

Virtuoso toy-modder Doktor A created this modified toy VW van for a special show at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. The toy modders were one of the highlights of last… Read the rest of the article: Modded VW van toy in a fez