Crashfaster and Doctor Popular created an entire album's worth of 8bit-inspired music to go with Knife Tank, their entry in our latest game development competition!
— Read the restNot to brag, but the nerd-rap-knifetank-anthem I did with Beefy is sure to make your head nod… and 8bit bEtty's remix of it is even keener!
A group of people involved with the Bay Area hacker space Noisebridge organized an impromptu science fair to be held outside an Insane Clown Posse show, when the band and their juggalo fans recently passed through San Francisco. Doctor Popular at Laughing Squid has an extensive blog report up, with videos and links to photo sets. — Read the rest
(photos: Daisy with fire by Alexia Tsotsis/Andy Wright of SF Weekly. At left, BB banner and Boinged-out Doughboy by bgreensf)
We had so much fun at the first-ever Boing Boing Picnic (actually, the first meatspace BB event of any kind!) — Read the rest
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Built in HTML5, Knifetank is compatible with recent versions of Safari. Use the WASD keys to move; click the mouse button to fire; and switch on all the blocks on to move to the next level. — Read the rest
Just one week to go in the Chiptune Game Development competition! To recap: We're joining with Safari Books Online, the massive online library of technical know-how, to honor the mighty chiptune. All you have to do is pick out a great game-style chiptune that has no game to go with it, then make the game. — Read the rest
Boing Boing pal Eddie Codel (who's now with Ustream) says, "Knowing your love for all things Mighty Boosh, I thought I'd let you know that Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt are doing a live video web chat Thursday morning to promote the release of the Mighty Decider iPhone crack/toy/game/timewaster app, created in part by Doctor Popular. — Read the rest
Doctor Popular says,
— Read the restToday is 24hour Comic Book Day. Cartoonists all over the world will be taking part in the challenge of creating an entire 24 page comic book in just one day. Robots Don't Know Anything About Twitter, which was featured on BB a few weeks ago, was created as part of last years 24HCBDay!
(Photo by Plug1 of whatimseeing.com)
Oh, this is stupid and sad. Pez Candy Inc., makers of pixel-y candy dosed out in those iconic character dispensers, is suing the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia for copyright infringement. Doctor Popular blogs about it over at Laughing Squid:
— Read the restThe suit, filed last week, claims that the museum deceives the public into believing they are operating under the authority of Pez and asks that the museum's 7 foot tall replica of Pez dispenser be destroyed.
Download the MP4 here. Flash video above, click "fullscreen" icon inside player to view large. YouTube channel here, subscribe on iTunes here. Get Twitter updates every time there's a new ep by following @boingboingvideo, and here are blog post archives for Boing Boing Video. — Read the rest
Download the MP4 here. Flash video above, click "fullscreen" icon inside player to view large. YouTube channel here, subscribe on iTunes here. Get Twitter updates every time there's a new ep by following @boingboingvideo, and here are blog post archives for Boing Boing Video. — Read the rest
Download the MP4 here. Flash video above, click "fullscreen" icon inside player to view large. YouTube channel here, subscribe on iTunes here. Get Twitter updates every time there's a new ep by following @boingboingvideo, and here are blog post archives for Boing Boing Video. — Read the rest
Download the MP4 here. Flash video above, click "fullscreen" icon inside player to view large. YouTube channel here, subscribe on iTunes here. Get Twitter updates every time there's a new ep by following @boingboingvideo, and here are blog post archives for Boing Boing Video. — Read the rest
Download the MP4 here. Flash video above, click "fullscreen" icon inside player to view large. YouTube channel here, subscribe on iTunes here. Get Twitter updates every time there's a new ep by following @boingboingvideo, and here are blog post archives for Boing Boing Video. — Read the rest
Download the MP4 here. Flash video above, click "fullscren" icon inside player to view large. YouTube channel here, subscribe on iTunes here. Get Twitter updates every time there's a new ep by following @boingboingvideo, and here are blog post archives for Boing Boing Video. — Read the rest
Over at Laughing Squid, guestblogger Doctor Popular posted a video he shot of accordionist and experimental musician Mark Growden playing a haunting tune on a set of handlebars. Mark Growden plays the handlebars
Cyberpunk science fiction pioneer William Gibson has lent his name to some very cool bags and jackets (and sneakers). The products are a joint effort of two Japanese firms, bag company Porter, and Buzz Rickson, remakers of vintage military clothing. — Read the rest
Doctor Popular says:
— Read the restCheck out this pic taken of a Narnia banner on the side of a San Francisco MUNI bus.
I love the unfortunate [re:awesome] placement of one of the buses yellow reflectors over Prince Caspian's face. Imagine this evil eye blinking on and off at you as the bus makes a turn.
Shimone says:
— Read the restMy buddy (the yo-yo impresario Doctor Popular) posted this mystery object on his blog.
From the page: The mystery object is made out of brass and belonged to Rachel's grandmother. It has an arm with three joints and a collapsible tripod stand.
Above, the lovely Miss MC Router (alternate link). Doesn't look like she's on the lineup, but she rocks.
MC Plus+ tells BoingBoing,
— Read the restBring in the year 2007 with performances from your favorite Nerdcore artists. It's happening January 9th and 10th in Las Vegas.
