media Adam Savage's favorite media for 2021 Gareth Branwyn

makers My favorite maker tips for 2021 Gareth Branwyn

NASA Why 2021 was the weirdest year in space Gareth Branwyn

new orleans Mardi Gras spirit perseveres with "Yardi Gras" house floats Janelle Hessig

seattle Brilliant Space Needle New Years virtual display from your couch Kevin Reome

Joe Biden Joe and Jill Biden rockin' on New Years Eve with JLo, sadly no Mariah Kevin Reome

television What will happen to your shows in 2021? Kevin Reome

science fiction The man who built the spaceships for 2001, Alien, and Empire has died Séamus Bellamy

language Old English word of the day Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Vienna's graveyards are full of hardcore hamsters Jason Weisberger

Weird Video shows a rain curtain splitting a street into two worlds Popkin

robots Robots can kung fu, but can they summit Everest? Gail Sherman

Games PointlessQuest puts a full MMO on Playdate's 2.7-inch screen Gail Sherman

ICE Barbie Kristi Noem begs Yakko Warner to explain South America Jason Weisberger

mergers and acquisitions Fox buys the henhouse Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets Buy Office and Windows once, then stop thinking about them for $35 Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets Microsoft Office 2024 is $105 for life—that's less than one year of 365 Boing Boing's Shop

Games Sealed 1985 Super Mario Bros game fetches record $3m at auction Rob Beschizza

water Lake Powell is approaching the line where Glen Canyon Dam stops making power Jason Weisberger

Internet An anonymous group posted internet puzzles to recruit code-breakers, then vanished Ellsworth Toohey