beep beep beep Adventures in racism at the supermarket checkout Heather Johanssen

police A short, squat, useless Robocop comes to NYC Ruben Bolling

treasure hunting Person with metal detector finds stash of 1,500-year-old gold jewelry David Pescovitz

mike pence Caught in the act — Pence pretends to pump gas, forgets to insert credit card Mark Frauenfelder

drm HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

gadgets If your ThinkPad boots into beepy tunes, trouble is afoot Rob Beschizza

Science University janitor, frustrated by "annoying" beeps from lab freezer, shut if off and ruined 20 years of biochemical research David Pescovitz

parody Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to hide their checkmarks to avoid shaming and mockery Mark Frauenfelder

noise Study finds you can change your brain to hear better in chaotic, noisy environments Mark Frauenfelder

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

queen elizabeth Supermarket turns down checkout beep sound, and other strange marks of respect for Queen Elizabeth II David Pescovitz

art theft Watch comedian Sean Millea steal 1½ Beeples Andrew Yi

weather-beaten houses Watch the moment a house falls into a river and floats away Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets Save over $50 off this smart Belgian waffle maker Boing Boing's Shop

cartoons The seven-decade success of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner Gareth Branwyn

comedians Here are the many amusing ways people wait for the anxiety-provoking microwave beep Carla Sinclair

Games How "Hup!" became the standard sound effect for jumping in video games Rob Beschizza

Practical harassment Prank beeping device now eviler than ever Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Learn to make your own games for $35 with this early Black Friday course deal Boing Boing's Shop

animals Roadrunner stowed away on a moving van from Las Vegas to Maine David Pescovitz