happy mutants 88 Names: Matt Ruff's MMORPG heist novel is "Snow Crash meets the King and I" Cory Doctorow

identity theft Attempted murder by cheesecake for the purpose of identity theft Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Sex Criminals Volume Three: in which a dirty caper story becomes something much, much more Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Paolo Bacigalupi's "The Doubt Factory" Cory Doctorow

battery Scientists have made an edible rechargeable battery, but suggest you don't eat it Rusty Blazenhoff

jerks The artist who posted that horrible personal assistant ad was Tom Sachs, and now Nike has dumped him Mark Frauenfelder

crime Suspect who killed 5 people in Texas mass shooting has "vanished" with "zero leads" Rob Beschizza

auctions Someone just paid $200,000 for Steve Jobs's rotting Birkenstocks David Pescovitz

silicon valley Landscapers find car buried deep in yard of $15 million Silicon Valley home, cadaver dogs on the scene David Pescovitz

heists "Wage Wars, Get Rich, Die Handsome," is the newest banger from the Mountain Goats Thom Dunn

What your favorite sad dad band says about you Jennifer Sandlin

KONG Meet Professor Grrrballs, my dog Electra's favorite doll Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets The Sinji Ergonomic Mouse could be the answer to all your hand, wrist, and forearm pains Boing Boing's Shop

graphic novels Excerpt from Michel Rabagliati's Paul at Home Mark Frauenfelder

music video A wonderfully eerie stop-motion silent film about a ghost falling through the multiverse Thom Dunn

police Cops lie constantly Rob Beschizza

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

vehicles Beautiful gardens in the back of Japanese mini pickup trucks David Pescovitz

Funny "The Heist" pokes fun at big-budget Hollywood capers Andrea James