podcast Listen to a firsthand account of hobo life in new "City of the Rails" podcast Rusty Blazenhoff
drm HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza
bbc BBC won't broadcast Attenborough episode on destruction of wildlife over fear of right-wing backlash Gareth Branwyn
art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn
Boing Boing Gadgets From robot vacs to window washers, these Labor Day deals will have you feeling so fresh and clean Boing Boing's Shop
manga Yoshiharu Tsuge: the first manga artist who used his personal life as story material Mark Frauenfelder
music Celebrate Independence Day with Cordell Jackson, the "Rock n Roll Granny" a psychobilly pioneer who played until she was 81 Cory Doctorow
tabloids Aretha Franklin murdered, Kevin Spacey in slaying scandal, and Obama's secret lover, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
happy mutants A new edition of Daniel Pinkwater's happy mutant kids' classic, "Lizard Music" Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Soupy Leaves Home: a masterpiece of YA graphic storytelling, about hobos on the open road Cory Doctorow
books A luscious tome of family stories and previously unseen photos to celebrate Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday Wink