History Internet Archive to ignore robots.txt directives Rob Beschizza

gadgets MacBook Air M4 "leak" perhaps the most predictable leak in computer history Rob Beschizza

gadgets Become anyone with this LED face mask Rob Beschizza

Funny See this horse bend its head upside down to scratch an itch, making a funny and unexpected face in the process Popkin

Games Intel's $250 GPU heralds return of budget gaming PC Rob Beschizza

Funny Master the art of hiding coins like this guy: the ultimate trick with a tangerine, egg, apple, and a wall Popkin

Science Here's a great new thing to worry about: "Mirror life" could destroy life on Earth Ruben Bolling

Space The studio behind The Last of Us is finally making a new game (and not another remaster) Grant St. Clair

late stage capitalism This holiday season, do yourself a favor and (re)watch Reverend Billy's "What Would Jesus Buy?"  Jennifer Sandlin

travel Take a trip to the Mountain Dew headstone in Johnson City, Tennessee: visit the resting place of the original bottle design Popkin

video games Elden Ring is getting a multiplayer spinoff Grant St. Clair

Boing Boing Gadgets Still paying for Microsoft 365? A permanent Office license now pays for itself Boing Boing's Shop

Technology Man spends year creating aluminum iPhone housing from solid metal block Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets This is the phone cord that'll change your life. Here's why Boing Boing's Shop

News Strange 1996 "Markovian Parallax Denigrate" Usenet posts remain a mystery Ellsworth Toohey

media New York Times memo tells staff to avoid showing Luigi Mangione's face Rob Beschizza

drugs San Francisco's famed magic mushroom church closing doors, cites city government "harassment" Allan Rose Hill

sustainability Recycled plastic railway ties have lower carbon footprints Rob Beschizza

News FCC threatens to disconnect 2,400 phone companies enabling illegal robocalls Ellsworth Toohey

Elderly man who shot Walmart delivery drone cops a plea Allan Rose Hill