happy mutants Remembering the wild days of IRC on its 30th birthday Cory Doctorow

maker A hobbyist projects SFO's overhead planes onto his ceiling in real time Ellsworth Toohey

Food Farmer digs up yam shaped like a human hand in China Popkin

What Grandpa Pudding Brains says war is fine because number 69 Jason Weisberger

mistakes Amazingly dangerous tech easily bought online Rob Beschizza

gadgets United flight declares emergency over Bluetooth broadcast, passengers say Rob Beschizza

The pyramids' missing casing stones have a better story than "thieves" Jason Weisberger

Entertainment Disney World's "Carousel of Progress" now to include progress Ruben Bolling

A coder fed 20 years of his messages to AI to audit his friendships Ellsworth Toohey

David Gerrold gave Land of the Lost an ending, then renewal ate it Jason Weisberger

retrocomputing ZX Spectrum basic interpreter remade from scratch on the web Rob Beschizza

Austrian plane clips paraglider mid-air; emergency chute saves pilot Popkin

travel Viral video: AirAsia jet battling crosswinds during landing at Taiwan airport Popkin

Expert on dong Raising many questions, Grandpa Pudding Brains says he's "studied" circumcision for a long time Jason Weisberger

History Hengefinder finds streets that perfectly frame the setting sun Rob Beschizza

art This guy bent 70 trees into ladders and bird cages Popkin

travel Alaska's "Dr. Seuss House" is a stacked-cabin tower deep in the woods Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets This $60 AI meeting assistant listens to your meetings so you don't have to Boing Boing's Shop

books Vintage clown photos capture old circus culture Popkin

Science In 1997, NOAA recorded a sound louder than any known animal Ellsworth Toohey