DIY Build a tin can steam engine from a 1963 Mechanix Illustrated magazine article (video) Mark Frauenfelder

makers My favorite maker tips for 2022 Gareth Branwyn

comedy Simone Giertz combines a plant and a lamp and creates a "plamp" Gareth Branwyn

tools Making your own utility knife in brass using common shop tools Gareth Branwyn

antiques The existential endtime pleasures of watching silent restoration videos Gareth Branwyn

Games Chess board turned into wonderfully nerdy coat rack David Pescovitz

art Li Ziqi making paper by hand Rob Beschizza

Weekend of Wonder Fixing a safe lock with a bullet casing John Edgar Park

Boing Boing Gadgets A crash course in modern IT is on sale for $19.97 during Deal Days Boing Boing's Shop

Ethan Hawke The Weight looks like a heavy-duty thriller Séamus Bellamy

Science Dissolving crust on dead lithium batteries allows restoration to 95% original capacity Rob Beschizza

Space Webb spent three days photographing one beautiful galactic mess Jason Weisberger

travel Free all-ages playground in Western Australia has a 35-meter walkway and flying fox Popkin

gaming Steam Summer Sale is back with Witcher 3 at $4, Cyberpunk under $20 Grant St. Clair

RAM shortage Apple raises prices because AI ate the RAM Jason Weisberger