BoingBoing
SUBSCRIBE STORE
  • SEARCH
  • STORE
  • Blog : The posts
  • Forums : Read the rules
  • Store : Wonderful Products (Contact Support)
  • Newsletter : Daily wonderful things
  • About Us : Writers and staff
  • Contact Us : Get satisfaction
  • Advertise : Thank you for reading
  • Privacy Policy : The data you generate
  • TOS : What you agree to
  • Thumbnails : Youtube Thumbnail generator
  • Screenshot via Github
    Games Doom in a QR code Rob Beschizza
  • Boing Boing/Midjourney
    scams Scammers are putting fake QR codes on parking meters in California Ellsworth Toohey
  • happy mutants Generate artistic, animated, color QR codes that scan Cory Doctorow
  • happy mutants Stamping Chinese banknotes with censorship-busting QR codes Cory Doctorow
  • Business Hidden pint-glass QR code is only visible when filled with Guinness Cory Doctorow
  • The prototype Muxcard. Image: krauseler
    gadgets Muxcard: a portable computer the size and thickness of a credit card Rob Beschizza
  • SwiftScan VIP
    Boing Boing Gadgets This app digitizes your paper clutter for $48 for life Boing Boing's Shop
  • iScanner App
    Boing Boing Gadgets iScanner's here to save tax season at only $26 for life  Boing Boing's Shop
  • Pope Leo
    religion Pope tells priests to stop using AI to write their sermons Rob Beschizza
  • Image: Fujifilm
    gadgets Reviewers love the Super 8-style Instax Mini Evo Cinema, but not its price tag and problems Rob Beschizza
  • Slate
    Inside a job scam: Reporter spends $96 to expose fraudster tactics Ellsworth Toohey
  • image: salilbhatt/Shutterstock
    National Parks Service National Parks visitors find better use for quisling QR code Jason Weisberger
  • Nok Lek Travel Lifestyle/shutterstock.com
    scams YouTuber tells how he was "scammed beyond belief" Mark Frauenfelder
  • iScanner App: Lifetime Subscription
    Boing Boing Gadgets Don't pay for Adobe Scan when this iPhone app does more for less Boing Boing's Shop
  • Image: Karl Rock/YouTube
    italy Watch jerks scam tourists with their stupid bracelet trick in Rome Ellsworth Toohey
  • Science Peter Kuper's Insectopolis: A history of insects, told by insects Ruben Bolling
  • Waldfriedhof. Credit: Rufus46 / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)
    data Mysterious QR codes added to 1,000 graves in Munich Rob Beschizza
  • Monroe Street parking lot in Chicago holds 2,700 cars for commuters at Lake Shore Drive, by John H. White from Documerica (1973–4), Public Domain
    UCLA RIP Donald Shoup: parking reform visionary who changed cities Ellsworth Toohey
  • https://boingboing.net/2025/01/30/time-spent-on-the-real-world-failed-to-prepare-transportation-sec-duffy-for-the-real-world.html
    nypd Do not hand your cell phone to strangers warns the NYPD Gail Sherman
  • Dolores M. Harvey / Shutterstock.com
    food safety Fired Disney World manager accused of dangerous menu hacking revenge plot Ellsworth Toohey

Read the rules you agree to by using this website in our Terms of Service.

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Boing Boing uses cookies and analytics trackers, and is supported by advertising, merchandise sales and affiliate links. Read about what we do with the data we gather in our Privacy Policy.

Who will be eaten first? Our forum rules are detailed in the Community Guidelines.

Boing Boing is published under a Creative Commons license except where otherwise noted.

    • Mark Frauenfelder
    • David Pescovitz
    • Rob Beschizza
    • Carla Sinclair
    Editors
    • Jason Weisberger
    Publisher
    • Ken Snider
    Sysadmin
    • About Us
    • Newsletter
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Forums
    • Shop
    • Shop Support