special effects Watch "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957) for free on the Internet Archive Mark Frauenfelder
Space NASA's Voyager 1 completed tricky thruster swap at 38,000 mph to stay in touch with Earth Allan Rose Hill
science fiction Review: Paul Di Filippo trips the multiverse fantastic in "Vangie's Ghosts" Gareth Branwyn
music This classic 1980 pinball machine's seductive robot voice and soundtrack was created by a pioneer of electronic music (video) David Pescovitz
10 interesting facts about The Incredible Shrinking Man (and a new Criterion Collection edition of the movie!) Mark Frauenfelder
Boing Boing Gadgets Set yourself up with big savings on 25 different app and software bundles this July 4th Boing Boing's Shop
Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow
media theory The reporter on the NYT's Bernie Sanders beat consistently fails to identify her sources as corporate lobbyists Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Rudy Rucker reissues five of his classic books as $12 paperbacks and $2 DRM-free ebooks Cory Doctorow