Mathematicians: You must have at least 17 clues to solve Sudoku
Sex is Fun podcast: How sexism affects your sex life
I've been doing periodic appearances on Sex is Fun, a sex-positive podcast aimed at providing fun, informative sex ed. for grown-ups. Last time I was on the show, we talked about some funny animal sex studies and what they can and can't teach you about human sexual behavior. This time around, we talked about a [...]
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Robot gaze: what are the aesthetics of computer vision systems?
Romania's prime minister doesn't know why he signed ACTA, Czech Republic's out
Planktonauts: Connett's odd acrylic teeming scene of micro-life
Today in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool, "Planktonauts," by Robert Steven Connett, who notes, "This is a direction that I feel very comfortable with. Very enjoyable to create. I’m happy with the results. I hope to do many more similar paintings in the months to come." PlanktonautsV2_1500pxw
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Petition to uncloak secret copyright treaty
Gweek 038: Puzzlejuice Pigs
Gweek is a weekly podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My hosts on episode 38 are Dean Putney, Boing Boing's coding and development wizard, Boing Boing alum Joel Johnson of Animal New York, [...]
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Scenes from the 1970 Encylopedia of Home Improvement
How to Be a Retronaut's gallery of images from the 1970 edition of the "Encylopedia of Home Improvement" are like shots from a never-aired episode of The Brady Bunch where the family took over management of The Madonna Inn and did a little light redecorating. Encylopedia of Home Improvement, 1970
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U.S. Air Force defends cyberspace in Entertainment Liaison Video pitch
Video: From The Mouth of The Sun's "Sitting In A Roofless Room"
Sol LeWitt kippah
This is a Sol LeWitt yarmulke created by the Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek temple in Chester, Connecticut. LeWitt, a member of the congregation, helped design the temple. "Sol LeWitt Kippah" (Thanks, Jill Miller!)
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Be a Book Giver on World Book Night
Jolly Green Giant in a dickie
The Jolly Green Giant was always the most ambiguous and slightly threatening of the tinned food mascots. Tilt your head and squint and this is a cruel titan who's toying with the mortals at his dinner table before turning them loose for the Wild Hunt. Plus: Mexicorn! Mexicorn!
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Do the dead outnumber the living?
Andreas Gursky "Union Rave" (1995) In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke wrote ""Behind every man now alive stand 30 ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living." That's no longer true. These days, there are apparently 15 dead for every living person. Still, the living clearly do not [...]
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Preview video of "John Romita's The Amazing Spider-Man: Artist's Edition"
Watchmen prequels: the fallout
Ty Templeton has a strangely appealing and plausible look at the likely fallout from the DC comics' decision to produce a line of Watchmen prequels. Click through below for the punchline. Who Watches the Bun Toons! YAY! (via Forbidden Planet)
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Zapping the brain into "expert" mode
Dick Tufeld, voice of Lost In Space's Robot, RIP
I had missed this sad news, but Dick Tufeld, the man who gave Robby the Robot his voice on Lost In Space, died last month. He was 85. Along with his famous catchphrase "Danger, Will Robinson!" and the intro to Lost In Space, Tufield's voice was also heard at the beginning of "Voyage To The [...]
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The Afterlife of Technology at the End of the World
We've blogged once or twice about the Jamesburg Earth Station, a disused satellite communications station in a remote Californian valley. Alexis Madrigal went there, and found a trailer park, a buddhist retreat, and "one of the old, weird ties between Earth and space." [The Atlantic]
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Tom Marcinkco's wonderful sf, free for Kindles
My friend and oft-times workshop mate Tom Marcinko, a very talented writer and critiquer, has just put seven of his previously published sf stories into the Kindle store for what he calls "the amazingly low price of absolutely nothing." He's getting back to work on new fiction after a long hiatus, and this is his [...]
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Video: OK Go's "Needing/Getting"
Video from the opening of Epcot Center's Spaceship Earth
Beautiful transfer of a 1957 color home movie of Disneyland
Report: U.S. drones also killed rescuers after strikes
Razani Base, Waziristan,Aug. 1938, from which British and Indian forces suppressed a local insurrection.Photo: Brian Harrington Spier, under CC The Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that drones targeted funeral mourners and rescuers responding to prior strikes. One government official, granted the veil of anonymity by The New York Times, would not deny that it had [...]
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Talking camera issues threats to people visiting communal garden
Stop-motion film about an entomologist's nightmare
Graffiti artist in Urbana, Ill. has an upbeat message for you
This bit of graffiti, spotted by entomologist and photographer Alex Wild, seems like the perfect way to start off a Monday morning. Thanks, anonymous tagger! I feel better already!
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Video of Iceland's lake monster
An Icelandic man captured video of what some suggest is the Lagarfljótsormur, a lake monster residing in the lake Lagarfljót in the eastern part of the country. Others suggest it's a fishing net. I prefer the former. Stories of the Lagarfljótsormur date back to 1345. From Iceland Review Online: According to legend, it was at [...]
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