February 2010
145 posts
[from thejus' greader] US Gov't. Ending Its... →
[from thejus' greader] Godzilla Haiku →
[from alex's greader] Attention All Local Bands –... →
alex says:
Why is this at once odious and alluring to me?
‘Tune It!’ courtesy of ‘Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com’
Think your band has what it takes to land one of 10 spots…
[from thejus' greader] Tofu wrestling in Brooklyn →
thejus says:
because jello is not vegan?
Tofu Wrestling. Feel free to be outraged, disgusted, or turned on. (NSFW, via Brooklyn Vegan.)
[from thejus' greader] A flat-out high speed burn... →
One favorite quote from Hunter S. Thompson, who died exactly five years ago (give or take a few days) ago, is this one, the opening lines from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
We were somewhere…
[from alex's greader] The Day My Kid Went Punk,... →
ABC After-School Specials hit their zenith (or nadir) with The Day My Kid Went Punk, a punksploitation show to rival the CHiPS “Rip and Destroy” episode (and yes, that’s Bernie Kopell, the…
[from alex's greader] I am an anarchist, says... →
mike tweets... →
Theres something dr who-ish about the way smallville is compellingly sucky.
[from alex's greader] communique from a brat stunt... →
alex says:
Anarchist News has been saucy lately.
The Housing Community Center, or the HCC, at Evergreen used to be a space where students could spend time hanging out with friends, sipping…
[from thejus' greader] Scientists listen to the... →
[from thejus' greader] Sometimes I'm Happy →
Happy people are more selfish and pay less attention to details than do those of us who know that life is an unrelenting slog of boredom, horror, and melancholy, says Science. This obverse…
[from alex's greader] play play play →
Shared by Nick
This man draws what I feel on my insides.
2010-02-25 21:53:09 another different sort of comic from me
[from thejus' greader] Bill Nye Schools Bill... →
[from thejus' greader] Yes, I'll honor the f---ing... →
This internet video captures perfectly what folks like your faithful Boing Boing editors go through many times a day. Hewn of win: “I will honor the embargo for the rest of my life…
[from thejus' greader] Walmart Bests Whole Foods... →
[from thejus' greader] The Lantern Corps Quiz →
thejus says:
for mike
So remember when you were a kid and you used to get really bored and you’d read your sister’s copy of Seventeen Magazine and take all the quizzes to see…
[from thejus' greader] arcashmoneyyalla580.jpg →
[from thejus' greader] Triumph of the Cyborg... →
[from thejus' greader] Weaponized Chili Peppers →
thejus says:
so delicious
I posted earlier this week about foods people eat even though they are dangerous if improperly prepared. Here’s a food people eat that seems dangerous no matter how it’s…
[from thejus' greader] Rhode Island High School... →
thejus says:
you have no idea how many times i’ve wanted to do this at work. of course, i am drunk with power :)
Do you teach at Central Falls High? Not for long. You’ve all been fired. The…
[from thejus' greader] Human behavior is 93... →
[from thejus' greader] Quantum Tunnelling... →
thejus says:
a title that gets me hard
Peratech Limited has been commissioned by the MIT Media Lab to develop a new type of electronic ‘skin’ that enables robotic devices to detect not only that…
[from alex's greader] An anarchist's critique of... →
alex says:
Flawed, but I share the frustration.
I have been on the “radical left” in the U.S. long enough to know how it works: someone somewhere does something, and then we debate it, express…
[from thejus' greader] Print Me An Organ →
This article sounded so sci-fi I almost didn’t believe it was real, but according to The Economist, the era of being able to print 3-D human organs is no just coming — it’s here. A…
[from thejus' greader] Ubuntu 10.04 to Include... →
[from thejus' greader] Online documentary about... →
Vice has a fascinating 5-part documentary on Heimo Korth, “the Omega Man of America’s Final Frontier.” The first two parts are up now, the rest will be posted throughout the week.
In 1980, Jimmy…
[from thejus' greader] Adventure #280 →
thejus says:
whad up, thetan?
Adventure #280
[from thejus' greader] Jeremy Enecio | Escape Into... →
[from thejus' greader] Looping foot pedal →
This guitar pedal can record, playback, and modify samples. [Colin Merkel], also know for his work on electronic door locks, built this to replicate some guitar effects he heard in…
[from thejus' greader] Updated: A Universal... →
[from thejus' greader] Ubuntu 10.04 to Include... →
[from thejus' greader] Cylon teddy bear →
thejus says:
TOASTER LOVERS!
Somebody lucky got this Cylon teddy bear for Valentine’s Day! Learn how to make your own with dragonvpm’s Instructable.
In the Maker Shed:
[from thejus' greader] MagiTact hands-free phone... →
[from thejus' greader] A conversation with Dr.... →
thejus says:
actually easier to listen to than to read
Hi. This is Kathleen Wells. I’m the political correspondent for Race-Talk. Last week, I had an opportunity to talk with Dr. Cornel West. He…
[from alex's greader] DC Omnivore 100: #19 Steamed... →
alex says:
Baltimore friends: let us eat meat together.
‘04 Small Steamed Pork Buns’ courtesy of ‘jasonlam’
It’s time for another item on the DC Omnivore 100 list of the top…
[from alex's greader] GadgetTrak retrieves 95... →
alex says:
Really, Engadget/GadgetTrak? The average laptop thief is a hooded, sketchy-looking black man? This is, like, the least original racism ever.
Want your stolen gear back?…
[from alex's greader] First Look: Capital City... →
alex says:
Dirk Keaton: A drunken bike ride to this diner awaits us once spring comes.
I met Matt and Patrick, the owners of Capital City Diner, last September. I stopped by the…
[from thejus' greader] ACORN Dead–Now Let's Get... →
ACORN is dead! Thank God! Now the right will have to go after some other group that helps the disgusting poor and works to raise the minimum wage and registers BROWN PEOPLE to vote.
[from thejus' greader] Concept for swarming... →
thejus says:
disturbed but lusting
Last week, I posted about Flyfire, an MIT research project to explore whether a swarm of tiny illuminated helicopters could form into a…
[from thejus' greader] Vampire Weekend, "Giving Up... →
thejus says:
this song makes me want to punch my own dick
In case you haven’t seen it yet, here is the new Vampire Weekend video. It’s pretty great for lots of reasons: RZA as Shaolin ninja/chair…
[from thejus' greader] Video 'This Is Your Brain' →
[from thejus' greader] Guitar marxophone →
[from thejus' greader] Watch This: Sleek Cyberpunk... →
The latest movie news, movie trailers, interviews, rumors, hype, and everything related to the theatrical experience straight from Hollywood and beyond.
[from thejus' greader] The Worried Well: Ben Frost... →
[from thejus' greader] Devotion to Duty →
[from thejus' greader] A guide to drugs on Koh... →
[from thejus' greader] You Will Be... →
[from thejus' greader] it’s going to be great to... →
thejus says:
…why is the internet reading over my shoulder?
it’s going to be great to be into Soundgarden all over again and not have to hide the fact that you knew Chris Cornell was in…
[from thejus' greader] Spillway: I Have Always... →
[from thejus' greader] Israel's new military... →
The Israeli air force unveils a fleet of unmanned aerial drones it says can fly as far as Iran. Officials say the Heron TP drones are about the size of passenger jets, with an 86-foot wingspan,…