The XKCD Thing Explainer book — which explains technical subjects using the thousand most common English words, in the style of Up Goer Five — is due out in November, and Randall Munroe is going out on tour ("book trip") in November!
See him in NYC, Seattle, Beaverton/PDX Oregon, San Francisco, Berkeley, Houston, Naperville/Chicago, and Toronto.
I’m going on a book trip! [XKCD]
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words [Randall Munroe/Houghton Mifflin]
There's still magic in the world, as evidenced by this fairy's-eye view of Children's Fairyland, that charming 70-year-old storybook theme park in Oakland, California. You might remember that when I'm… READ THE REST
We've been writing about Lea Redmond since 2009 here on Boing Boing. She's just one of those kind of people who consistently makes neat things — a real Happy Mutant!… READ THE REST
Listed at $159,900 this 1,075 square-foot home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is bland on the outside but features rooms with outer space, submarine, tropical island, and moonbase motifs. The owners put… READ THE REST
Dessert cheesecake wafer bear claw fruitcake. Fruitcake chupa chups donut candy canes marzipan. Apple pie sweet roll tart chocolate cake macaroon marshmallow carrot cake gummi bears sweet. Pastry sugar plum… READ THE REST
We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST
