Every so often I have to return to this wonderful performance of the Chairman of the Bored on the 4/24/1979 episode of Old Grey Whistle Test. The band (Iggy, Scott… Read the rest of the article: Iggy Pop on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1979

As part of the content for "Ordinary Man," Ozzy Obsourne's most recent record (released January 21, 2020), last night saw the release of this video for the title track. It… Read the rest of the article: Ozzy Osbourne releases touching autobiographical video for his recent single, "Ordinary Man" (featuring Elton John)

Pi Day is coming up this Saturday. To celebrate, here's a cool little demo of 3.14 using four pizzas and one circumference of crust. With Pi Day just around the… Read the rest of the article: A brilliant visual illustration of Pi using pizzas and crust

In this CNet piece, Gael Fashingbauer Cooper poses the question: should the "Live Long and Prosper" Vulcan greeting replace handshakes in the coronavirus era? Hell, yes! Let's do this thing.… Read the rest of the article: Should the Vulcan greeting replace the handshake in the coronavirus era?

On Twitter, Lorenzo the Cat posted this pic of cute kitty posters being pasted over racist graffiti in Manchester, England. You DO follow Lorenzo the Cat on Twitter, don't you?… Read the rest of the article: Covering "racist rubbish" with pics of kitties in Manchester, England

As you may know, YouTuber and Queen of Shitty Robots (and other sketchy maker projects), Simone Giertz, had to have brain surgery a year ago. One thing she acquired during… Read the rest of the article: Simone Giertz makes a paper shredder from her own brain scan

If you've ever tried to create swapable arms and weapons on gaming miniatures, using rare earth magnets, you know what a hassle it can be. Great idea, not fun to… Read the rest of the article: Hand of Glory offers modular, magnetic gaming miniatures

Take as much money as you want, at $7.25 an hour (current Fed minimum wage). All you have to do is turn the crank, which dispenses one penny every 4.97… Read the rest of the article: Minimum Wage Machine dispenses free money at the simple turn of a crank

A massively powerful eruption has been detected in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, located about 390 million light years from Earth. It is the biggest such event ever observed. In some… Read the rest of the article: Biggest explosion ever seen in the Universe

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola talks about his 35-year career, his concept design work on Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and winning an Eisner Award in this interview on Inverse. Image:… Read the rest of the article: Hellboy creator Mike Mignola talks about returning to drawing comics and more

The images from this local news report from WGRZ in Hamburg, NY are crazy. Houses completely encased in ice, some of it up to three feet thick. Cold temperatures, gale-force… Read the rest of the article: The frozen houses of Lake Erie

Colossal writes: Designed to recycle outdated electronics, multiple musical projects by Electronicos Fantasticos utilize a version of the barcode system found on every package on store shelves. When scanned, each… Read the rest of the article: Making music playing barcodes using hacked barcode scanners

Players of tabletop car combat games like Gaslands, Car Wars, and AutoKill will likely rejoice at the news that Jon Favreau and Seth Green have just signed a deal with… Read the rest of the article: A stop-motion car combat show from Jon Favreau and Seth Green coming to Quibi

Happy birthday to the late George Harrison, born Feb 25, 1943. Okay, as he revealed toward the end of his life, he was actually born at 11:50pm on Feb 24,… Read the rest of the article: George Harrison, "Beware of Darkness," on his birthday

Boing Boing pal and best-selling urban fantasy author, Richard Kadrey, posted this video to Twitter and said to watch it. When Richard tells you to do something, you do it.… Read the rest of the article: Taiwanese sword dancing video that will cure what ails you

From the Welcome to Twin Peaks fan site: Always eager for fun on social media, Kyle MacLachlan today (Feb 24) decided to launch his brand new TikTok account in the… Read the rest of the article: Dale Cooper shows up on TikTok entering Twin Peaks at the exact moment he drove into the town 31 years earlier

"This innovative cane includes a built-in speakers, voice assistance, Google Maps, a Bluetooth system that makes syncing to other devices possible, and high-end sensors that alerts the user through vibrations… Read the rest of the article: Blind engineer designs "smart," obstacle-detecting, haptic feedback cane

This morning, I launched a new series of posts that I'm going to be writing on Adafruit on the history of cyberpunk science fiction and how it has evolved, how… Read the rest of the article: A new blog post series exploring the history and import of cyberpunk launches on Adafruit

In some weird alternate fantasy universe, this song would to taught to school children so that they could memorize their Hermetic fundamentals. Image: YouTube

My friend Mark Casale and I were talking about Captain Beefheart last night (as we are often want to do) and were yucking it up over the surreal late-night TV… Read the rest of the article: The bizarre 1976 Cat Stevens song and video, Banapple Gas