In this video on the UK-based V101 Science YouTube channel they ask the musical question: "What will Voyager 1 and 2 encounter next?" Next stop for Voyager 1? An obscure… Read the rest of the article: Where are the Voyager spacecraft headed and what might they encounter next?
There are some genuine LOL moments on this Late Show with Stephen Colbert segment where he dispatches Triumph the Insult Comic Dog to the Senate to find out what the… Read the rest of the article: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog visits the world's greatest deliberative body… for him to poop on!
I have a weird confession to make. I have highly unorthodox "retirement home" fantasies. Every time I see a castle, a tree HOUSE, a decommissioned missile silo, an abandoned French… Read the rest of the article: Turning the ruins of a Medieval Italian village into a home and stone masonry school
One of the coolest, most impressive games I was introduced to last year was Wild in the Streets, a free-rules punk, goth, and metal miniatures skirmisher from Slow Death Games.… Read the rest of the article: Why Star Breach is a sci-fi tabletop skirmish game you should be paying attention to
According to an article on Deadline, Spike Lee has signed on to direct a film adaption of David Byrne's Broadway hit, American Utopia. Oscar winner Spike Lee has signed on… Read the rest of the article: Spike Lee to direct a film version of David Byrne's "American Utopia"
Artist and scholar on DIY culture and technology, Garnet Hertz, has a new piece opening up at York University, Gales Gallery, Toronto tonight. The piece, entitled "Experiments in Surveillance Capitalism:… Read the rest of the article: Garnet Hertz's "Experiments in Surveillance Capitalism: Device for Calling the Department of Homeland Security"
On Hackster.io, Jeremy Cook, writes about the Harmonicade, a modular 5.5 (x2) octave, multi-channel MIDI keyboard which uses arcade-style push-buttons arranged in the Wicki-Hayden button layout. Like Dvorak layouts, this… Read the rest of the article: Meet the Harmonicade, a multi-channel MIDI keyboard that uses arcade push-buttons in a Wicki-Hayden button layout
This Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem crossed my transom yesterday morning. I cannot think of a more fitting encapsulation of where we are, here in our post Rule of Law era. "PITY… Read the rest of the article: Ferlinghetti's prescient poem, "Pity the Nation," describes actual SOTU, 2020
I love the Ars Technica "War Stories" series where they interview designers of some of the most iconic and popular computer/video games on the challenges they faced. This episode features… Read the rest of the article: "Myst" co-creator, Rand Miller, tells "War Stories" about pushing the hardware envelope while developing this classic 90s computer game
In this video on StandUpMaths, Matt explains the unique and rare palindromic qualities of the date 02/02/20. Besides being a palindrome in both US and European dating formats, 02/02/20 is… Read the rest of the article: Why 02/02/20 is the most palindromic date ever!
Andrew Coyle and B.C. Jackson have published a baby board book featuring key concepts of Cult Trump. A is for Alternative Facts, C is for Covefe, D is for Drain… Read the rest of the article: "Make the Alphabet Great Again," a baby board book of Trumpisms
Andy Gill, founding member, guitar player, and "Supreme Leader" of the hugely influencial post-punk band, Gang of Four, has died. He was 64. Members of the current Gang of Four… Read the rest of the article: Andy Gill, iconic post-punk guitarist for Gang of Four, has died
The Psychedelic Furs have just announced a spring release for their eight studio album entitled "Made of Rain." It's been a 29 year wait. The first single off of the… Read the rest of the article: Psychedelic Furs announce first studio album in 29 years, release first single, "Don’t Believe"
Footage from George Lucas’ abandoned 2010 Star Wars TV series, "Star Wars: Underworld," has surfaced on YouTube. Released test footage from 2010 of the cancelled Star Wars TV show "Underworld,"… Read the rest of the article: Test footage emerges of "Star Wars: Underworld," a TV series that never came to light
My friend Peg Kay Aloi, a modern practicing witch, has two articles out on the “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina." In the first one, on Arts Fuse, she reviews the third… Read the rest of the article: A witch reviews the third season of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and talks about what the show gets right and wrong
When I was a teen, I lived for the Whole Earth Catalog, homesteading, building geodesic domes, solar power, communes, and other hippie fever dreams. But even back then, when I… Read the rest of the article: An Earthship meets a tiny house
I am excited for the launch of Season 4 of NASA Explorers, put together by the ISS Research Communications team which includes Boing Boing pal Rachel Barry. The ISS Research… Read the rest of the article: Fourth season of NASA Explorers premiers, focuses on microgravity and space science
Jeremy of Black Magic Craft managed to get his hands on one of the prototype 3D printed full-color(!) miniatures that Hero Forge is currently offering in their Kickstarter campaign for… Read the rest of the article: Black Magic Craft unboxes a full-color 3D-printed Hero Forge miniature
"Overlooked" is a series of belated obituaries in New York Times for people of note who were overlooked at the time of their passing. Their most recent "overlooked no more"… Read the rest of the article: Little-known, criminally underappreciated 70s singer-songwriter, Judee Sill, finally gets an obit in the New York Times
I loved last year's All Tree from former Black Metalist Kvohst (aka Mat McNerney) and his folkier project, Hexvessel. The band has been described as "dark folk," "psychedelic forest folk,"… Read the rest of the article: New video from "dark forest folk" band Hexvessel features scenes from Cocteau's "Blood of a Poet"
