Voice actor Billy West was on NPR's Fresh Air yesterday. I always love hearing actors do roles on radio, especially someone like West who is known for such original roles… Read the rest of the article: Voice actor Billy West on how to create Popeye's two-octave grumble

My friends over at Creative Commons are listening to this lovely song — Oh Paris! performed by Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele — in their office today. I'm putting… Read the rest of the article: Dent May sings Oh Paris! on his magnificent ukulele

The LA home that Marilyn Monroe famously died in is on the market for $3.6 million.

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is picking one person to spend an entire month living (and sleeping) inside the museum. Perks include "a prize of $10,000, a… Read the rest of the article: Contest will pick one to live in Chicago's science museum for a month

From July 24th through November 7th, the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo will feature the work of Indonesian art trio Tromarama. Tromarama uses animation, stop-motion, woodblock prints, and other crafty… Read the rest of the article: Stop-motion woodblock print videos by Tromarama

In case you haven't seen this already, here's a trailer for The Social Network, a movie about the making of Facebook. David Fincher's the director, Jesse Eisenberg plays Mark Zuckerberg,… Read the rest of the article: Trailer for The Social Network aka the Facebook movie

A package of 10 is $9.99 at ThinkGeek. Don't want.

What a great idea for a salt and pepper shaker! I'm all for simple things that take up less counter space. [via Yanko Design]

A shopping mall in Shenyang opened a women-only frustration venting room where ladies can go and do things like smash TVs and beat up beanbags. Most of the customers are… Read the rest of the article: Women-only frustration venting chamber in China

A tricycle that doubles as a lawn mower is almost as great of an idea as the baby mop. [via Gizmodo]

Video link. Japanese media production agency goomo has created a series of super slow motion videos of key moments, like this close-up of a guy who gets slapped in the… Read the rest of the article: Someone being slapped in super slow motion

LA-based artist Audrey Kawasaki's newest creation is a collection of 1200 limited edition brooches engraved onto alder wood using a laser machine. They're $45 each, and they'll go on sale… Read the rest of the article: Audrey Kawasaki's limited edition wooden brooches

A 42-year old FedEx driver ended up in a ditch in Washington State because he choked on spicy pork rinds.

Our friend Joe Sabia found this video of a Holocaust survivor, his daughter, and his grandchildren dancing to Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive at various concentration camp sites throughout Europe.… Read the rest of the article: Holocaust survivor dances to I Will Survive at Auschwitz

Boing Boing reader SFslim started an impromptu Analog Twitter board at the Boing Boing picnic. Following it gives you a decent idea of some of the events that were happening… Read the rest of the article: Analog Twitter at the Boing Boing picnic

Some of our readers put together this exquisite collaborative drawing on the Boing Boing drawing board at the picnic this weekend. Thanks guys!

It's summer in San Francisco, which means it's freezing in the city and super warm if you drive a couple hours north or south. That's why I'm going camping this… Read the rest of the article: Super cute Black Diamond headlamps

A strange new food product called the Candwich is currently at the center of a SEC lawsuit involving a Utah money manager and his investment failures. Candwich main page [via… Read the rest of the article: Candwich = sandwich in a can

San Francisco is proposing a ban on disposable water bottles at all public events. Great idea!

We had an exquisite corpse game going at the Boing Boing picnic this past weekend. It was written on a giant yellow notepad; I brought it home and transcribed it.… Read the rest of the article: Boing Boing picnic exquisite corpse story