Who is the best Hungarian Beatles tribute band? This is a question musicologists have argued about for years, but more than a few agree that The Bits are worthy contendors… Read the rest of the article: "I Wanna Wash My Hands" and "Don't Come Together" by The Bits
Ever wonder how the Space Needle's rotating glass floor works? CGI animator extraordinaire Jared Owen gives us an inside look at Seattle's most iconic structure. The Space Needle is located… Read the rest of the article: This 3D animation shows you what's inside Seattle's famous Space Needle
From Cory's awesome Pluralistic website, a post about the latest episode of his podcast, in which he reads the author's note from Attack Surface, his third Little Brother book. My… Read the rest of the article: Cory Doctorow reads the author's note from his third Little Brother book, Attack Surface
I found this puzzle in a book I've had since I was a kid: Simply put, your task is to draw the figure at the right without crossing a line,… Read the rest of the article: Can you solve the "artist's dilemma" problem?
We've covered Theodore Gray on Boing Boing a lot, and for good reason — he's amazing. His Mad Science book was filled with spectacularly fun science experiments, he built a… Read the rest of the article: The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
I greatly enjoyed Max Barry's 2013 novel Lexicon (Cory loved it, too — here's his review). Barry has a new novel that came out today from Putnam, called Providence, which… Read the rest of the article: Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse
Jack Black's energetic performance put a smile on my face. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jack Black (@jackblack) on Mar 29, 2020 at 5:31pm… Read the rest of the article: Jack Black's awesome stay-at-home dance
This is satire, right? Harbor is a community of makers, thinkers, and doers that can become your sanctuary. Harbor will give you an opportunity to meet, mingle, and collaborate with… Read the rest of the article: Are you sufficiently wealthy and interesting to stay in this luxy pandemic retreat
This time, the viruses thought they'd come up with the perfect way to spread, but humans are outwitting them again.
Vice shot drone video of the nearly deserted streets of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. I live LA's San Fernando Valley, and when I walk in the… Read the rest of the article: Drone flyovers of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle
NightHawkinLight shows how he made a carbon filament light bulb. He starts by showing how an electric arc light works (invented in 1802 by noted nitrous oxide aficionado Sir Humphrey… Read the rest of the article: Guy recreates carbon filament electric light bulb
I bought this extension cord reel with 4 outlets last November, and it has come in handy many times since then. It has a 25-foot power cord which rolls neatly… Read the rest of the article: Good deal on this extension cord reel with 4 outlets
On March 16, Richard A. Epstein of the Hoover Institution wrote an article titled "Coronavirus Perspective," which stated that “public officials have gone overboard” in efforts to stop the spread… Read the rest of the article: Read this contentious New Yorker interview with the lawyer who wrote the coronavirus paper Trump embraces
Artist Audrey Kawasaki made this cute coloring page that you can print out and color. View this post on Instagram For all the kids (and adults) staying safe… Read the rest of the article: Artist Audrey Kawasaki made a coloring page for kids and adults
As always, John Oliver remains one of the best sources of information about the coronavirus epidemic.
YouTuber Reckless Ben says "the goal of this [8-part] series is to create one of the ugliest paintings we could think of and try to sell the painting for a… Read the rest of the article: Video series about selling an ugly painting for a lot of money
Even though typical video has 16.8 million colors (256 shades each of red, green, and blue. 256 * 3 = 16,777,216), large gradients of dark colors have a terrible blocky… Read the rest of the article: Why dark backgrounds in videos look awful
10 years ago we decluttered our garage and Carla bought several Gorilla Rack shelving units from Amazon. They are awesome. I've assembled shelving units before, and they required either nuts… Read the rest of the article: Gorilla Rack shelving units are awesome
Enjoy the microscopy in this video ab0ut adorable tardigrades (aka water bears or moss piglets). One cool fact about these hardy 500 micron critters: each of their eyes is a… Read the rest of the article: Fascinating video about tardigrades(water bears)
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro boasted that his citizens are immune to the coronavirus because they have the magical ability to wallow in human waste “and nothing happens,” reports The Guardian.… Read the rest of the article: President Bolsonaro boasts that Brazilians can bathe in excrement and not get sick
