For all their power and capabilities, image editing software isn’t like sitting down to play a video game. You aren’t there to have fun. You’re likely looking to make a… Read the rest of the article: Luminar 4 uses AI to help you turn all your photos into masterpieces
https://youtu.be/VOolWOcUDPc This bright meteor shot through the sky Thursday morning, which ended with an explosive bang according to some witnesses. From The Japan Times: Social media came alive after the… Read the rest of the article: Video: Massive fireball tearing through Tokyo sky caught on camera
The never-not-good Randy Rainbow is on a roll. Last week, he rolled out "Cover Your Freakin' Face" and this week he's followed it up with "Poor Deplorable Troll," which parodies… Read the rest of the article: Randy Rainbow sings Trump is a 'poor deplorable troll' in 'Little Mermaid' parody
Georgia State University student Julian Bass made a fun reel of his visual effects work on TikTok, showing him transforming into his favorite superheroes: a Jedi, Ben 10, and Spider-Man.… Read the rest of the article: VFX student's TikTok superhero reel catches the eye of Disney's Bob Iger
Charlie Kaufman is the acclaimed screenwriter behind surrealist movies like Being John Malkovich; Adaptation; Synecdoche, New York; and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. My favorite bizarrely wonderful story about him… Read the rest of the article: An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn
YIKES! This video starts off wholesome enough, just a little boy named Asher learning to play fetch with the family dog. But then he picks up a big ol' SNAKE… Read the rest of the article: Toddler picks up snake instead of stick while playing fetch with dog
On Friday, July 3, Hamilton debuted on Disney Plus. On Saturday, July 4, "Weird Al" Yankovic posted a music video for his "Hamilton Polka" using clips from the filmed theatrical… Read the rest of the article: Weird Al puts a polka spin on "Hamilton" footage
Fireworks are illegal in Los Angeles, but that doesn't stop the whole city from shimmering with home-grown displays on July 4. Thanks to a recut by Mike Dent, KTLA's viral footage… Read the rest of the article: 'Blade Runner' opening redone with aerials of illegal Los Angeles fireworks
La Télévision is a short film from 1947 that imagines what the world might be like if everyone had handheld wireless devices. It shows people using them in restaurants, on… Read the rest of the article: 1947 film about the future shows handheld TV users bumping into each other
When one Boing Boing editor posts about something another editor already posted, we hide it from the front page. But you can see all the duplicated posts here. If we… Read the rest of the article: If you like Boing Boing, you will love our page of "dupes"
My Russian grandmother had these Soviet calendars from the 1960s. I was fascinated with them when I was a small child and studied them almost every time I visited. The… Read the rest of the article: Look how cool these old Soviet calendars are
My father introduced me to the "Cross the Network" puzzle when I was a kid. Here it is, as described by Martin Gardner in one of his early Mathematical Recreations… Read the rest of the article: A surprising solution to the (in)famous "Cross the Network" puzzle
Rarely is there a convertible I do not want to drive; the 1985 Buick Riviera is one of them. I can only assume the addition of the turbocharger was a… Read the rest of the article: This 1985 Buick is turbocharged and ugly
Jerry Seinfeld once quipped "There's no such thing as fun for the whole family." He probably wouldn't have changed his mind after seeing Ed Emberley's series of simple step-by-step instructional… Read the rest of the article: Ed Emberly's drawing books are fun for everyone
This is truly a golden age for fans of a big ginormous TV screen. Not too long ago, to buy a television over 40 inches usually meant wheeling one of… Read the rest of the article: You can get a Philips Momentum 43-inch LED 4K monitor for about $500
This 2018 study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America takes a comprehensive look at the impacts of militarized police, and shows… Read the rest of the article: Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science
Researchers at Harvard recently conducted an odd experiment in visual memory. They selected 21 Harvard undergrads and 21 6- to 8-year-old children, and pitted them all against an African grey… Read the rest of the article: Harvard study shows that Harvard kids are dumber than a grey parrot
The most recent episode of the Intercept's Intercepted podcast touches on a lot of topics relating to white supremacy and US history. But the first segment includes an interview with a… Read the rest of the article: That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee
Breonna Taylor was a 26-year-old EMT who was killed by 3 plainclothes police officers who wrongly delivered a no-knock warrant (which is already constitutionally questionable) at her home in the… Read the rest of the article: New court documents allegedly connect Breonna Taylor's murder to a massive real estate conspiracy
Nearly 30 years after it started its run as the most dominant productivity software ever created, the Microsoft Office suite of programs are now virtually synonymous with personal computing. From… Read the rest of the article: This training package will have you using all of Microsoft Office like a boss
