camping Awesome $13 camping fan actually the same as $42 version Jason Weisberger

winter Changing the direction of your ceiling fan can change your life Rusty Blazenhoff

terrorists Incel blows off own hands trying to make anti-cheerleader bomb, still a wanker Rob Beschizza

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

Reviews Exhaustive reviews of ceiling fans Rob Beschizza

accidents Details of Kobe's helicopter crash emerge Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Bipartisan legislation would force Big Tech to allow interoperability with small competitors Cory Doctorow

useful stuff Kevin Kelly and I talk about some of our favorite tools Mark Frauenfelder

california Spot famous folks' scrawls in the backstage "Autograph Room" at this legendary San Francisco venue Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Review: Graco TrueCoat 360 airless paint sprayer Rob Beschizza

music Lorna Doom, bassist for the Germs, RIP David Pescovitz

happy mutants Adventure House: the sequel to the Haunted Mansion that never was Cory Doctorow

Good times Jonathan Coulton's JoCo Cruise was mind-blowingly great Mark Frauenfelder

mysteries Odd moment with a rubber chicken Rob Beschizza

Games The new Portal is a bridge-building puzzle game, and it looks AMAZING Cory Doctorow

fake news Trump hiding DC sex scandals, Bill & Hillary’s $350m divorce, and ”you can fly,” in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

storms Watch: Man catches explosive lightning strike that destroys his yard Carla Sinclair

religion The Cheesecake Factory has bankrolled a huge temple in an unincorporated California town Cory Doctorow

Business New hedge-fund HQ will have "Champagne" buttons for the traders' desks Cory Doctorow

summertime Need a new fan this summer? Try a Vornado Caroline Siede