Business Microsoft sends recycler to jail for reinstalling obsolete, licensed copies of Windows on refurbished PCs Cory Doctorow

ice cream Japan parks ban screaming on rollercoasters Rob Beschizza

non-fiction Good nonfiction: "Cowhand – The Story of a Working Cowboy" (1953) Mark Frauenfelder

Today in History Today in history 1983: NBC airs 'The A-Team' Jason Weisberger

humor Dante's Hell re-imagined as linguistic sins Gareth Branwyn

bigfoot Disquieting footage of distant howling Rob Beschizza

memory palaces Mountain chickadees remember the location of tens of thousands of seeds Clive Thompson

here we are now entertain us What a guitar sounds like played through 319 pedals Clive Thompson

dogs Cute foster dog howls silently while doing yoga Xeni Jardin

happy mutants To do in LA this weekend: laugh your head off at PUBLIC DOMAIN THE MUSICAL at the Hollywood Fringe Cory Doctorow

a-team Lest ye forget how awesome 'The A-Team' is Jason Weisberger

cats Autotuned cat and dog Rusty Blazenhoff

books Matt Taibbi on Chris Christie's "agonizing" memoir: "an epic literary self-own" Cory Doctorow

Games What Mobile Diablo is going to be like Rob Beschizza

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists in Antarctica watch the movie that inspired The Thing, every year. Seamus Bellamy

picks Husky puppy's first howl Xeni Jardin

law A startup wants to buy your grievance against Equifax for 30% of your court award Cory Doctorow

politics Review: Wolfen (1981) Rob Beschizza

picture books The creation story of the atomic bomb told through a powerful and moving picture book Marykate Smith Despres