happy mutants Magic Lantern: feature-rich addons for Canon EOS cameras Cory Doctorow

film The world's first Christmas movie is a silent one made in 1898 Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Evermore: a LARP themepark, elaborately themed and filled with costumed actors Jeremy Putnam

happy mutants Laser cutters and 3D printers revive century-old a magic lantern show of Erewhon at the Edinburgh Fringe Cory Doctorow

tokyo travel tips Tokyo travel tips, day 3 (part 2): Micro-pets, micro-restaurants, and fluffy pancakes Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

illuminati Gallery of secret society art Mark Frauenfelder

Audio The Afflictions: a beautiful, gruesome, witty audiobook Christine Neulieb

freemasons The art of secret societies: beehives, goats, and the all-seeing eye Peter Bebergal

Kids Mobile game of the week: Wuwu and Co. Leigh Alexander

Endless Gravity: short film that explores the beauty of deep ocean life Xeni Jardin

Japan Video escape: Lantern-floating ceremony to honor the dead, Honolulu, Hawaii Xeni Jardin

Delightful Creatures How the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world Brooke Borel

There's No Getting Off (The Grid) Reanna Alder

science fiction Describing the indescribable with Jeff Vandermeer Peter Mendelsund

Disney The birth of Disney's dark ride Jeff Baham