video These soccer-ball-shaped water jugs make great firestarters Andrea James

art Sculptor creates the world's tiniest chess set, the size of a thumbtack David Pescovitz

Gadgets A very useful illuminated hand held magnifier for $3 Mark Frauenfelder

Science Albert Einstein's funny face is on the world's smallest gold coin Xeni Jardin

Space The Lunar Library: nano-etched civilizational archives of 30m pages, designed to last for billions of years Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Skulls and bones with magnifying-glass-burned "tattoos" Cory Doctorow

helping hand This $7 magnifying glass with alligator clips comes in 'handy' Jason Weisberger

Science Watch the world's brightest flashlight burn stuff Andrea James

Gadgets This portable telescope is great for the amateur astronomer Boing Boing's Shop

deep sea suburbia I bought a clock for a quarter and 3D printed new hands for it Mark Frauenfelder

Survival tips Survival tip: How to make a sandwich bag fire starter Caroline Siede

makers This high power lighted magnifying glass is only $2 Mark Frauenfelder

Safety Basketball backboard makes excellent magnifying glass Andrea James

Weird Weasel electrocuted at CERN to go on museum display David Pescovitz

Weird Mirrored headboard becomes 'big magnifying glass' and burns down home carport Xeni Jardin

books Classic cartographic techniques to map out music, gaming, and the net Wink

Book Kellie Strøm's Worse Things Happen At Sea Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Western movie mega-supercut: Gunslinger Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Hands-free magnifier great for detailed hobby work Mark Frauenfelder

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow