- Raul Gutierrez: new limited-edition photo print set released
Raul Gutierrez is one of my favorite photographers. I particularly love his images of Tibetan life, like the Kham logging camp above. I've traveled to some of the same places, and Raul's work captures…
- Larry King "interviews" Paul Krassner
Ever the happy prankster, Paul Krassner met with Larry King for an interview. This video was made to promote Paul's new book: Who's to Say What's Obscene: Politics, Culture & Comedy in America Today.…
- Boing Boing Video review: Joel tries the Sigma DP2 camera
- RoboGeisha trailer is awesome, includes weaponized tempura shrimp
Direct link to video. There is no part of this trailer that is not made of awesome. A robot geisha transforms into a tank. Two robot geishas (I guess) spew poison milk (don't ask) out of their titties…
- Books as planters
BB pal Tara McGinley spotted these delightful planter kits, called Honbachi, from Japan, containing the plant, soil, and a hollowed-out book. Looks like it would be fun and easy to DIY too! Book plant…
- New Orleans jazz trumpet icon Kermit Ruffins on barbecuing
Trumpet player Kermit Ruffins is an icon of New Orleans jazz. His sensational Rebirth Brass Band is a jazz/funk musical extravaganza that must be experienced live for full effect. Ruffins is also the…
- Photos of famous people with their faces turned upside down
Page after page of this unsettling effect applied to well-known folks. (However, the photo of James Earl Jones looks about the same. And I guess you could argue that George W. Bush looks more distingu…
- @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
(Ed. Note: We recently gave the Boing Boing Video website a makeover that includes a new, guest-curated microblog: the BBVBOX. Here, folks whose taste in web video we admire tweet the latest clips the…
- NCBI ROFL: terrific blog about funny and odd scientific publications
My pal and IFTF colleague Alex Pang just turned me on to NCBI ROFL, a hilarious blog written by two molecular and cell biology grad students at UC Berkeley in which they point out funny, bizarre, and…
- Laurie Anderson's Language Is A Virus video
Cory's post about the Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, one of my fave concert films too, reminded me of Laurie Anderson's fantastic Home Of The Brave movie. I distinctly remember seeing it for the fi…
- SEC boss told underling to stop investigating Madoff in 2004, then marries Madoff's niece
Funny coincidence: The SEC's Eric Swanson, who told his underling lawyer to stop looking into Bernie Madoff's questionable activities in 2004, married Bernie's niece Shana Madoff in 2007. By the way,…
- Alan Watts on enjoying the spectacle of self-importance
Christopher Ryan wrote a short profile of Alan Watts for Psychology Today. He included this quote from Watts' about the self-importance of humans: “The point is that rapport with the marvelously pur…
- Deduct your Ponzi scheme losses
The IRS will let you deduct your losses from Ponzi scheme ripoffs. No word on whether losses due to the wire, the pigeon drop, advance payment or three card monte are allowable, but I'm gonna claim 'e…
- Andy Paiko's wunderkammer of glass sculpture
Andy Paiko's glass sculptures and machines are absolutely breathtaking. Top left, a functional glass seismograph. Top right, a 5.5 foot long syringe. Other favorites include a 24-carat gold-plated coy…
- People getting stuck on freshly tarred street
Like flypaper for humans. (Via Arbroath)...
- Heather McDougal on black widow spiders
Heather McDougal, who writes about curiosities and wonders of nature on her blog Cabinet of Wonders, has a good essay about black widow spiders, which have infested her new trailer. Unlike brown reclu…
- Today on Offworld: war-driving for treasure, cloud gaming, Dylan in The Sims
Today on Offworld we took an extensive look at Treasure World (above), the just-released DS game that turns the ubiquitous cloud of Wi-Fi signals around you into collectible treasures -- it's easily o…
- Man who walked into Burning Man fire loses lawsuit
Anthony Beninati sued the organizers of Burning Man because he said they failed to restrain him from walking into a fire. He lost the lawsuit. Beninati's complaint stated that when he approached the b…
- Iran: SMS re-activated after 20-day blackout
Above, confirmation via the Persian equivalent of Digg, Cyrus Farivar has more on the story....
- Chocolate Waterboarding (food art)
Artist Stephen J Shanabrook's Waterboarding tells the tale of a peaceful song of a pair of choir boys turned into a silent scream, through figuratively chocolate-waterboarded choir boy Christmas statu…
- Ian McDonald's brilliant Mars book, DESOLATION ROAD, finally back in print
Ian McDonald's Desolation Road is one of my most personally influential novels. It's an epic tale of the terraforming of Mars, whose sweep captures the birth and death of mythologies, economics, art,…
- Jamendo open music comes to Moovida open media center
Jutta sez, Moovida Media Center now offers Jamendo's creative commons music library. Access over 20,000 albums straight from your living room TV! Moovida, the free and open source media center for Win…
- French cops use racial profiling for stop and search
Chris sez, In France, there's no provision for monitoring ethnicity under the law. This is not an altogether bad thing, but it makes it impossible for anyone to get data about police 'ethnic profiling…
- Voyageur, a storied guitar made from legends
Yesterday's episode of CBC Radio's As it Happens celebrated Canada Day with an interview with Jowi Taylor, author of Six String Nation: 64 Pieces, 6 Strings, 1 Country, 1 Guitar. The book chronicles t…
- Elderly retired boxing champ beats six kinds of crap out of drunken burglar neighbour
A British hard-partying 24-year-old bartender got upset that his elderly neighbour called the cops over all the noise he was making, so he got drunk and broke into the 72-year-old's house, wielding so…
- Life During Wartime video from Stop Making Sense
Robbie sez, I have no other reason for sharing the link to this video of Life During Wartime than I can't stop watching it. It's from the Talking Heads concert film for _Stop Making Sense_, directed b…
- Cuddly felted Jabba the Hutt
Flickr user Kit Lane's created this beautiful felted Jabba the Hutt (with bunny rabbit). I could cuddle the slimy little bastard all day! Jaba the Hutt - The Early Years (via Neatorama)...
- Proposal to raise book royalties, lower advances
Writer John Green makes a compelling case for reforming the way that publishers calculate advances and royalties, lowering the former and raising the latter. Doing this would -- he argues -- create a…
- Zombie short film festival call for entries
Robbo sez, Talented Toronto writers & filmmakers, Jim Taylor & Cory Laffin, have announced the first Zombie Short Film Festival and are calling for submissions. The festival will be held in Toronto, a…
- Running fiber through a city sewers with a model sub
Francesco sez, Italian Company uses an RC scale model Submarine to lay fiber through city's sewage system. The submarine used is the NETPUNE SB-1 produced by Taiwanese company Thunder Tiger. It costs…
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- Smartphone Speed Tests: Which New Phone is Best for Type A Users?
Can't stand to wait for your phone to deliver e-mail and other functions? We put the iPhone 3G S, Nokia's N97 and the Palm Pre to the stopwatch to see which is the fastest.
- Google Updates Some Apps Functions
Google updated some Gmail and Docs features for some Apps customers.
- Frag Doll Wannabe: One Woman’s Quest to Become a Girl-Gamer Idol
Kristin Reilly spent months playing games, making videos, and tolerating sometimes obnoxious male gamers, all to become a Frag Doll, one of a team of female gaming ambassadors.
- Mac News: BenVista Releases PhotoZoom Pro 3 Photo Enlarger
BenVista has released the latest version its photo enlargement software, PhotoZoom Pro 3.
- DOJ Officially Opens Investigation Into Google Book Search
The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed it began a formal antitrust investigation of a settlement involving Google Book Search.
- Will iPhones Get Tactile Feedback, Fingerprint ID?
Nothing gets the rumor mill churning like uncovering Cupertino’s latest patent applications. Get ready for another round of rumors.
- Preview: Facebook's Upcoming New iPhone App
Change is in the air at Facebook. First came word of sweeping changes to the site's privacy controls. Now, a new and improved iPhone app is on the way.
- Social Networking Trumps Censorship Every Time
Analysis: Recent events underscore the futility of attempts to keep sex off the Web, something both governments and businesses repeatedly try to do.
- What to Look for in Online Backup
Important factors to consider before deciding to backup critical data online.
- Performance Issues Plague Cloud-Based Applications
Analysis: Despite browser improvements, Web apps still suffer from network bottlenecks and scripting problems.
- Net Activists, PC Makers Pressure Chinese Gov't
Analysis: The People's Republic will not require PC makers to install Green Dam censorship software, but we haven't heard the last of Internet censorship.
- Gag Me with a Browser! What Was Redmond Thinking?
Analysis: With its porn-and-puke ad, Microsoft has crossed the line of bad taste --- by about three miles.
- Google Voice Gets Boost from Enterprise Virtual PBX Maker
Analysis: Google Voice is getting buzz in the consumer space, but it may find fans in the enterprise.
- Judge Temporarily Dismisses MySpace Cyberbully Case
A U.S. judge on Friday tentatively dismissed a case against a Missouri woman who was earlier convicted in a cyberbullying case.
- First Look: Zinc Internet Video Browser
Those wishing to unplug from expensive cable and satellite TV services are increasingly turning to video content streamed across the Web. Media center...
- London Stock Exchange Drops Windows System
Analysis: System brought LSE to a standstill for almost an entire day, with more than enough blame to go around. But who really is at fault?
- Palm Pre: Flimsy Phone or Just a First-Gen Freshman?
Users complain of cracked screens, gaps in seams in the case, pixels missing in the display, and more in online forums.
- How to Keep Your iPhone 3GS from Overheating
Apple has published a set of guidelines to help iPhone users ensure that their devices keep their cool.
- Online Ad Groups Release New Behavioral Ad Principles
Advertising trade groups release principles for online data collection when delivering targeted ads.
- Boost Your Company's Image With Video
It's easier than ever to create and share, so get rolling.
- Unlock the Secrets of Successful Websites
Creating a great website and promoting your business via search engine optimization and social media websites can be done in 8 steps.
- More Broadband for Your Buck
Low-cost approaches to connectivity that appeal to business owners' frugality.
- Get a Handle on Your Overhead
Technology is making it easier for you to keep tabs on your business's resources.
- Ask.com Bets on Semantic Search, Targeting Special Audiences
Ask.com is counting on semantic search and other enhancements to increase the popularity of its search engine.
- Bing Beats Google to the Punch, Launches Twitter Search
Microsoft beats Google out of the gate by adding Twitter searches to its Bing search engine.
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- Claims That Apple Admits IPhone 3GS Overheating Are Hot Air
They say the iPhone 3GS is hot. Hot as in sexy. Hot as in selling like cakes that are hot. Hot as in scorch the skin off your face Raiders of the Ark-style.
- Microsoft Removes Projectile-vomiting IE8 Ad From Web
Microsoft has removed an online advertisement for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting after the ad left a bad taste in people's mouths.
- Choose a MobileMe Account for Publishing IPhone Media
A nifty iPhone feature is the capability to upload a photo or video directly from the phone's Photos app or Camera Roll to a MobileMe gallery. The iPhone grabs...
- Create Events-based IPhoto Albums With Specific People
If you use iPhoto '09 and its Events organizational feature in a true events manner--separating your photos by actual event--then you may have stumbled onto a...
- Conficker: Forgotten but not Gone
While the hype about Conficker may have died down, the botnet hasn't.
- Xbox 360 Dashboard Ads to Get Animation, Audio
Microsoft's reveals plans to enhance its Xbox 360 dashboard ads with its web-oriented Silverlight audio-video technology.
- Sony's Walkman Turns 30
Thirty years ago this week, a revolution began in the audio market. With Sony's launch of the TPS-L2 Walkman in Japan on July 1 1979, music was suddenly portable.
- Court Orders Spammers to Pay $3.7 Million
A U.S. court orders alleged spammers to give up $3.7 million after an FTC complaint.
- Windows XP User: I'm No Thief
A year after Microsoft assured this reader his copy of XP was legitimate, the company changed its mind
- Vendor Squabbles Cause W3C to Scrap Codec Requirement
The latest rewrite of the Web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats.
- RIAA Wins, Usenet.com Loses in MP3 Copyright Suit
Bloggers react to the latest MP3 filesharing lawsuit. Here's a roundup of their opinions.
- Bing Adds Twitter Search, Overload
Real-time searches from Twitter add to search overload and undermine Bing's claims to simplicity.
- Report: Apple Bailing on NVIDIA
Apple may stop using NVIDIA chips in new Macs after negotiations between the companies come to a bitter halt.
- iPhone App Helps You Mind Your Manners
Save yourself from making a faux pas at a job interview, business dinner or networking event.
- Stock Exchange Keeps Pirate Bay Buyers Under Close Watch
The company that plans to buy The Pirate Bay will be delisted from a Swedish stock exchange if it engages in illegal activity, a stock exchange official warned.
- Microsoft Pulls Gross-Out Ad for IE8
Online ad that showed a woman throwing up after accidentally viewing pornography has been pulled. But why?
- Bing Builds an Underwhelming Twitter Search
Microsoft plans to index Twitter updates in real time, but -- so far, at least -- the results are hardly impressive.
- Couple Gets Prison Time for Internet Obscenity
The owners of Extreme Associates were sentenced to a year in prison on obscenity charges.
- AT&T, iPhone Customers Angry Over Voicemail Delays
Some AT&T and iPhone customers are angry over delayed delivery of voicemail messages.
- More Pornography Sneaks onto the iPhone
This time, the app in question, which has already been removed by Apple, included a nude photo of an underage girl.
- Sweden Aims High for Creation of a Single EU Patent System
Sweden took over the rotating six month presidency of the E.U. this week, promising to push hard for an agreement on the creation of a single E.U.-wide patent
- Microsoft Unleashes Five Service Packs for Its Enterprise Security Wares
In the past week, Microsoft has launched five service packs for its enterprise security wares including Geneva, Forefront, Antigen.
- Microsoft Readies IE8 Business Push
Microsoft will begin pushing Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to enterprises next month via Windows Server Update Services, the company said this week.
- Make Your Own Xbox Games With Kodu
Microsoft Research's Kodu Game Lab, which allows you to create your own video games on the Xbox 360, is now available.
- FAQ: How Much Will Windows 7 Cost You?
Last week, Microsoft unveiled retail pricing for Windows 7, the successor to Vista and Microsoft's hope for a revival in operating system buzz.
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- Ad Industry Sets Seven Privacy Protection Principles
Internet marketers have agreed on a set of seven principles for online ads to foster consumer trust and forestall government regulation.
- Apple Files Touchscreen-Related Patent Applications
The iPhone-maker may be on track to fix one of the biggest complaints about the smartphone, and to add RFID and biometric identification capabilities.
- WiMax Ready To Surge Again
Growth of the wide-area technology slowed in the economic meltdown, but analysts predict the deployment of WiMax equipment will take off again by year end.
- Canonical, Eucalyptus Offer Private Cloud Consulting
Consulting service would encourage the concept of hybrid clouds -- open source private clouds that align with Amazon's EC2 public cloud.
- Google Optimizes Search For Mobile Phones
The search giant is tailoring its results to fit better on a mobile screen, and it will also include relevant data from Google News, Google Images, and other Web properties.
- Apple Planning Fix For iPhone SMS Flaw
An SMS vulnerability in Apple's iPhone is slated for disclosure at the Black Hat conference later this month. Apple is reportedly rushing to get a fix ready.
- Mobile Payments Startup Raises $8 Million
Bling Nation is entering the highly competitive space filled with deep-pocketed rivals such as Visa and MasterCard.
- California, Hawaii Governors Veto Online Sales Tax
Online retailers, led by Amazon and Overstock, are resisting state legislators' efforts to raise revenue with online sales taxes.
- Apple Obliquely Addresses iPhone 3SG Overheating
Users have complained of handsets overheating while using applications that tap the iPhone's GPS and 3G wireless components.
- Nokia Updates Ovi Maps
The 3.0 version of Ovi Maps includes 3-D views, weather information, walking directions, and a host of other features.
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