Master haunt modeller Ray Keim sez, "After a little bit of experimentation and a lot of patience, I figured out how to carve Putka Pods [ed: small, pumpkin-like dried seeds] into extremely tiny jack-o-lanterns!" Putka Pod Possibilities! (Thanks, Ray!) Previously:World record for grape-o-lantern carving - Boing Boing Boing Boing: Jack O'Lantern photoshopping contest Multi-colored-LED Jack...
November 7, 2009 Posted by Jay Livingston This blog has a small but select readership. I have data to back that up – at least the part about small. I use Google Analytics to track the number of visits. On Monday, the counter seemed to go haywire. When I checked it late in the afternoon, the number of visits was about 600,. The mystery was soon solved since Google Analytics also shows where people...
If you're a self-identified vampire, "otherkin" or "energy worker," there's a Meetup for you in the Bay Area. The Vampirism, Energy-work and Otherkin Society (VEOS) is a loosely-organized San Francisco based group. This group is open those identifying as vampire (sang or psy), donor, otherkin, and to those who wish to learn more about such topics. Other energy-workers are also welcome,...
Feeling “grumpy” makes you think more clearly, study says – Boing Boing Explains a lot about how I work. (tags: psychology) Crash potatoes recipe I like this — looks nice and background-tasky, which is how I like my vegetables. Plus: rosemary. (tags: cucina recipes) Isolation (mezzoblue) Photoshop techniques for taking isolated elements out of composite illustrations. (tags:...
Twenty-six year-old gamer Guido Núñez-Mujica lives in Venezula, where the government has passed an new law that in effect criminalizes video games. "These games are a cherished part of my life," Núñez-Mujica writes over at website Boing Boing, "they helped to shape my young mind, they gave me challenges and vastly improved my English, opening the door to a...
BocasResearchStation sez, "This video shows an octopus cleverly trying to camouflage itself amongst seaweed in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Hiding is the primary defense mechanism for these creatures, and this little guy is making use of branches of algae to try to get by unseen." An Octopus Pretending to be Seaweed (Thanks, BocasResearchStation!) Previously:Angry bored octopus goes wilding -...
Michael Geist sez, "The latest round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (the secret copyright treaty) talks have now wrapped up with the usual bland press release confirming that the talks focused on Internet and criminal enforcement, indicating that the next meeting will be in Mexico in January 2010, and pledging to complete the treaty as quickly as possible. More interesting is the unofficial...
(Watch video: YouTube, Dotsub, or download MP4.) A quick little goodie from Boing Boing Video. Last night, I sat in on a live recording session at Santa Monica's Village Studios with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, described as "African-American string band revivalists." They were amazing: I have never been so emotionally moved by someone playing a musical jug (and banjos, fiddles, cow bones,...
iPhone game developer Storm8, creator of games such as World War, iMobsters and Vampires Live, has just been hit with a suit for secretly gathering the phone numbers of everyone who purchases its games. It's not the first time we've seen this; Swiss developer Mogo got busted gathering numbers and then calling people to harass them to buy more apps, which is certainly a more brazen move. Storm8 claims...
Joe R Lansdale's comic book adaptation of Robert E "Conan" Howard's classic horror story Pigeons From Hell has everything going for it: a spooky original story to adapt, a masterful horror writer on the adaptation, and terrifying art and colors by Nathan Fox and Dave Stewart. Together, they are a potent mix of gore, suspense, folklore, and terror. Howard's original story is a much-loved gothic...
This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $150 in raw materials, and if properly made, had a "protection factor greater than 500." 500 what? No idea! [Mayor's Office via Boing Boing] 1 Vote(s)
1. Can you tell me how to get...? 2. Super Grover! 3. Sesame Street does Mad Men 4. Cookie Monster eats the World Trade towers in 1976 (via Boing Boing ) 5. The Pointer Sisters and the Pinball Number Count 6. How to make your own DIY Pointer Sisters Pinball Clock 7. Bert and Ernie 8. Miami Mice 9. The Amazing Mumford 10. One of these things is not like the other things 11. Bob 12. Hooper's Store 13....
This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $150 in raw materials, and if properly made, had a "protection factor greater than 500." 500 what? No idea! [ Mayor's Office via Boing Boing ]
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