Valve was secretly working on a pair of augmented reality glasses and those glasses are still being built by two Valve employees who lost their jobs in the "great cleansing." - 16 hours ago, 18 May 13, 8:30pm -
A week after debuting the new mobile client for anonymous friend banging, the iOS version of Bang With Friends was removed from the App Store by Apple. - 16 hours ago, 18 May 13, 8:14pm -
If Yahoo! succeeds in its attempt to acquire Tumblr, it will end up with one of the hottest Internet properties in today’s Web, with access to the coveted youth market and a foothold in mobile. - 17 hours ago, 18 May 13, 7:44pm -
The totally improvised, 7 1/2 minute filibuster from an episode of "Parks & Recreation", in which Patton Oswalt outlines his vision of "Star Wars: Episode VII" could not possibly have been more perfect, could it? Well, yes, it could, actually. - 17 hours ago, 18 May 13, 7:02pm -
One night in the fall of 1987, a college freshman ate half of a microdot of acid on his way to a party. The tingling euphoria, splendid visuals, and sudden bursts of insight mostly wore off by the time he retired to his dorm. But the following mornin… - 18 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:30pm -
If you've ever wondered what it's like to be eaten by a grizzly, a new video shot by a biologist in Alaska should help satisfy your curiosity. - 18 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:25pm -
Aftab Aslam may have failed his Georgia Gwinnett College English class (twice), but he definitely earned an A in "Faking Your Own Kidnapping, Worrying the Hell Out of Your Parents, and Wasting Police Resources: 101". - 19 hours ago, 18 May 13, 5:09pm -
Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week. Read more... - 12 hours ago, 19 May 13, 12:00am -
A lot of people are uncomfortable with haggling, but just one quick question at a hotel's front desk has a great chance of earning you a better room on your next vacation or work trip.Read more... - 13 hours ago, 18 May 13, 11:00pm -
Safari/Chrome: If Twitter's web interface is a little too busy for your liking, Twipster converts it into a minimal and responsive list of Tweets, with none of the clutter.Read more... - 14 hours ago, 18 May 13, 10:00pm -
Everyone loves a good backyard garden, but hunching over a pile of dirt to plant all of your seeds isn't much fun. If you want to take some of the back bending out of the equation, this PVC seed gun should do the trick.Read more... - 15 hours ago, 18 May 13, 9:00pm -
When you need lemon juice for a recipe, nothing beats fresh-squeezed, but it's always a struggle to coax a lot of juice out of the fruit. As it turns out, the secret is to cut the lemon lengthwise.Read more... - 16 hours ago, 18 May 13, 8:00pm -
A lot of nice gaming keyboards come with backlit keys, but you don't get any say over the color of the light. Some don't even let you make fine-grained adjustments to brightness. Luckily, it is possible to make some alterations on your own.Read more… - 17 hours ago, 18 May 13, 7:00pm -
OS X: If you see a color on the web or in an app that you particularly like and want to save for later, Sip makes it incredibly fast and easy to store it for later use.Read more... - 18 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:00pm -
Sometimes, you can do something the fast way, or you can do it the right way. Other times, those two things are one and the same. Here are 10 everyday tasks that you can do in 10 seconds or less.Read more... - 21 hours ago, 18 May 13, 3:00pm -
Dentists recommend buying a new toothbrush every 3-4 months, but it's hard to remember when it's time to get a new one. One simple way to remember is to just buy a new toothbrush whenever you buy toothpaste.Read more... - 22 hours ago, 18 May 13, 2:00pm -
Exercise: most of us hate it and wish we did it more often. The key? Finding a routine that doesn't take too long but also doesn't try to pack two hours of work into four minutes, leaving you feel like you're lucky to be alive. Over the last couple o… - 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 12:00am -
Alan Wexelblat comment on the news that Nintendo has claimed "monetization rights" to fan videos on YouTube that feature tips on playing its games. Some of these videos are incredibly popular, and while their use of Nintendo's creations are often fai… - 12 hours ago, 19 May 13, 12:43am -
"New York City police officers arrested a woman who was video recording them from a public sidewalk as they conducted some type of 'vehicle safety checkpoint.'" - 13 hours ago, 18 May 13, 11:53pm -
Marina Litvinenko, widow of Alexander Litvinenko (a British citizen who was assassinated in London by two former KGB agents who poisoned him with radioactive polonium) has accused the British government, Secretary of State William Hague, and PM David… - 15 hours ago, 18 May 13, 9:36pm -
The battle of the bands, featuring acts from Ireland to Israel, is underway as we speak. Embedded above is Cezar Ouatu's particularly excellent It's my life, this year's Transylvanian entry. Our Europe Correspondent Leigh Alexander will be filing a r… - 16 hours ago, 18 May 13, 8:20pm -
Do you remember the Associated Press's 2009 announcement that they had discovered a magic-beans technology that would let them stop people from quoting the news unless they paid for license fees (for quotes as short as 12 words, yet!)? Didn't work. S… - 17 hours ago, 18 May 13, 7:00pm -
Maker Faire Bay Area is this weekend, in San Mateo, California! Pesco, Mark and I will all be there, and I'm sure many of you reading Boing Boing will be, too. Mark has been posting some great behind-the-scenes snapshots on his Instagram. And of cour… - 21 hours ago, 18 May 13, 3:53pm -
Among the most recent video posts you will find on our all-new video archive page: • Child sneaks camera into school to document gross food. • The art of brain hacking. • Grizzly bear eats video camera. • 11 year old and his 3D printer. • H… - 21 hours ago, 18 May 13, 3:46pm -
About this video, which shows a Pygmy Marmoset noshing on a macaroni, Meredith Yayanos says: "The tinier the primate, the deeper the Uncanny Valley." I don't know anything about the conditions under which this video was shot, but obviously monkeys be… - 21 hours ago, 18 May 13, 3:28pm -
I reviewed Ronald Diebert's new book Black Code in this weekend's edition of the Globe and Mail. Diebert runs the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto and has been instrumental in several high-profile reports that outed government spying (like Ch… - 21 hours ago, 18 May 13, 3:15pm -
Here's a clip from an upcoming documentar by a fourth grader who snuck a camera into school to document his horrible school lunches and the vast distance between the food that the school claims to serve and food he and his friends end up eating. Zach… - 23 hours ago, 18 May 13, 1:20pm -
ElegantThemes is giving away 3 Developer Accounts which are valued at $89 each! With a Developer Account, you get access to all their themes and plugins with updates and support for a full year. How to Participate To enter the contest, all you need t… - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 1:00am -
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