|
Navigation
Search
Top: BoingBoing
|
PC / Tech. > BoingBoing
Tuesday June 25, 2019. 02:30 PM
FOLLOW @RubenBolling on the Twitters and a Face Book.JOIN Tom the Dancing Bug's INNER HIVE for exclusive early access to comics, extra comics, and much more. More Tom the Dancing Bug comics on Boing Boing!
A few years ago the announcement that Steam would begin supporting Linux was a big deal: it meant that anyone who preferred to rock an open-source operating system over Mac OS or Windows 10 would have instant buy-it-and-play-it access to a large catalog of game titles that...
Woody and Buzz's friendship catchphrase -- 'The important thing is that we stick together!' -- becomes quite literal in these new mismatched 'Toy Story 4' sneakers. You get one shoe fashioned after Sheriff Woody and the other after Buzz Lightyear. Reebok collaborated with...
So you've visited the Kennedy Space Center every year. You've watched 'The Right Stuff' for the 95th time. There must be something to do while you're waiting to join Space Force for the next manned mission to Mars or the moon. Here's a combo that should raise a salute from...
Back in 1984, a lonely, weird kid calling himself Grandmaster Ratte' formed a hacker group in Lubbock, Texas. called the Cult of the Dead Cow, a name inspired by a nearby slaughterhouse. In the decades to come, cDc would become one of the dominant forces on the BBS scene and ...
Monday June 24, 2019. 11:04 PM
We went to the LA Zoo yesterday and had a picnic lunch near the kids' playground. It was in the grass under a shady tree. We brought along this 80' x 60' picnic blanket ($12.74 on Amazon). It folds up into a small package and comes with a handle for easy carrying. The...
The latest tally on House members who favor beginning impeachment inquiry hearings against President Donald J. Trump is now at 77. NBC News reports that 77 members of the U.S. House of Representatives are now ready to vote in favor of an impeachment inquiry. From NBC News, ...
Do you know how much it's costing America for Trump's Border Patrol agents to detain infants, toddlers, and children in the horrific 'concentration camp' facilities along the border? It costs almost $800 each night per separated kid. That's several times more per night than ...
The U.S.research arm of China-based Huawei is earnestly building as separate of an identity as it can, reports Reuters. Futurewei, which is based in the United States, has distanced its operations from its corporate parent in China since the U.S government put Huawei on a...
The federal government today says it is relocating most of the 300 separated migrant children who were being housed at a Texas Border Patrol station in very dangerous conditions that amounted to child abuse. The decision to move the child detainees follows an Associated...
Sometimes, even a malicious idiot like Bill O'Reilly says something pure and true and correct. Not that he realizes it, mind you. At 11:55 AM - 24 Jun 2019, @BillOReilly tweeted: Slavery reparations is a far-left favorite because it does a number of things. It reinforces...
This ten-minute video of Japanese toy car, robot, and spacecraft TV commercials bears repeated viewing. The special effects (including stop-motion animation) are fantastic. My favorite is this one for Voltes V toys. Here are photos of the toys from that commercial. As you...
Arthur the cat looks so regal as he swims determinedly and hangs out confidently in the swimming pool. What a life! Arthur’s Otter Impression [Arthur’s Otter Impression, imgur.com]
Last month, Propublica published a blockbuster investigative report on companies that claimed they could help you get your ransomware-locked data back, but who were secretly just paying off the criminals -- one company got so good at it that ransomware criminals started to...
A GLAAD study claims that the number of young Americans comfortable with LGBTQ people has fallen from 53% to 45%, the second consecutive annual drop. Variety: Scenarios for the survey included learning a family member is LGBT, learning my doctor is LGBT, having LGBT members ...
Graffiti Diplomacy is a Brooklyn-based graffiti art studio and educational outfit with a terrific Web site containing free lessons, handouts, and craft activities for beginning (and advanced) artists. Their 'Urban Blight' diorama how-to, complete with popsicle stick picket...
Karl Bode is a respected and talented tech journalist, but he labors under a tremendous burden: for nearly a decade he has struggled with 'post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome' -- colloquially known as 'chronic Lyme disease' -- enduring the twin struggles of a largely...
'Pure metallic mercury is far less dangerous than most people think,' says Cody, before pouring some in his mouth. 'I'm not gonna swallow it,' he says. 'I might swallow some. It's not really that big of a deal. It's gonna come out as shiny as it went in.'
Eccentric eyewear maker Scott Urban first kickstarted his 'Reflectacles' frames in 2016; the frames used emedded retroreflectors to make them throw back tons of light, making them highly visible (and great for things like night cycling); subsequent iterations beefed up the...
In this highly satisfying video, Jim Browning received a fake invoice for a $3800 laptop. He ended up getting a lot of personal information about the scammer and was able to scare the hell of him. [via Digg]
|
25 sources
Current Date
Sep, Thu 24 - 15:26 CEST
|
