The Latest from Boing Boing

Intel restores ads on Gamergate-targeted site The chipmaker has reinstated its advertising at Gamasutra, reports The Telegraph. Intel had withdrawn its sponsorship after being targeted by an email campaign by Gamergate supporters, who were angry at Gamasutra's criticism of game culture. Read the rest... A post-apocalyptic quest novel about kids trying to save the world, or at least themselves The Wrenchies is one of the most intense, dizzying, and labyrinthian graphic novels I’ve ever encountered. I’m still not exactly sure what I just read. Read the rest... Wasp crackers It's pretty predictable that a list of the world's "100 strangest" foods would be mostly entrails and arthropods, but the digger wasp-crackers of Omachi, Japan are curiously appetizing (YMMV). Read the rest... Nevada game poaching ring caught via Facebook "Game Warden Cameron Waithman said the investigation that led to state and federal charges against several men started in June 2013, with an ill-advised Facebook post showing three men with two dead deer near Hiko, Nev."(via) Read the rest... Handlebar phone or GPS mount This $15 handlebar mount heroically holds an iPhone to my buzzing old BMW airhead's bars. Finding a mount that does was not a cheap, easy or fun experiment. Read the rest... Petitioners call "Big Indian" car dealer sign racist For sixty years, this 15-foot sign has pointed at a car dealership in Cincinnati, Ohio. Now though, petitioners are asking the proprietors to "Remove their Racist style of advertisement." I grew up near the sign and remember the TV commercials advertising the dealership's location with the slogan, "Where Paddock meets Vine at the big Indian sign." The lot has changed hands several times but the sign has stayed put. Read the rest... Serial offenders plague Twitter Glenn Fleishman reports on how the platform could fix its harassment problem. Read the rest... New psychedelic sounds/visuals from Mark McGuire (ex-Emeralds) From guitarist/synthesist Mark McGuire -- formerly of Kosmische revivalists Emeralds -- comes this beautiful, experimental video journey (and it is a trip) for McGuire's composition Noctilucence, available on his new EP of the same name. Read the rest... Humble's Scholastic Audiobook Bundle Pay what you like for more than 10 DRM-free audiobooks, including Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Warhorse, send some or all of your payment to Feeding America (gift download codes available, too!). (Thanks, Kelley!) Read the rest... Newscasters' purple preference during elections At Re:form, Paul Lukas delves into TV reporters and political pundits' penchant for wearing the color purple during election coverage: Purple punditry has been with us for several election cycles now (I first noticed it in 2004), but it was taken to a new level during the recent midterms. Read the rest... Insanely cute baby pangolin Behold the incredible cuteness of this newborn pangolin (aka scaly anteater) at the Taipei Zoo. Video below. More details at Laughing Squid. Read the rest... The Dislike Club - a new weekly miniseries podcast The Dislike Club is an ambitious program that will feature luminaries talking about where we are in 2014 when it comes to internet culture and internet and society. Read the rest... The Age of Dingdong David Cairns tells the story of an unholy sacrifice, a Boy Scout troop, and the lengths the mega-rich would go for power. Read the rest... Street Angel 007: Incadinkadoom! Captain Cortez, en route to the Incan empire, is whisked to the world of the present! What lies in store for him and his crew? By Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca. Read the rest... Street Angel print by Jim Rugg When a jr. varsity street gang corners a stray dog in a dead-end alley, Street Angel springs into action! This timed-edition giclee print is available during November. Read the rest... Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne on "Living With Death" The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne talks about the time he faced death at Long John Silvers, and how it changed him. Read the rest... Gadgets Giveaway: DaVinci Ascent Vaporizer! This week, Mark and Xeni discuss their dueling carry-on bag picks and other travel faves, as well as this week's gadget giveaway — the Ascent Vaporizer by DaVinci. Enter to win by Nov. 17!Read the rest... Dogs playing D&D Johannes writes, "Poker? Meh! Billards? Bah! Tabletop RPG? YESSS! It's about time the notorious gaming dogs got something relevant to play. Read the rest... Gerber's money clip/utility knife I've used a money-clip for years as an alternative to a wallet, and the idea of having a small, sharp blade (Gerber makes great tools!) built into it is immensely appealing, especially given thecopious positive reviews for Gerber's $19.26 version (but I worry that I'd forget it and lose it to a TSA checkpoint). Gerber 31-002521 GDC Money Clip (via Wired) Read the rest... Beautiful, detailed photos of mechanical calculators' guts San Francisco photographer Kevin Twomey shot an amazing gallery of images of the inner workings of a large collection of mechanical calculating machines from the collection of Mark Glusker, stitching together multiple images to ensure that every rod, gear and linkage was vividly rendered. Read the rest... XKCD's epic, day-long Rosetta mission flipbook XKCD celebrated the Rosetta comet mission in style, with a 142-frame flipbook that updated in realtime as the Philae lander made contact with 67P (you can browse the frames here). Read the rest... Olaf costume hoodie Frozen's Olaf the snowman was the funniest animated character I've seen in years, and nowthere's a women's costume hoodie that'll let you (possibly) fool your friends into thinking that you're him. Read the rest... Concern about Philae's fate as lander sends back first image from comet European space agency scientists believe the Philae lander may have plopped down on its side when landing on comet 67P. The first monochome image sent back from the space craft more than 300 million miles away from us shows the bumpy, crackled comet surface with one of Philae’s three legs in the bottom left. Read the rest... Mophie Space Pack - phone case with battery and extra storage Lately I’ve been buying card magic instructional DVDs (I recommend the Royal Road To Card Magic by R. Paul Wilson 5-DVD Boxed Set in conjunction with the classic book of the same name). Read the rest... Twitter Strategy Statement Generator Rob Beschizza found them all. Read the rest... That comet we just landed on? It's singing us a song. Listen. Rosetta’s Plasma Consortium (RPC) has detected a mysterious ‘song’ that Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is singing into space. This, of course, is the comet upon which thePhilae lander touched down yesterday, in an historic space event. Read the rest... Butt Dance: classic GIF and video #butts #butts #butts A classic animation from the mid-2000s internets. Provenance unknown. [Thanks, Mer!] Read the rest... Trucks spray manure on government buildings GIFs of French farmers "protesting government agricultural policies by covering government buildings in manure and pelting police with apples." Read the rest... Hawaii residents near active volcano warned of health hazards beyond being, oh, burned alive by hot lava Civil defense officials in Hawaii went door-to-door last night handing out evacuation notices to residents in the immediate downslope path of the Puna lava flow. Read the rest... Tiger on the loose in Paris In a town outside Paris, cops, firemen and a hunting dog are searching for a large feline believed to be a juvenile tiger. Read the rest...