The Latest from Boing Boing

SF Bay Area on Sunday: Give Me Fiction short story reading show This Sunday at Lost Weekend Video in San Francisco, a group of comedians and writers read original short fiction at Give Me Fiction, the literary series hosted by Ivan Hernandez. Read the rest... Your scientifically accurate horoscope for 2015 “The position of the stars and planets will not affect your life in any way, shape, or form, whatsoever.” Found floating around on the internet, attribution unknown. View larger size. Read the rest... "Stellarscapes," Oriol Angrill Jordà A new round of the illustrator's blended portraits incorporates the heavens. Read the rest... Profile of an old-school monster master: Phil Tippett, dinosaur supervisor for Jurassic World The story catches up with Phil Tippet as he works on his animated stop-motion film Mad God in his Berkeley studio. Read the rest... A long winter's Caturday Cat nap, captured and shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by Boing Boing reader Eric Sonstroem. Read the rest... A matrix of the best Captains in pop culture An analysis of Great Captains in film, comics, TV, cereal boxes, and music. Read the rest... Adventure Time hand towels Your hands will be drier and your heart will sing: $13 on Etsy, also available in Kirby, Finn, andCaptain Kirk. (via Geeky Merch) Read the rest... Low-fat diets were a "global, uncontrolled experiment" And may be mass murder, according to a heavily footnoted editorial in the British Medical Journal. Read the rest... The opening manuscript page of JG Ballard's "Crash" [Link]/[Book link] Read the rest... Not just guitars: United breaks monks After four hours of dealing with United customer service, Brother Noah got so fed up trying to figure out why the airline had stranded Brother John Baptist in Malawi that he "manifested anger." It was only Abbot Philip's open letter that got the airline to fix things. (Image: Billy Gilbert Red Skelton Show 1956, public domain) Read the rest... LP sleeve is also a DJ controller DJ Qbert's (previously) successful Kickstarter funded production of a Bluetooth-connected sleeveprinted with capacitive surfaces that connect to a music-controlling app. (via Sean Bonner) Read the rest... WATCH: 365 words of wisdom, recorded one word daily for a year YouTuber Ben Schmidt created a philosophical twist on the photo a day concept. He wrote then read a 365-word reflection on time, recording one word each day. Read the rest... Terrible origami from $250,000 and under Etsy user mrimprov is testing the adage that art is what you can get away with, selling Terrible Origami for a quarter million dollars or less. Read the rest... Open-source 3D scans of museum items generate amazing new creative works Artist Oliver Laric worked with the Usher Gallery and The Collection in Lincoln to create 3D scans of their collections, then made the files available online. Read the rest... Director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) shares art from abandoned Alien sequel Oh shit A photo posted by Brownsnout (@neillblomkamp) on Jan 1, 2015 at 6:06pm PST Director Neill Blomkamp, best known for the dystopian masterpiece "District 9", was apparently set to be part of a new film project in the world of Ridley Scott's Alien. Read the rest... The FCC will vote on Net Neutrality in February In an announcement ending weeks of speculation, Federal Communications Commission officials today said that federal regulators will introduce and vote on new proposed net neutrality rules in February. Read the rest... Anti-protest sign at Mall of America is epically dystopian It flashed at protesters during the Black Lives Matter die-in at the Mall of America in December, 2014. Read the rest... Event: L.A. Pokémon art show and game tournament, Sat., Jan. 3, 2015 This Nintendo-themed art event sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday. Read the rest... WATCH: Adrian Lewis' perfect nine-dart finish at 2015 World Championships Adrian Lewis accomplished a rare televised perfect nine-dart finish at the 2015 PDC World Darts Championships this week. Even if you know nothing about darts, it's pretty cool! Read the rest... Katy makes couches for cats After Xeni posted a photo of one of my cats sleeping on a doll bed, I received an email from Katy Cone, who makes couches for cats. Read the rest... Monsters in America: a cryptozoological map of the USA You're gonna need this.A map of American cryptozoology that documents sightings of the Jersey Devil, Bigfoot, Mothman, Chupacabra, Shunka Warakin, Caddy, the Honey Island Swamp Monster and many more cryptids on one hand-drawn, hand-screened map. Read the rest... The surreal drawings of Christo Dagorov Christo Dagorov, a self-taught artist and illustrator, produces these beautiful multi-layered drawings. From Optically Addicted: In his “Skylines” series, translucent urban landscapes manifest in spirit-like ways over placid beach scenes. Read the rest... Obama administration: North Koreans probably not responsible for Sony Hack, but hey, let's sanction them anyway In what looks to many in the information security community like a bizarre face-saving gesture with little basis in reality, the Obama administration today announced new sanctions on 10 senior North Korean officials and several organizations. Read the rest... Radioactive glassware and the collectors who love it Collectors Weekly has a great gallery and profile of uranium-infused glassware from the early 20th century. They ask experts: is it safe, and why does it glow under UV light? Read the rest... Weirdly beautiful animated GIFs by Serbian artist Milos "Sholim" Rajkovic The Belgrade-based designer's work reminds us of the best of Terry Gilliam. Read the rest... Sacred Journey – The trippiest travel photo book you will ever see Sacred Journey: The Ganges to the Himalayas is the trippiest travel photo book I have ever seen, and I’ve seen them all. Read the rest... Progress bar art by Viktor Hertz Playful, simple series of visual jokes by Swedish illustrator and graphic designer Viktor Hertz. More of his work on Behance. [via Asylum Art] Read the rest... Who wouldn't want to live in this enchanting Swedish microhouse? Pack your bags--but not with too much stuff!--we're moving to Sweden. Read the rest... The best Weird YouTube Beatles song cover versions you will ever see or hear Tim Byrne takes requests for his very special music videos. Read the rest... Making a uniform for daily wear Over at Root Simple, Erik and Kelly (authors of The Urban Homestead, a book that was inspirational to me) made a list of resolutions for 2015. Read the rest...