The Latest from Boing Boing

The dazzling kinetic sculptures of Bob Potts The 72-year-old sculptor is a connoisseur of form, movement, and visual grace. Read the rest... Solar-charging battery for USB devices with massive 20000mAh The ZeroLemon SolarJuice 20000mAh Battery, which sells on Amazon for $80, is on sale for the next five days at Stacksocial for $50. I'm getting it for an upcoming trip with the family. Read the rest... Spill resistant dog watering bowl On long road trips this spill resistant watering bowl keeps my dogs hydrated and my cars dry. Water sloshing around in the bowl quickly became a soaked floor or carpet. Read the rest... Take a look at these robots practicing the life changing magic of tidying up. It's fun to watch robots arrange batteries coming down a conveyor belt. Read the rest... German teletext porn (crude pixelated nudity, sexy seizure warning for hot GIF action) Those of us old enough to remember them will feel a frisson of naughty nostalgia upon revisiting these teletext ads for adult services. Read the rest... Ultra high res timelapse video of Rio De Janeiro Joe Capra's video of amazing time-lapse shots in Rio De Janeiro using a fancy camera is worth watching full screen. "10328x7760 - A 10K Timelapse Demo" is a video I put together showcasing the extreme resolution of the PhaseOne IQ180 camera of which it was shot. Read the rest... MC Frontalot dresses up as Grandma, Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf MC Frontalot has released the video for "Start Over" -- the Little Red Riding Hood song from his album Question Bedtime. Read the rest... "Nut rage" airline exec gets a year in prison A Seoul court has sentenced the former vice president of Korean Air, Cho Hyun-ah (40), to one year in prison for throwing a temper tantrum on a Korean Air jet when macadamia nuts were served improperly on the runway at John F. Read the rest... Music: "Joyride," Roxette (1991) Strangely, I find both Roxette and Aqua great music for driving really fast. Read the rest... Radio documentary about William Burroughs, narrated by Iggy Pop On This American Life, a replay of a BBC radio documentary about William S. Burroughs narrated by Iggy Pop that convinced Ira Glass why Uncle Bill deserves respect: "Burroughs 101"(via Sarah Agudo) photo: "William S. Burroughs and E-meter, London, 1972" by Charles Gatewood Read the rest... Trailer: Star Wars vs. Star Trek No, it's not real. Yet. Read the rest... Calligrapher of the Rings New Zealand-based artist Daniel Reeves created the calligraphy and cartography seen in The Lord of the Rings trilogy along with several other big fantasy films, and merchandise associated with the movies. Read the rest... If the foreign press treated American measles the way US media covered ebola If Over There Was Like Over Here [Safwat Saleem] Read the rest... Tor.com announces new line of novella-length books Starting next Sept, the company will publish 3-4 new, DRM-free, original science fiction novellas as ebooks, audiobooks and print-on-demand paper books per month, and they're launching strong, with titles by Seanan McGuire, Mary Robinette Kowal and Paul Cornell, as well as a slate of first-time authors. Read the rest... “Fool the Axis—use Prophylaxis! Over at Collectors Weekly, a look at the US military's terrific World War II-era posters about the dangers of venereal disease. Read the rest... How Chad Kirton went from a kid in Saskatchewan to a rapper in Korea Recording my podcast Notebook on Cities and Culture's Korea Tour last summer, I had some of the most fun hanging out with Chad Kirton, also known as DJ Chad, also known — when in the hip-hop game — as Fusion. Read the rest... Brian McClellan and his latest flintlock fantasy novel, The Autumn Republic When you rule the world of "powder mages" you can do what you want. Brian McClellan wields his powder for good. Read the rest... Kowloon Walled City was the densest—and most interesting?—place on Earth I have only two major urban regrets: that I'll never get to see Portsmouth's Tricorn Centre, and that I'll never get to see Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City. Read the rest... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles save Los Angeles rail transit in "Operation Blue Line" (1990) As a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle enthusiast in childhood and a Los Angeles rapid transit enthusiast in adulthood, I should, by all rights, love Operation Blue Line, a ten-minute 1990 promotional video wherein the usually New York-based Heroes on a Half Shell defeat Gridlock, a villain bent on "suppressing all public information" about the Blue Line, the first branch of the city's modern rail system. Read the rest... Download the first and coolest cyberpunk radio drama "Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe" is free for one week only. Read the rest... Building a refurbished playground in the Dominican Republic In December 2014, volunteers from One Desk Foundation went to the Dominican Republic and built a refurbished playground purchased from Kids Around the World, a non profit that recycles playgrounds donated by local parks. Read the rest... R2D2 handbags These embroidered felt R2D2 handbags ($185, 17" high) are made to order in Moscow by Krukrustudio. (via Bonnie Burton) Read the rest... Nuanced view of corruption: money doesn't buy elections, it buys influence Jonathan Soros, son of George Soros and heavy donor to campaigns to get money out of politics, writes a nuanced account of what huge, open campaign contributions do to electoral politics. Read the rest... Why are you unvaccinated? Cleanly sums it up. (via Daily Kos) Read the rest... Downton Abbey fan art A special feature at Deviant Art collecting the very best Downtown Abbey fan art. Yes, there is plenty of dowager. Read the rest... Rock your way to crushed garlic I've yet to find a hinged garlic press that I love. The ones I've tried are inefficient, fragile (especially the hinge, which inevitably fails), and not that easy to clean. Read the rest... Urban Homestead author Erik Knutzen's favorite tools This week on the Cool Tools Show, we speak with Erik Knuzten, co-author of Urban Homestead:Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City and Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World. Read the rest... Meteorite shoes "Meteorite Shoes" by Studio Swine, made from aluminium foam to resemble the color and form of a meteorite. Inspired by Comet 67P/Tchourioumov-Guérassimenko captured by the robot Philae. Read the rest... Sriracha Ketchup from Heinz will soon be a thing God exists. My prayers have been answered. “Heinz Tomato Ketchup Gets a New Twist with Sriracha Flavor,” a press release heralding a blessed event second only to the birth of Christ, and even then, possibly more sacred if you worship at the temple of hot sauce as I do. [news.heinz.com via Laughing Squid] Read the rest... Nathan Barley: old comedy turned out to be a documentary about our future When Charlie "Black Mirror" Brooker came up with his trustafarian new media parody Nathan Barley for TV Go Home, no one suspected the character would last this long -- or be so relevant. Read the rest...