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7 electronics kits for kids The Guardian reviews a selection of fun kids' electronic kits, including littleBits Space Kit, and the Raspberry Pi based Kano computer. Read the rest... Ninja of Die Antwoord talks 'CHAPPiE' with Boing Boing's Xeni: here's a teaser for our full-length interview Here's a short tease for our full-length, Charlie-Rose-style sitdown smackdown, which we'll be publishing on March 6, the same day CHAPPiE hits theaters. Read the rest... The Whisper of Stars: A science-fiction thriller Hibernation and suspended animation stories have always fascinated me. The Whisper of Starsturns sleep into an action packed technology thriller. Read the rest... The best Bar Mitzvah music video invite you will ever see Mazel tov, Brody Criz! (Thanks, Gabe Adiv!) Read the rest... Delta plane skids off runway at NYC's LaGuardia airport A Delta jet carrying 125 passengers slid off the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport Thursday during a snowstorm. There are no reported injuries. Read the rest... Music: "Jump, Jive & Harmonize," Thee Midniters You got the soul, baby. Read the rest... Greatest hits of customer aviation complaints to the DoT Michael from Muckrock writes, "Last July, MuckRock user Curtis Raye requested all aviation consumer complaints in the categories of 'customer service' and 'discrimination' made to the Department of Transportation in March and April of 2014." Read the rest... Matt Haughey retires from Metafilter After 16 years behind the wheel of Metafilter, Matt Haughey is stepping down.Haughey started the site 16 years ago after taking a web applications development seminar, and has been its helmsman and guiding spirit ever since, steadfastly refusing to grow the site too quickly, shutting down paid memberships whenever a favorable press report brought in too many new users for the site to absorb at once. Read the rest... Jimmy Kimmel's message to the anti-vaccine movement “Remember the time you got Polio? No, you don’t! Because your parents got you f—king vaccinated!” (link) Read the rest... Trolls abuse Canadian copyright law with fraudulent mass-scale extortion notices Michael Geist writes, "The launch of the Canadian copyright notice system earlier this year raised serious concerns as Rightscorp, a U.S.-based anti-piracy company, sent notices that misstated Canadian law and demanded that users pay to settle claims." The misuse of the Canadian system was the result of the government's failure to establish regulations prohibiting misleading content or the use of notice-and-notice to demand settlements. Read the rest... Lego cell phone dock spins 360 User Toulouse shows off a fairly slammin' cell phone dock on the OnePlus One Android smartphone forum. Even though it's for the new OnePlus One phone, the build can be recreated for any handset. Read the rest... Net Neutrality victory lap: Grumpy Cat banner flown over Comcast HQ Net Neutrality advocates flew an airplane over Comcast HQ in Philadelphia towing a 2,000 square foot banner of Grumpy Cat saying "Comcast: Don't Mess with the Internet." Read the rest... Cheerful video about typing to music (1937) I'm going to try this kind of music to hopefully increase my blogging. (via Weird Universe) Read the rest... Hose clamps are a billion-dollar business One of the most versatile tools and fasteners is the humble hose clamp, invented in 1921 and marketed as the Jubilee Clip. Read the rest... Wearable laugh sensor knows when you're feeling good At the 2015 Wearable Device Technology Expo in Tokyo in January, a tech firm introduced asmall lapel worn sensor that can tell when the wearer's laughing, talking, or in trouble. Read the rest... David Gerrold's Doctor Who versus Star Trek comic When Steve Davidson from the rebooted Amazing Stories heard that David "Trouble With Tribbles" Gerrold had written a comic book script for a parody in which Doctor Who appeared on the Starship Enterprise (TOS edition), he knew he had to publish it. Read the rest... NTSB re-investigate plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper More than 55 years after a plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson, the National Transportation Safety Board may re-examine the accident, previously thought to be pilot error in the face of bad weather. Read the rest... Interview with Mike Evans of the Secret Dad Society Kevin Kelly and I interviewed Mike Evans of the Secret Dad Society on the Cool Tools Show podcast. He recommends a bunch of toys and tools for family fun. Check out his picks here. Read the rest... Lovely photo of terminal patient's final visit to the art museum A dying woman hoped to visit Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum one last time, so the Stichting Ambulancewens (Ambulance Wish Foundation) granted her wish. Read the rest... Why do bugs bug? Why do we in the West fear and hate bugs yet for many Japanese people, they are beloved pets and sometimes even delicious food? Read the rest... Classic superhero bodies photoshopped for believability I love the "reverse Photoshopping" of these comics -- digitally adding normal physiques -- as performed by Bulemia.com. The group says it wants to call attention to bodies so far out line with those of most Americans. Read the rest... Pot isn't God's mistake, says Republican from Texas House of Reps "All that God created is good, including marijuana," says Texas State Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) who is proposing a bill to repeal marijuana offenses. Read the rest... How the best Donald Duck story of all time skewered capitalism Like any masterpiece, Carl Barks' 1949 comic book story "Lost in the Andes" means many things to many critics, each one finding something new with every reading. Read the rest... Fan-films and the future of fantasy Small productions are becoming better—and more professional—than ever. But the falling price of good equipment is only part of the magic. Read the rest... Baby cries when dad cries, stops crying when dad stops Pretty adorable. The dad is Fabian Herrera, and the kid is indeed a sweetheart. [Video Link] Read the rest... Cat vs. Turtle vs. Cat It's hard to tell who's chasing who, but we could watch this video of a cat chasing a turtle chasing a cat pretty much forever. Read the rest... Hermit crabs line up in order of size to swap and upgrade shells with one another “They arrange themselves in an orderly queue, the biggest at the front, the smallest at the back; they're lining up with one aim: to exchange properties. Read the rest... Y2K Time Bomb: Classic Evangelical Armageddon TV Jesus needs your money because Y2K. This television ad for Jack and Rexella Van Impe's Y2K scare video combines the exploitation of Christ for cash, computer scares, the end is near, and hacker graphics. Read the rest... 'Is College Bad for Girls?' cautionary pamphlet from 1905 We're just asking. Read the rest... Interactive tour of nuclear arsenals since WWII Explore how many nukes there are in the world, and where they are, courtesy of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' interactive Nuclear Notebook -- a useful way to discover whether some friendly superpower has stashed nukes in your harbour. Read the rest...