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Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who was just 21 inches tall (54.6 cm), has died at age 75. Dangi is seen in this photo with Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man at 8' 2" tall (2.48 meters), when the pair met in London in November. Read the rest

Who said mastering electronics and programming can’t be fun? The Makeblock Arduino Starter Robot Kit will teach you about programming a microcontroller board to control physical objects using sensors. Read the rest

From BearKayla's YouTube channel: “16 week old Percy the Pekingese takes control and shows the kelpie pups how to work sheep. Pure. Gold.”(more…)

There's a hidden world beneath your nose filled with 2,709,919 objects waiting to be found by those who are in the know. Read the rest

And just in case that line wasn't problematic enough, he added, “we’re not going to set racial quotas.” Read the rest

The Snowflake’s smooth maneuvers, flawless 4-way flips, and 360˚rolls in any direction make it truly best in class. Soar, hover, flip, and tilt with ease or join a fleet of drones, thanks to advanced anti-collision technology. Read the rest

I loved Tower Records. Not for the records (though I bought a lot of them there), but for the tremendous book and zine section. Read the rest

It really does feel like a book come to life: With playful music, the crunch of snow and pretty, modern animal illustrations, you tilt and shake the device to interact gently with the stories and characters on all sides of you. Read the rest

A man showed photos of gorillas to a gorilla at a zoo, and the gorilla was interested.

Leslie Garret looks at people for whom decluttering has taken over their lives. Read the rest

Americans don't take real vacations, and it destroys their bodies. This is what 365 days without a vacation does to your health. Read the rest

Set in a world where the rest of humanity has uploaded their minds to robotic bodies, you play as the last vestige of meatspace, a disembodied human head roaming a space station in a rocket-powered helmet. Read the rest

Last week on Offworld saw us interrogate the millennial tech panic, play games about the Renaissance, watch a couple documentaries and collect Nicki Minaj fanart. Read the rest

What was in that ball, lead shot? (more…)

I’m loving Gamewright these days, the fun factory that churns out Sushi Go, which I reviewed last week, as well as the latest game in my house, Pyramix. Read the rest

Pain.

Aanand Prasad knows how to take a decent selfie, and helped me take a better one too! Read the rest

The authoritarian leader of Russia sure knows how to look good cuddling adorable soft fuzzy animals. Here is proof.Read the rest

It's always the Russians, beating us in the never-ending arms race of Totally Unsafe Things That Are Fun to Watch. (more…)

We'll have what he's having. Read the rest

This set of three 3-ounce travel bottles lets you transfer your favorite shampoo, lotion, and unguent into TSA-compliant squeezable tubes. The also have a suction cup so you can stick them to the shower wall in your hotel room and forget to pack them when you check-out.

It's actually very fun to listen to, ball jokes aside. Read the rest

It's not super scientifically perfect but it's a fun tool. Read the rest

They prefer to be called Little Raisins. Read the rest

[Update: According to this Vice article, Mott was working as an informant against the KKK, and was fired for fighting against police corruption.]Lake Arthur, Louisiana police officer Raymond Mott doesn't deny that he went to a KKK rally and giving a salute next to a KKK member wearing a hooded robe, but he is planning to sue the city for firing him. Read the rest

No, really. Read the rest

Chicago experimentalists Natural Information Society trance out with Bitchin Bajas for Automaginary, a stunning new LP that will launch you into the droney, pulsing minimalism pioneered by the likes of Terry Riley and Steve Reich but with a Krautrock edge. Read the rest

A classic example of global news lulz from 2012. Read the rest

US parents are weaponizing their babies, christening them with names associated with killing and maiming. Here's a sample of baby names, many of which are on the rise: Danger, Arrow, Rebel, Pistol, Arson, Gunner, Cannon, Trigger, Shooter, Caliber, Magnum, Pistol, Mace, Blade, Saw, Dagger, Archer, Arrow, Chaos, Rambo. Read the rest

Lindsey Giannini became Miss New Jersey in June and will soon compete in the Miss America competition against 51 other women. Read the rest

Bit conservation! The redesign makes more sense now. Read the rest

In Beijing, China banned 2.5 million cars from driving for 2 weeks to get this beautiful blue sky for a World War II commemorative parade. As soon as the parade was over, the ban was lifted, and the blue vanished within 24 hours. Read the rest

"My kids don't eat green things," says the angry mom who ordered red peppers on her takeaway kebabs. She lectures the restaurant workers about using English, then leaves in a huff, running smack into the door.

The creators of the game Year Walk have prepared a special treat for us: a free e-book of Swedish scary stories to tell in the dark. Read the rest

The Weather Channel posted this incredible video of a "firenado" that erupted from a pond coated in 800,000 gallons of bourbon after lightning struck a Jim Beam warehouse in Bardstown, Kentucky in 2003. (Weather.com)More about the fire in this 2003 AP article.

The history of weapons is a fascinating subject, but none more so than the history of swords and their sharp, pointy or bludgeoning cousins. Read the rest

Getty Images recently billed a German women's geek culture blog $868 for a 2012 blog post that contained Socially Awkward Penguin meme images. Read the rest

Romanian 5-year-old Claudio Stroe does pushups with his hands and feet on glass bottles. Claudio's older brother, Giuliano, is a World Record-setting child body builder and gymnast himself. Below, see one of Giuliano's impressive demo videos from 2013, when he was also around 5.

Laura Stuardo of Turin, Italy has been in a coma since July 19 after it was thought that she attempted suicide by jumping off a cruise ship. She's just woken up and insists she didn't jump, leading police to launch an attempted murder investigation. Read the rest

Our friends at Plugable, maker of the super-cool 250X USB microscope I reviewed in July, are sponsors of our upcoming Weekend of Wonder. Read the rest

Additional repetition and practice of skills my daughter learns at school really helps to cement them. Flash Kids workbooks are fun for her, and show me she has learned whatever we're working on.Read the rest

In the 1970s, documentary photographer Jill Freedman, now 75, embedded herself with New York City firefighters and police officers, capturing the grit, humor, and humanity of those individuals and others she encountered in her travels through the hidden narratives of Manhattan. Read the rest

Hilde Krohn Huse is a filmmaker and a performance artist. In this essay for the Guardian, she recounts her recent experience of ending up getting stuck in a tree hanging upside down from a rope tied around her ankle. Read the rest

Not sure about this new adaptation of J.G. Ballard's High Rise.

My Doglish is rusty, but I think he might be telling the person holding the phone to rotate his phone.

Wayland appears to be a bit of a wet blanket when it comes to having fun.

This remarkable edit, by Matthew Morettini, splices together three versions of the same scene. It's the one where Lecter's captor, Will Graham, must beg the good doctor for help in a later case. Read the rest

It reminds me of the film "The Cut-Ups" (1967), below, by William S. Burroughs and Antony Balch. It's fun to play them simultaneously. Yes, hello. Hello.

Whatever they are, blasters ain't lasers. And they're never described as lasers in the flicks! Like it says in those crazy technical manuals, they're slugs of superheated gas or whatever.Painstakingly examining the films frame-by-frame to see roughly how far and how fast bolts travel, Savage gets results in the 130-135mph range—slow enough for an alert person to dodge after firing, given some distance.