Boing Boing

A fellow sitting in the bleachers of a pro sports game of one kind or another attempts to put on a rain poncho, and the TV network decides its more fun to watch him than the highly-paid men running after a ball in the arena below. I can't argue with the decision!

Devorise Dixon posted photos on his Facebook page of an unusually shaped piece of fried meat, which he claims he was served at a KFC in Compton, California. Read the rest

From entire rooms to pocket-sized items, anything can be hidden in plain sight. All it takes is some imagination – and the right tools. Read the rest

My friend Ben Krasnow, who is one of the most talented makers-of-amazing-things I've ever met, used his home-made sxanning electron microscope to make an extreme close-up video of a turntable needle running in the groove of an LP. Read the rest

What Latin species designation do you give an orange-pink octopus that resembles a Pac-Man ghost or Pearl from Finding Nemo? Why, adorabilis of course! Read the rest

A suspect is reportedly in custody after a gunman entered a church in Charleston, Carolina then shot dead nine worshippers. Read the rest

Science is cool. But don't try this at home. Read the rest

It's hard not to feel sorry for the poor little inebriated feller.(more…)

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is trying to work out the rules for facial recognition -- whether and when cameras can be put in public places that programatically identify you as you walk past and then save a record of where you've been and who you were with. Read the rest

Derek Khanna, who spearheaded the legislative initiative that made phone unlocking legal, has published a report on patent reform with the libertarian-leaning Lincoln Labs that sets out the case for patent reform being necessary for economic liberty. Read the rest

A Golden Age shipwreck, the rarest of finds, lay waiting in the deep to be found. But even after hundreds of years, time can run out… Read the rest

Wired's Brian Barrett reports on a new feature of Google Trends that lets us see "stories in real time, giving unfettered access to what the Internet wants to know in the moment." Looks like the big news this morning is Justin Rose at the US Open. (more…)

Piled neatly by road markings in Eisenhower State Park, Texas, a vast number of gently writhing worms grace the asphalt. At first mistaken for spaghetti by rangers baffled at their regularity, it soon became clear something stranger was afoot. Read the rest

Amanda Taub and Johnny Harris analyze the bizarrely-staged photo ops in which the Russian president is seen to enjoy a "Walter Mitty-esque fantasy life" where he "subdues tigers, rides horses, and communes with dolphins:" this is politics in Russia. Read the rest

After a houseboat sank in the English channel, its contents bobbed off into the waves, allowing rescuers to capture this remarkable shot of a floating bathtub. Read the rest

When Neil Young objected to the bizarre use of his music during Donald Trump's presidential campaign announcement, it wasn't anyone's first rodeo. Read the rest

Game Of Thrones is full of horrendous characters, but sadistic rapist and torturer Ramsay Bolton may be the worst of them all. (more…)

The aptly-named YouTube channel We Have A Dinosaur has a simple mission: Release "short films about the joys and perils of dinosaur ownership." Read the rest

Patent reform, though limited, has been enough to hurt the market for certain types of patent, reports Ina Fried. Read the rest

thatonekid100 captures the essence of the genre: "this is a typical sandwich format." [via r/videos]

Bravo! Sysadmin Ricky Ramirez wrote that come June 29, all site traffic to be over HTTPS and HTTP will no longer be available. (We're working on it, too) [painting by linanddani]

We talk with author Beth Cato, author of The Clockwork Dagger, about why healers are never the hero in genre fiction and how she decided to change that. Read the rest

Vlogger Franchesca Ramsey weighs in on Rachel Dolezal in a new video for MTV News’ Decoded. (more…)

Illustrator James Chapman decided to add “-ing” to movie titles and then draw an image to represent these new and improved films. Read the rest

As highlighted in pretty much every trailer for the film, a big part of Jurassic World involves Chris Pratt training a "raptor squad." Now real-life zookeepers and trainers across the country are recreating that scene with their own animals Read the rest

A yet-to-be-determined woman will replace Alexander Hamilton's mug on the US $10 bill, according to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. Read the rest

Ogilvy & Mather HK's Pizza Hut Blockbuster Box converts into a low-powered projector for your phone. Read the rest

Worms have a specific antenna-shaped neuron that senses the Earth's magnetic field, enabling the transparent nematode to know up from down when it's in the ground. Read the rest

The $70 Nitecore MH2C outputs 800 lumens and gets outstanding reviews, and even though it uses those pain-in-the-ass CR123A batteries; you can also use 18650s which you can recharge over USB. Read the rest

Our pals at Quantified Self are hosting a big expo in San Francisco on Saturday and they're offering BB readers a $10 discount off the $20 ticket price! Get hip to the self-tracking scene and see your life through the lens of data! Event details here. Read the rest

It's called the Booboo. Read the rest

“No VFX used, this is magical nature,” says Alex Soloviev, who created this short film. “It's like a live cosmos, unbelievable smooth moves, eternity and meditation.” Read the rest

This grid of rubberized woven elastic straps stores cables, batteries, pens, card decks, earbud sets, flashlights, and other small items. Things will not slip out because the straps are rubbery. It's 9.5 inches by 7.5 inches and will fit in a laptop case or carry-on bag.Cocoon GRID-IT! Organizer Case ($7) on Amazon

GQ looks at the last four centuries of fashion in men's hats. And yes, it includes the porkpie hat from Breaking Bad. (more…)

This bicyclist is saving lives in Hampton Court by exposing one illegal cereal eater at a time. (more…)

The Japanese word "furoshiki" refers to wrapping something in cloth. In this case, it's your feet. Read the rest

A search engine that doesn't track user data is growing like crazy, with three billion searches a year. Read the rest

Shared with us by Brian Forham, via twitter, this cute video shows that given a chance and some video surveillance, people are wonderful!

Helium is the second most abundant element in the entire Universe, but we are running out of helium here on Earth. Read the rest

Tonight at the PianoFight theater in San Francisco, Imran G and Red Scott present their new monthly comedy show #PhotobombSF, which combines today's best comics, a theater with San Francisco's best bar, and the stupid and silly fun of a photo booth! Read the rest

Should your self-driving car be programmed to kill you in order to save others? Matt Windsor asked Ameen Bargh, a bioethicist at University of Alabama at Birmingham, this soon-to-be-real-life version of the classic Trolley Question. Read the rest