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Spotted in downtown Cape Town, South Africa. Insert your own "Home of the Whopper" + "I once caught a fish THIS big" joke here.

I've been traveling for the last couple of weeks. One key stop: Woods Hole, Mass., where I got up close and personal with everybody's favorite research submarine. Originally commissioned in 1964, Alvin is currently disassembled as part of a regular … Continue reading →

From the Mayo Clinic: "The technique is called gamete-targeted lentiviral transgenesis — essentially, inserting genes into feline oocytes (eggs) before sperm fertilization. Succeeding with it for the first time in a carnivore, the team inserted a gene for a rhesus … Continue reading →

Historypin is an app and site that overlays vintage photos, audio, and video onto current Google Maps Street View images. For example, above is the March of the 100 Bagpipers on a Nova Scotia road in 1955, and today. Below, … Continue reading →

Gweek is Boing Boing's podcast about movies, science fiction, games, comics, books, gadgets, and other cool stuff. Today, I interviewed Drew Magary, author of the new novel called The Postmortal. It's the first-hand account of what happens when a cure … Continue reading →

Hey, Torontonians, Ann Arborites, and New Yorkers! I'll be giving a free talk at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto called "Can creativity and freedom peacefully co-exist in the Internet age?" on Sept 14 at 7PM, where I'll be … Continue reading →

"Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow," the PM Press "Outspoken Authors" chapbook that includes my novella "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow/Now is the Best Time of Your Life," an original interview with Terry Bisson, and two essays, is now available in … Continue reading →

Photographer Luis Gispert's new NYC gallery show, titled "Decepcion," features shots of fancy cars blinged out in aftermarket, knock-off Louis Vuitton, Burberry, and Gucci interiors. Above, "Gucci Gloom" (2011). Below, ""LV Escalade" (2011). From Mary Boone Gallery: Embedded within the … Continue reading →

On Threadless, up for vote: MaxiGlob's "Dr Jones Phobia" spider-infested tee design, inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark. dr Jones phobia by maxiglob (via Super Punch)

Kurt from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "A judge the the Northern District of Texas writes a blistering opinion, sanctioning Evan Stone, attorney for porn studio Mick Haig Productions, $10,000 for improperly issuing subpoenas to ISPs without court permission in … Continue reading →

Susannah Breslin reaches out to a Wall Street corporate lawyer turned yoga instructor, journalists and writers, and a former Army combat medic for their stories about how the terrorist attacks of September 11 changed their lives: 9/11 Stories: No One … Continue reading →

TechCrunch is hosting a hackathon at its SF conference, with $500,000 in prizes. There are also unusual hats. [TC]

Above, a Fire Helmet belonging to Chief Joseph Pfeifer. This object is now part of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York. More photos, and stories about those objects, below (source: REUTERS). A related news item about … Continue reading →

My family are hardcore Boggle players; it's been our traditional family vacation game for as long as I can remember, and my parents have a first-gen Boggle set with its handsome, round-cornered dice and the seventies orange tray with smoked … Continue reading →

Jody Culkin's made a great, CC-licensed comic-book introduction to the Arduino platform and to electronics projects in general. Introduction to Arduino, PDF link

Neil Gaiman's launched a creator-centric audiobook label; Neil's a fabulous reader. "When Don Katz first called and explained ACX to me I started to get excited. I've loved narrating audiobooks—winning the Audiobook of the Year Audie Award for The Graveyard … Continue reading →

Jungle Brothers' "I'll House You" (1989). Can you feel it? [video link]

You know that unskippable government warning on DVDs, which only big media corporations may use? The FBI's anti-piracy imprimatur may now be used by any copyright holder, not just members of trade associations such as the RIAA and MPAA. It … Continue reading →

"True Names," the Hugo-nominated novella that Benjamin Rosenbaum and I published in 2008, has been republished in a CC-licensed Polish edition, courtesy of Ireneusz Dybczyński.

One of many reasons I admire artist James Gurney so much: he finds beauty in almost everything. Yesterday I took my car to the shop because it needed an inspection. The rain was pouring down. There wasn't much space in … Continue reading →