Archive - Boing Boing

I have seen the face of death on a piece of toast

Some things from the past are best left to the past.

11 hrs ago • Séamus Bellamy

Upcycle your old smart speaker with a new brain

The world is absolutely filthy with Google Home Minis.

11 hrs ago • Séamus Bellamy

Thunderous applause: JD Vance edition

In fairness, audible indifference is still technically a reaction.

11 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger

Ted Turner’s secret newsroom lair looks like the saddest airport lounge ever

Proof that even in the 80s, immense wealth could not protect you from aggressive beige.

12 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger

19-year-old got 12 years for selling $5 of pot in 1975

I came across a September 1976 piece in High Times headlined “Missouri — 12 Years for 11 Grams.”

12 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

Waymos perform ritual robot pilgrimage around suburban Atlanta cul-de-sac

One assumes this was either a routing glitch or the first step in selecting tribute.

12 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger

California declares war on the Kars4Kids earworm

The problem wasn’t that the money went somewhere; it was that the jingle strongly encouraged donors to imagine it going somewhere else.

13 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger

FBI director’s secret “VIP snorkel” at Pearl Harbor raises fascinating judgment questions

Nothing says “serious law enforcement leadership” like a secret VIP snorkel at Pearl Harbor

13 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger

A choral group’s Popeye cover is bringing back Saturday mornings

Watch the Harmony Town chorus sing the theme song from Popeye the Sailor. This lovely cover of the song is like a time machine to the past. This is the…

13 hrs ago • Popkin

What does it look like inside a scam call center?

Have you ever wondered where all those spam phone calls you get actually come from?

15 hrs ago • Jennifer Sandlin

Here’s a terrific search hack for the Internet Archive Book Images Flickr photo stream

Way back in 2014 we shared the news that the Internet Archive Book Images account was up and running on Flickr, thanks to the hard work of Kalev Leetaru…

15 hrs ago • Jennifer Sandlin

One dedicated modder is bringing multiplayer back to The Last Of Us

For as many times as The Last of Us has been remastered, remade, rereleased and remixed, it’s a shame that the series dropped its best idea so early.

15 hrs ago • Grant St. Clair

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