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Imagine you are predicting the weather with the Weems Stormglass 
(unknown author) via Boing Boing Gadgets on Tue, 07 Oct. 2008
Shared by Dave
Cool! Wonder how it works!???
The Weems Stormglass, it is called. Not some steampunk confection, this strange little device, invented more than two centuries ago, is said to predict the
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Richard Metzger: Ten years ago
David Pescovitz via Boing Boing on Tue, 07 Oct. 2008
In honor of my dear friend Richard Metzger's stint as a BB guestblogger beginning today, I dug up this link to a Wired interview I did with Richard that was published exactly 10 years ago this month. Wow, time sure flies when we're having fun. From the interview, titled "Live From Bedlam":
Wired: Information wants to be free, but does it want to be true?
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How to find neighbors who think they are registered but probably aren't
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Adam Savage says: "My wife has been working for these folks. I'm passing it on to you in case you're interested. It's sooper inportant. They are non-partisan, btw."
Project Vote has now posted online lists of people (with their addresses) who filed registration applications in various counties but who were not put on the voter rolls by election authorities because of alleged or act
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Guestblogger: Richard Metzger
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
(Tara McGinley, Richard Metzger September 2008. Photo: Coop)
Meet our next guestblogger, Richard Metzger. Shortly after I met Richard in Los Angeles in the early 1990s, he launched an amazing web directory of unusual information
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Photos from the denim distressing factory
Cory Doctorow via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Photographer David Friedman visited a Kentucky "distressing" factory where skilled laborers expertly age denim for the benefit of high-end designers, and produced a sweet little photos essay of these artisans at work.
Photo Essay: The Denim Factory
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Artificial foreskin lets you keep your sensitivity AND the covenant of Abraham!
Cory Doctorow via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Circumcised? Need a foreskin? Have no fear, Viafin's synthetic turtleneck's got you covered:
Being circumcised affects the natural operation, appearance and sensitivity of the penis. During recent years much medical research has been carried out in several countries into the function and purpose of the foreskin
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Abbey Ryan's painting-a-day blog
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
I'm an admirer of artists who create a painting a day, and then post them to their blog. Abbey Ryan is one such artist.
You can bid on Abbey's work on eBay. The painting above, "
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eBoy's Blockbob Eater doll
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
eBoy, the artist collective that designed Boing Boing's logos, announced the launch of its wooden Blockbob Eater doll today.
Made out
of Swiss maple wood, 8.5" tall and limited to 70 pieces. Each unit comes numbered and
signed.
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The problem with the one-eye veil for women, and a solution
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Saudi cleric Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan has come up with a solution for troublesome women who wear eye makeup to look seductive as they peer through the slit in the black hoods they wear whenever they step outside. He wants them to wear full veils with a single eyehole.
The problem with this idea, of course, is that every time a woman blinks, men will think she is winking at them. Writing to In
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Sharpest photo of Jupiter from Earth
David Pescovitz via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
This is the sharpest "whole Jupiter" photo ever taken from Earth. It was snapped with a telescope using special adaptive optics to reduce fuzz. From National G
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Motherboards that won't tear the roof of your mouth to shreds
(unknown author) via Boing Boing Gadgets on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Shared by SharonG
this one's for you, shosh!
It looks delicious, of course, but for god's sake, you fool, don't eat it ! Needless to say, gentlemen, the
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2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine
David Pescovitz via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Three scientists split the 2008 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of HIV and HPV. French researchers Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barre-Sinoussi first identified human immunodeficiency virus in 1983 and German scientist Harald zur Hausen discovered the human papilloma virus which leads to cervical cancer. From the New York Times:
Of the more than 100 human papi
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Wonderful noodle stretching and folding video
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
How do you make 4096 noodles in hurry? By stretching and folding the dough 12 times.
A clip from Philip Morrison's 1987 PBS program "The Ri
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Who is "essential" during a pandemic?
David Pescovitz via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics published new research on who should be considered "essential" in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak. Of course, medical workers and firefighters are on the list but so are a surprisingly diverse group of other folks who often go unrecognized in keeping us alive and happy. From a press release:
After examining several accepted public h
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The Maverick Family in Texas Asks: "Who You Callin' a Maverick?"
Xeni Jardin via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
NYT writer and Texas son John Schwartz wrote this very funny piece about the family in Texas who bear the name being co-opted by John McCain's presidential campaign.
[T]o those who know the history of the word, applying it to Mr. McCain is a bit of a stretch — and to one Te
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JFK rug
David Pescovitz via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
This JFK rug from the 1960s is up for auction on eBay. It's 52cm x 40cm. Starting bid is $2000. US President Kennedy - Portrait -- Persian Rug
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US Congresspeople Told Martial Law Would Be Imposed if Bailout Bill Didn't Pass
Xeni Jardin via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
In this YouTube clip, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) says some congresspeople were told in private briefings that if they did not pass the bailout bill, circumstances would soon force the federal governme
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Paper and pencil better for the brain than software?
David Pescovitz via Boing Boing on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Dutch psychologist Christof van Nimwegen posits that paper and pens/pencils boost learning and creative problem solving much more than computers do. Van Nimwegen wrote a PhD dissertation, titled "The paradox of the guided user: assistance can be counter-effective", about how software affects brain processes. English professor Michael Leddy sum
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