Ugly Mickey Mouse contest blog

Flavia sez, "Here's a Brazilian blog for the 'International Ugly Mickey Contest'. It's in Portuguese, but it's really great to see the terrible, amazingly ugly versions of Mickey Mouse. The contest is over now, but the blog will keep posting the ugly mickeys people send from all over the world." Link (Thanks, ...

Girl of my Dreams

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Saul Williams's collaboration with Trent Reznor is available for free download.Also, there's a related interview in New York Mag.

The Cutest Portal Papercraft [Portal]

When will the internets love affair with Portal end? Who knows. From where we're sitting we could be getting emails about pumpkins, plushies and God knows what else until the very end of time. Today's contribution is this adorable papercraft from the adorably-named Tubbypaws. Thankfully, it does not ...

Would Jessica and Owen Make a Cute Couple?

Jessica Simpson was showing off her amazing legs and gaping mouth in LA last week and rumor has it there may be a new man responsible for that smile. Owen Wilson and Jessica got to hang out at Willie Nelson’s lawn-mower race last week, and now sources are saying that these two had their first ...

Away Message (AKA Screen Name 2)

CV Formal Friday (via chromogenic)

noite (via sosgatinhos)

Money, Money: Nintendo's First Half Profit Nearly Triples, Money Printers Can't Keep Up

No surprises here, really. Profits for Nintendo's first fiscal half were ¥132.42 billion ($1.16 billion) on sales of ¥694.80 billion ($6.09 billion), destroying the same half last year's profit of ¥54.35 billion on ¥298.82 billion in sales. Nintendo's feeling pretty good, obviously, raising forecasted ...

Scientists Neutralize HIV At Last

Ever since I was in graduate school many, many years ago, science has "cured" HIV/AIDs in vitro. This is good news if you’re a lab animal, but not for patients suffering from the disease. This is why this news is particularly good. Prof. Jens Lundgren of the University of Copenhagen and ...

Ridiculous time-lapse of the SoCal fires from Space (QuickTime Link)

Ridiculous time-lapse of the SoCal fires from Space (QuickTime Link)

Friends, Whiskerino 2007 is Nigh

As of the writing of this post, Whiskerino 2007 is happening in 9 days and counting. This means that to the joy of the internet, hundreds of otherwise fairly normal, internet-using menfolk will be growing and showing beards from November 1–February 28. It also means that to the good-natured horror ...

I slept until 2pm today after a long couple weeks at work. Now I'm looking at the site from home,...

I slept until 2pm today after a long couple weeks at work. Now I'm looking at the site from home, without any editors open, and watching HD video clips one after the other. I think I'm addicted. It is such an amazing website. I don't have a TV at home. I'd kind of like a 27" LCD with an articulating ...

Funny news photo from 2004 - Boing Boing

Close Shaves in History

THE BIG RED BUTTON OF DOOM Think your job is stressful? Just past midnight on September 26, 1983, a Soviet satellite reported five missiles launched from a Montana base towards the U.S.S.R. In a command post near Moscow, a red button labeled "Start" began flashing. Amazingly, Lt. Col. Stanislav ...

Web Apps: What to use instead of Evite (and five other popular but terrible websites)

Oh god, Evite. It starts with an email about a party with no information about that party, and then it gets worse. But in many cases there's no reason you have to use the most popular site. Here's what to use instead of Evite, YouTube, Blogger, Twitter, Digg, and MapQuest. Evite: Use Socializr or MyPunchbowl The ...

Micky Mouse vs Mickey Mouse

This eBay auction for a rare 1920s "Micky" Mouse toy from the Performo-Toy Company includes an article that looks into the possibility that Disney cheated the Performo-Toy Company out of the character. The events that followed are largely circumstantial, but Middletown historians believe it is likely ...

Vodou Brooklyn

Stephanie Keith met a Vodou priest at a Buddhist interfaith event in New York. He invited her to photograph and experience the religious world of his Haitian culture. Ten ceremonies later, she offers her images and reflections on these late-night rituals. Produced by Trent Gilliss and Mitch Hanley Push ...

B&H Settles Discrimination Suit For $4.3 Million

B&H Photo-Video, the huge photo and video store on 9th Avenue and 34th Street, will pay $4.3 million to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint. The EEOC contended that B&H paid Hispanic employees in its warehouses less than other workers, many of whom are religious Jews; this is ...

Ladder For Sale

"You see it coming and it's STILL funny." Uploaded Yesterday 120 likes .