- newRomania's prime minister doesn't know why he signed ACTA, Czech Republic's out
The EU's Eastern European constituents have been under enormous trade pressure to sign onto ACTA, the copyright treaty negotiated in secret at the behest of the US Trade Rep and the entertainment lobby. There's widespread rebellion in Slovenia, Polan…
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- newTalking camera issues threats to people visiting communal garden
[Video Link] "Camden council in north London have recently installed this talking camera that issues threats to residents at Walker House."
- 57 mins ago, 6 Feb 12, 11:25pm -
- newDick Tufeld, voice of Lost In Space's Robot, RIP
I had missed this sad news, but Dick Tufeld, the man who gave Robby the Robot his voice on Lost In Space, died last month. He was 85. Along with his famous catchphrase "Danger, Will Robinson!" and the intro to Lost In Space, Tufield's voice was also…
- 1 hour ago, 6 Feb 12, 10:52pm -
- newBeautiful transfer of a 1957 color home movie of Disneyland
This restored 1957 home movie of a Disneyland visit, from the Disney History Institute, is an absolute treat. I love the rare footage of the Frontierland pack-mules and the Jungle Cruise as it was before the jungle really grew in; I'm likewise captiv…
- 2 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 10:18pm -
- newPetition to uncloak secret copyright treaty
A welcome White House petition for our American readers' consideration: a request to make the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty negotiation more transparent. This bland-sounding treaty is, in fact, the successor to ACTA, negotiated in the strictest se…
- 2 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 10:12pm -
- newGweek 038: Puzzlejuice Pigs
Gweek is a weekly podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My hosts on episode 38 are Dean Putney, Boing Boing's co…
- 3 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 9:46pm -
- newStop-motion film about an entomologist's nightmare
Stop-motion film about an entomologist's nightmare MikeyP sez, "Filmmaker friends of mine have a lovely melancholy stop-motion film (about a tiny entymologist with a lightbulb for a head) they're hoping to get into the Australian short film festival…
- 3 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 9:29pm -
- newVideo: OK Go's "Needing/Getting"
Here is OK Go's excellent video for "Needing/Getting." And yes, it was done "in partnership" with the maker of that particular car. According to the video description, the car "was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instru…
- 4 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 8:42pm -
- newTom Marcinkco's wonderful sf, free for Kindles
My friend and oft-times workshop mate Tom Marcinko, a very talented writer and critiquer, has just put seven of his previously published sf stories into the Kindle store for what he calls "the amazingly low price of absolutely nothing." He's getting…
- 4 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 8:00pm -
- newBe a Book Giver on World Book Night
This is the first post from the fine folks of the American Library Association, which recently launched a member interest group called Library Boing Boing. They will be posting now and again as LibraryLab. On April 23, 2012, tens of thousands of peop…
- 5 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 7:27pm -
