Those of us old enough to remember them will feel a frisson of naughty nostalgia upon revisiting these teletext ads for adult services. Read the rest

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It's fun to watch robots arrange batteries coming down a conveyor belt.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/EPYLZUqrNZY/take-a-look-at-these-robots-pr.html

Joe Capra's video of amazing time-lapse shots in Rio De Janeiro using a fancy camera is worth watching full screen. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/3NyjhA4pNHM/ultra-high-res-timelapse-video.html

A Seoul court has sentenced the former vice president of Korean Air, Cho Hyun-ah (40), to one year in prison for throwing a temper tantrum on a Korean Air jet when macadamia nuts were served improperly on the runway at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/v_RFw5MZ1Xc/nut-rage-airline-exec-gets.html

When I was a kid, we laughed and laughed at commercials for the Contour Chair Lounge! Now I own one.

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Last year I posted a wonderful 15-minute documentary about the Italian magician Silvan. The director, Gabriele Trapani, just posted a new, equally enjoyable, mini-documentary about an interesting bodybuilder named Mr. O. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YUGzKTiPy5I/mini-documentary-about-67-year.html

Cleanly sums it up. (via Daily Kos)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kARhKAjVu1I/why-are-you-unvaccinated.html

A special feature at Deviant Art collecting the very best Downtown Abbey fan art. Yes, there is plenty of dowager.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/x3VfdKgGdkM/downton-abbey-fan-art.html

This week on the Cool Tools Show, we speak with Erik Knuzten, co-author of Urban Homestead:Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City and Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/M6DPUr8U7sw/urban-homestead-author-erik-kn.html

I've yet to find a hinged garlic press that I love. The ones I've tried are inefficient, fragile (especially the hinge, which inevitably fails), and not that easy to clean. I end up having to peel the unused garlic from the inside of the press, and my fingers stink for days. Everyone has their opinion about crushing garlic - my top choice is Joseph Joseph Rocker Garlic Crusher, Press, and Mincer ($14). Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/jWCT8V3Vdjo/rock-your-way-to-crushed-garli.html

Marriage is a surprising story about relationships and people by science fiction legend, HG Wells.

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"Meteorite Shoes" by Studio Swine, made from aluminium foam to resemble the color and form of a meteorite. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/oo_ECJXHTB8/meteorite-shoes.html

God exists. My prayers have been answered. Read the rest

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Doghouse Diaries nails it.

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This promotional documentary chronicles the lavish press event that marked the debut of Stevie Wonder's '70s masterpiece. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/FingrrYnod8/if-youre-a-stevie-wonder-fan.html

Wonderful, ephemeral portraits of pop culture stars like Bieber, Miley, Pharell, Seinfeld, Nicki Minaj, Larry David, and on and on. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/FWEyN9YP9GQ/dope-emoji-portraits-of-intern.html

Whether putting up his own US/Mexican border-crossing signs or appearing on the Simpsons, street artist Ron English is a versatile, trenchant, eyeball-kicking master of the form. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/6SVt1yQmd3g/giant-ron-english-art-book-st.html

The last 40 years of memory research strongly suggests the kind of misremembering Williams claims to have suffered is easy to reproduce in our own lives. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YsmbI1T7kUw/the-science-behind-brian-willi.html

Apple added an Activation Lock feature to iOS in late 2013. Since that time, theft of the phones have dropped significantly. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Ffgbf_dPuGY/iphone-thefts-plummet-thanks-t.html

My favorite maker of cool stuff is Ben Krasnow. He made an electron scanning microscope from scratch, and makes astronaut ice cream in his backyard laboratory. He's also a great explainer of how he makes he things. In this video, Ben explains how to make a covert radio pen with a bone conduction speaker.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ofgMCjpDS44/make-a-covert-radio-pen-with-b.html