In honor of today, please enjoy Harry Manfedini's "Overlay of Evil/Main Title" from the score to Friday the 13th (1980). And as a bonus, here is the evolution of Jason Vorhees's handsome mug:

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/j6r7CTKBubc/ki-ki-ki-ma-ma-ma.html

The Royal soap opera continues apace in this week’s tawdry tabloids, increasingly untethered from reality.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/-joZvFsFItc/the-queens-worst-nightmare.html

Throw some salt over your shoulder and enjoy this 1977 Encyclopedia Britannica short documentary, The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural, hosted by Christopher Lee who famously starred as Dracula in a string of British horror films of the 1950s and 1960s. ESP, Kirlian photography, black magic, telekinesis... Oh, how I miss this particular strain of high weirdness media that was so prevalent in the 1970s.

(via r/ObscureMedia) Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0cvV48Ik2hs/celebrate-friday-the-13th-with.html

This adorable puma is willing to play a game with its human, as long as it receives the prize, win or lose.

Puma reasoning skills on display, 3 cup shuffle from r/Magic

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Ap9-CYTnvxU/puma-loses-3-cup-shuffle-game.html

Security officers at Lithuania's Vilnius Airport built a Christmas tree from "items that are prohibited to carry in hand luggage and which were taken away from passengers during screening."

"With knives, scissors, lighters, blades and all other sorts of dangerous goods on it - this Christmas tree has it all," they wrote on LinkedIn.

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/LxtpQR_1880/airport-security-made-a-christ.html

Fish farmers on Canada's Vancouver Island spotted an eagle in the clutches of a giant Pacific octopus. Realizing the eagle would soon drown, the men freed the raptor from the cephalopod's tentacles and set it free.

“He deprived the poor octopus of a good meal,” University of Lethbridge octopus expert Jennifer Mather joked to The Guardian. “They’re quite wide in their prey choice. If something is on the surface of the water, and the octopus is close to the surface of the water, it’s food.”

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/a1vyZS8WkLE/watch-octopus-vs-eagle.html

Dazed Beauty reports on a rising trend in Russia called devil lips, or octopus lips. "[T] he procedure is said to involve inserting filler in the outer lip to create a wave effect across both the lips," reports the site.

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Ana Cristina Ferreira (@draanacristinaferreira) on Dec 4, 2019 at 7:12pm PST

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Skinsential Aesthetics (@skinsential_aesthetics) on Dec 4, 2019 at 11:32pm PST

Image: skinsential_aesthetics

[via Oddity Central] Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Ufdf9cBESb0/enjoy-these-photos-of-lips-inj.html

In the above episode of the Museum of Modern Art's "The Way I See It," the patron saint of bad taste John Waters looks at Lee Lozano’s "Untitled" (1963).

"I buy art and love art that frightens me and gives me flashbacks to things that scared me. And then I overcome it by looking at it." Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ll0dKsIw1uM/john-waters-and-steve-martin-l.html

Taeha Types' Mechanical Keyboard Sounds: Recordings Of Bespoke And Customised Mechanical Keyboards is the album of the year. Roaring into life with the kinetic Apple M011A and the hard-rocking Chicory KB5160AT, it gives way to the delicate ballad Fjell before leaping into the perennial classic HHKB Pro. Granted, some tracks on the flipside might be filler materialthe poppy Keycult No1-65 lacks energy and IBM P70 has all the hallmarks of a slapdash b-side, but it all comes together nicely in the soaring Verne, sure to be a spring hit. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/8A322FJ76gE/whole-album-just-the-sound-of.html

In the spring of this year, I started a weekly tips newsletter, Gareth's Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales. I had released a book of tips in 2018, called Tips and Tales from the Workshop, and couldn't shake the habit of tips-collecting. So, I decided to launch a newsletter to share what I was rounding up each week.

The newsletter has been a big success and I am thrilled with the response I've gotten. I decided it would be fun to go through the last seven months content and share ten of my favorite tips with Boing Boing readers. Here they are, in no particular order.

 

Details Layer Scott of Essential Craftsman shared this pearl of wisdom on an episode about using construction string: “Details layer. The more accurate you can get in your details, even with something as mundane as how you tie your knot – it all accumulates to acceptable accuracy.” This is a maker’s truth. I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately because I am the king of cutting corners, lazy work habits, and fudging the details. So, I know exactly what he means. I think understanding and applying this concept is the difference between a master craftsperson and an amateur. As I work, I don’t put tools back, I don’t stop and sharpen or change blades when I should, I don’t read instructions, I try and rush things, and I try and skip doing things the way I know they should be done. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/tkRyvW7eOwk/my-top-ten-maker-tips-for-2019.html

A coterie of Karens, banded together under the banner "One Million Moms," have called for a boycott of the Hallmark Channel after it ran a commercial that showed a married couple kissing. The Karens of OMM aren't against marriage, nor the occasional televised depiction of a chaste kiss between a married couple. But the fact that the kissers were women, gave OMM the vapors. It's a sad time for both the Hallmark Network and One Million Moms, because I imagine OMM makes up about 95% of the network's audience and now these women won't have anything to watch but Fox News and videos of YouTube rallies starring their beloved moral-beacon of a president.

From Yahoo News:

The organization posted a call to action on its website earlier this week after one of the wedding website’s new ads was seen on the family channel, noting on its campaign page that Hallmark’s commercials are “usually safe for family viewing. But unfortunately, that is not the case anymore.” The group’s chief complaint was a kiss shared between the two brides in the ad.

”Recently, One Million Moms received concerns about Hallmark airing a commercial from Zola.com in which two lesbians are shown kissing at the end of their wedding ceremony,” the post reads. “Similar concerns from regular viewers are posted on an online complaint board for the Hallmark Channel.”

The parent organization of One Million Moms is the American Family Association, which is listed as hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/XxchScX4vpI/one-million-moms-a-far-right.html

In this MoMA video, Steve Martin talks about two of his favorite abstract art paintings and why he appreciates them. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/819UvsFfUbg/steve-martin-makes-abstract-ar.html

Unshort unshortens short links for you, revealing the true URL. This lets you visit a page without being tracked by the URL shortening service. There are add-ons for all major browsers to automatically unshorten all shortened links; source code is available if you don't even want Unshort knowing where you're headed. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/gkhNUFy1Q-Q/link-unshortener.html

Exit polls show a clear win for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party, report Reuters and other media outlets at this hour.

Boris Johnson lied in his victory speech.

He also boasted of a "historic" election result, saying the Conservative government "has been given a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win a resounding victory in Britain’s election with a parliamentary majority of 86 seats, an exit poll showed https://t.co/O9JZ4vawGc #GE2019 pic.twitter.com/SOPU4CHJYC

 Reuters (@Reuters) December 13, 2019

Truly extraordinary #UKElection as Labour heartland seats tumble to Tories. A huge victory for Boris Johnson who is vindicated with a #Brexit mandate. A terrible result for Jeremy Corbyn who has, unsurprisingly, led his party to near oblivion. @australian https://t.co/ZC0OjC9AWc

 Troy Bramston (@TroyBramston) December 13, 2019

Boris Johnson hails huge Tory victory as election result puts him on track for SIXTY-FOUR majority #GE2019 https://t.co/HjNUT7hj0B

 Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) December 13, 2019

Boris Johnson uses first speech after election win to repeat NHS campaign lies https://t.co/2LPrfEADQp

 The Independent (@Independent) December 13, 2019

"It's turned out to be a historic election that gives us now, in this new government, the chance to respect the democratic will of the British people," says Boris Johnson https://t.co/iqGncV1I7a #UKElection pic.twitter.com/C1qFZUEDZN

 Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) December 13, 2019

Our live results map is getting more colourful. Over half of constituencies have now declared and the Conservatives are projected to gain a majority of 80 https://t.co/wpZq4jVeZE pic.twitter.com/UQBdL42Bao

 The Economist Data Team (@ECONdailycharts) December 13, 2019

These are the MPs who lost their seats in the 2019 UK general election https://t.co/srY5DTzcgO

 BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) December 13, 2019

K we now have a new leader for strongest correlation, and I think this is narratively significant:

The share of workers in low-skilled jobs was a bigger predictor of swing than either Brexit vote or graduates.

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/n3nu-Ty0lXE/uk-elections-boris-johnsons.html

UK ELECTION RESULTS: Jeremy Corbyn says he will not lead the UK's Labour party in the next general election, as voting results come in and add up to a crushing defeat for Labour at nationwide polls.

Yes, it looks like Boris Johnson is on track for a landslide victory, and that Brexit will proceed.

***U.K.'s Jeremy Corbyn to Step Down as Labour Party Leader***

 Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 13, 2019

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn: "I will not lead the party in any future general election campaign." pic.twitter.com/C8edpNuO4a

 BuzzFeed News UK (@BuzzFeedNewsUK) December 13, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn says he will not lead Labour in any future #GeneralElection campaign, after a "very disappointing" night for the party https://t.co/qmXslwpJ6J

 The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 13, 2019

JUST IN: The leader of the Liberal Democrats, which campaigned on a strongly anti-Brexit platform, has lost her seat in UK Parliament https://t.co/qf9UF2NCVb

 CNN International (@cnni) December 13, 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win a resounding victory in Britain’s election with a parliamentary majority of 86 seats, an exit poll showed https://t.co/O9JZ4vawGc #GE2019 pic.twitter.com/SOPU4CHJYC

 Reuters (@Reuters) December 13, 2019

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/UwBqefRj8rQ/jeremy-corbyn-i-will-not-le.html

A man in Maine realized one of his female ducks was heartbroken after a bobcat “snatched her two fellow ducks from owner Chris Morris’ yard on Dry Moon Lane about two weeks ago.”

So Mr. Morris, who is a special ed teacher, created this little lovelorn duck wanted ad and posted it in the local co-op.

“Duck seeking duck,” the ad read. “Lonesome runner duck seeks companion. Partner recently deceased. Serious replies only.”

“We wanted to post about this to try to find a duck, and that just seemed like the best fit,” Morris told the Bangor Daily News, which reports that the ad led to something new:

Sadie Greene knew exactly what Morris was looking for when she saw the bulletin board posting.

The 32-year-old Dedham resident, a guest attendant at Woodlawn Museum of Ellsworth, also co-owns what she calls “an uncertified organic farm,” the 30-acre Mountain Foot Farm in Dedham. She raises ducks, geese, turkeys, chickens, cows, pigs and sheep as livestock, Greene said.

“We have a slew of male ducks, so [Morris] will be able to take his pick,” Greene said. “Ducks are one of the few species that mate for life, so when they lose their partners, they tend to mourn, but they can replace their partners pretty quickly, so it will be interesting to see what happens.”

AP reports:

Greene and Morris are arranging a meeting for the ducks on Sunday. Yellow Duck’s favorite food is slugs, and they might be on the menu for the big date, Morris said.

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/6BRFnJDjNu4/duck-seeking-duck.html

The good news: Software like Adobe Premiere Pro, Camtasia and Final Cut Pro has opened up a ton of possibilities for desktop videographers. On the other hand, their use is so widespread that you have to be an expert in them before you can even think about a career in the field.

That's a requirement that's made surprisingly easy with the Complete Videography Bundle: Beginner to Expert.

This 10-course package doesn't just give you a broad overview of the job, though it does dedicate a 3-hour class to the bedrock fundamentals. From there, you get a deep dive into most every program being used by top videographers working in the business today.

That includes an exhaustive focus on the Adobe Creative Cloud platform - specifically Premiere Pro and After Effects. You'll learn how to use those time-tested programs to create everything from infographics for your business to fully fleshed-out movies. There are also complete courses on editing and fine-tuning in Final Cut Pro or Camtasia 9.

You'll have to get the software on your own, but the complete bundle covers more than 45 hours of training, and it's available for $29.99 today. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Qq1mGfQ_z60/go-from-beginner-to-expert-vid.html

Abbott Labs makes a continuous glucose monitor -- used by people with diabetes to monitor their blood-sugar levels -- called (ironically, as you'll see below) the Freestyle Libre.

Diabettech is a hub for helping people with diabetes manage their health, including by building "artificial pancreases," through which a glucose monitor is connected to an insulin pump, with software in between that measures out small insulin doses that respond in real time (or even predictively) to changes in blood sugar. These can be significantly better than manual interventions for managing blood-sugar for people with diabetes, and can avert life-endangering, life-shortening, and/or quality-of-life reducing blood-sugar spikes and troughs.

The admin of Diabettech posted technical instructions and code for extracting your blood-sugar data from the Librelink so that you could use a different "listener" app with your data, or even connect it to an insulin pump to create an artificial pancreas loop. In particular, it allowed the free/open Xdrip diabetes-management tool to access Freestyle Libre data.

In response, Abbott Labs used US copyright law to have the project deleted from Github, censoring Diabettech's code and instructions. In its takedown notice, Abbot's lawfirm Kirkland & Ellis LLP (a huge corporate firm) advances several alarming arguments about projects like this.

First, they say that creating a tool that interoperates with the Freestyle Libre's data is a copyright infringement, because the new code is a derivative work of Abbott's existing product. But code that can operate on another program's data is not a derivative work of the first program -- just because Apple's Pages can read Word docs, it doesn't mean that Pages is a derivative of MS Office. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/O9BwE1AX68Y/they-literally-own-you.html

According to a new exhibition titled "Your Stonehenge -- 150 years of personal photos," this image of was taken at the Wiltshire, England's magical megalithic structure in 1875 and depicts the family of Isabel, Maud and Robert Routh. Personally, I wouldn't be so sure those aren't Zippies on their way to a rave in 1994.

"People have been visiting Stonehenge for centuries, for all sorts of reasons, and taking photos of themselves and their loved ones in front of the stones since the very earliest days of photography," Susan Greaney, a historian at English Heritage, the organization that manages Stonehenge, told CNN. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/EBR1btHkncc/this-is-the-first-known-family.html

The Nikon Museum in Tokyo issued this handsome wristwatch commemorating the 60th anniversary of the revolutionary Nikon F camera. Apparently the company only made 100 of the watches for sale in their museum gift shop for around US$180. From PetaPixel:

The understated silver watch face is complimented by a black leather band and features an “actual-size shutter-speed dial as featured in the Nikon F” as its centerpiece. The back of the watch has the Nikon F logo emblazoned into the stainless steel.

Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/j0DEjgy_P1A/wristwatch-commemorating-the-n.html