- newBring your ideas to life with this $28 all-in-one coding platform
TL;DR: If you need some help with coding, Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for Windows is a great tool and it's currently on sale for $27.97 (reg. $499) through June 1.Whether you're a coding pro or total newbie, Microsoft Visual Studio Professional is ready to help you making your coding dreams come true This handy tool helps you create apps, websites, or even software systems, and right now, you can secure a license for Windows for just $27.97 (reg. — Read the rest The post Bring your ideas to life with this $28 all-in-one coding platform appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 7 hours ago 16 May 25, 9:00pm -
- newFeeling unproductive? This man shattered 48 coconuts in a minute, blindfolded, with his bare hand, so yeah, you're definitely slacking
Do you ever sit down at the end of a long day and think, "Wow, I did absolutely everything I could… and somehow still accomplished nothing"? Well, buckle up, because this video is here to confirm your deepest fears. While you were busy answering emails and pretending not to scream into a pillow, Kahrimanovic Muhamed woke up, blindfolded himself, and smashed 48 coconuts with his bare hand in under a minute. — Read the rest The post Feeling unproductive? This man shattered 48 coconuts in a minute, blindfolded, with his bare hand, so yeah, you're definitely slacking appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 11 hours ago 16 May 25, 5:13pm -
- newSwitzerland's attempt to take credit for the world's inventions just backfired spectacularly
Although a winner has not yet been crowned in the 2025 Eurovision competition, I have a bone to pick with it all the same. On its surface, Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer's interlude act "Made in Switzerland" sounds like nothing more than a celebration of the contest's hosts, but look deeper and you'll realize that just like Swiss cheese, quite a few of the mentioned items aren't actually Swiss. — Read the rest The post Switzerland's attempt to take credit for the world's inventions just backfired spectacularly appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 12 hours ago 16 May 25, 4:04pm -
- newTortoise hero saves his upside-down buddy
I had to skip to the end of this video after a few minutes to make sure it had a happy ending, and was very relieved when I found out it did. When a tortoise was walking around and minding its business, a bully tortoise came by and flipped it on its back. — Read the rest The post Tortoise hero saves his upside-down buddy appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 16 May 25, 3:47pm -
- newTexas man tows car with shoelace, highway chaos ensues (video)
A tow-job gone wrong wreaked havoc on a Texas Highway the other day. In this wild video, you can see one car towing another by an alarmingly thin piece of rope. The car on the rope is swerving back and forth on the highway across multiple lanes, causing total mayhem. — Read the rest The post Texas man tows car with shoelace, highway chaos ensues (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 16 May 25, 3:43pm -
- newEdit, sign, and convert PDFs with this award-winning app, now $80 for life
TL;DR: Enjoy working with PDFs forever with this lifetime subscription to PDF Expert Premium Plan, now just $79.97 (reg. $139.99) through June 30.Like it or not, PDFs are part of daily life — but working with them doesn't have to be a hassle. — Read the rest The post Edit, sign, and convert PDFs with this award-winning app, now $80 for life appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 16 May 25, 3:00pm -
- newKingdom Come Deliverance 2 gets first DLC
Earlier this year, I compared the excellent Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to Oblivion, another medieval-styled RPG that I hold very close to my heart. As luck would have it, the gaming gods saw fit to deliver a remake of Oblivion not long after, letting me put the two games side by side on roughly equal technological footing – and yeah, no, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is better. — Read the rest The post Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 gets first DLC appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 16 May 25, 2:53pm -
- newBird-filled version of Nelly Furtado's "I'm Like a Bird" wins the internet today
This musical masterpiece is truly what the internet was made for. It's absolute perfection! And I promise you, the time it takes to watch it will be the best 20 seconds of your day—trust me!The video in question? Nelly Furtado's 2000 hit "I'm Like a Bird," reimagined by the brilliantly warped mind of Dustin Ballard, better known as "There I Ruined It." — Read the rest The post Bird-filled version of Nelly Furtado's "I'm Like a Bird" wins the internet today appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 13 hours ago 16 May 25, 2:50pm -
- newU.S. Senator wants high-end graphics chips to have mandatory geolocation
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R—Arkansas) introduced a bill that would require manufacturers of high-end graphics processors (i.e. Nvidia, but also AMD, Intel and Apple) to include geotracking technology in them. This would allow the government to track them at all times post-manufacture and "prevent unauthorized foreign access to sensitive technology." — Read the rest The post U.S. Senator wants high-end graphics chips to have mandatory geolocation appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 16 hours ago 16 May 25, 12:45pm -
- newSinger's Audio Study Mate was a 1970s multimedia machine
The Audio Study Mate was a "multimedia briefcase," as Hackaday's Al Williams puts it, combining a cassette player with a 35mm film strip viewer to create a 1970s audiovisual smorgasbord. Techmoan got one and plays with it on YouTube: "An interesting looking device, but things didn't quite work out with this one." — Read the rest The post Singer's Audio Study Mate was a 1970s multimedia machine appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 16 hours ago 16 May 25, 12:19pm -