- newGive your PC a makeover with Windows 11—now just $13
TL;DR: If your PC is running slow, the problem might not be your hardware but the system itself. So, why not upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for just $12.97 (reg. $199) and enjoy the return of peak efficiency?What is there to say about Windows 11 Pro that wasn't covered by Windows 10? — Read the rest The post Give your PC a makeover with Windows 11—now just $13 appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 18 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 9:00pm -
- newIn 1884, a doctor ate too much cannabis and his arms shrank to five inches
On the morning of March 5, 1884, Dr. Frank Dudley Beane of New York dosed himself with 7½ minims of cannabis indica alongside 22½ minims of ergot, both from Parke, Davis & Co. He was trying to treat chronic pelvic pain. — Read the rest The post In 1884, a doctor ate too much cannabis and his arms shrank to five inches appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 20 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 6:34pm -
- new1946 mood chart: know your bad weeks two months in advance
A scientist described in the September 1946 issue of True: The Men's Magazine kept a chart on his lab wall that looked like a stock graph. The peaks and valleys represented his mood cycle. High weeks, he'd "feel equal to tackling tigers with his bare hands." — Read the rest The post 1946 mood chart: know your bad weeks two months in advance appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 21 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 5:58pm -
- newA 1946 plan to feed a billion people with sawdust
Alfred M. Thomsen had spent years at his San Francisco lab trying to grow edible yeast. The yeast grew, but every batch came out terrible. Then one day, a brew that should have been especially nasty boiled over onto his hand. — Read the rest The post A 1946 plan to feed a billion people with sawdust appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 21 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 5:41pm -
- newWhat is this weird huge mound in Siberia?
Deep in the taiga of eastern Siberia stands a 40-meter-high mound of shattered limestone, 160 meters across at its base, with a ring-shaped crown and a smaller peak rising from inside the ring. It weighs roughly a million tons. Locals knew about it long before a Russian geologist named Vadim Kolpakov described it in 1949. — Read the rest The post What is this weird huge mound in Siberia? appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 22 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 5:22pm -
- newWhy is a $200 Lego set harder to buy than a $400M machine?
Rick Lenssen, a data analyst at ASML — the Dutch company that makes the machines that print the chips in every phone and laptop — has designed Lego versions of his employer's $400 million extreme ultraviolet lithography tools. ASML sold 1,355 of his latest model. — Read the rest The post Why is a $200 Lego set harder to buy than a $400M machine? appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 22 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 4:34pm -
- newShane Mauss's DMT "girlfriend" showed up in his friend's trip too
Comedian Shane Mauss thinks he's dating a woman in another dimension, and she gets jealous of his real-world girlfriend. The comedian has encountered the same purple dancing figure five or six times on DMT trips, always in the same carnival setting with a Ferris wheel and a guy playing piano. — Read the rest The post Shane Mauss's DMT "girlfriend" showed up in his friend's trip too appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 22 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 4:24pm -
- newAtlantic calls missing-scientists panic 2026's dumbest conspiracy
In late February, retired Air Force Major General Neil McCasland stepped out for a walk from his New Mexico home and didn't return. His wife has said he'd been struggling with brain fog and physical decline and had told her more than once that he "didn't want to live like that." — Read the rest The post Atlantic calls missing-scientists panic 2026's dumbest conspiracy appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 23 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 4:06pm -
- newCoyote vs. ACME trailer runs off precipice, hovers, drops
Coyote vs. ACME, the forthcoming live-action animated comedy from Warner Bros., ran a strange road to release: shot and animated years ago, it was shelved by WB in 2023 to use as a tax write-off. This led to outrage among those who made it and wanted to watch it. — Read the rest The post Coyote vs. ACME trailer runs off precipice, hovers, drops appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 24 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 3:01pm -
- newMake those thumby documents a thing of the past with iScanner, now $26
TL;DR: Scan your ID, passport, and any other sensitive document once, and get digital access to them whenever needed with this iScanner lifetime license for just $26.There's nothing quite like handing in your documents, only to be told you've missed one. — Read the rest The post Make those thumby documents a thing of the past with iScanner, now $26 appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 24 hours ago 22 Apr 26, 3:00pm -