- newIn 1967, Kleenex sold pillows shaped like giant Kleenex boxes
In 1967, Kleenex offered pop art pillows in the shape of giant size Kleenex boxes. They cost $2.95 each plus two premium seals cut from Kleenex packages. You could get all three for $8.25 and six seals.The pillows came in three designs. — Read the rest The post In 1967, Kleenex sold pillows shaped like giant Kleenex boxes appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newA 1917 Dada magazine defended a urinal as art, and now you can read it free
Today, Open Culture posted about the International Dada Archive, which has a great collection of scanned pamphlets and zines from the Dada art movement in the early 20th century.I could only find one magazine in English in the collection, called The Blind Man. — Read the rest The post A 1917 Dada magazine defended a urinal as art, and now you can read it free appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 2 hours ago 22 Sep 26, 4:34pm -
- newOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood is getting a sequel
Good news today for fans of Hawaiian shirts and punching Bruce Lee: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino's action-packed movie about movies, is getting a sequel.I know what you're thinking: Tarantino hates making sequels! He'll insist to this day that Kill Bill is just one movie! — Read the rest The post Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is getting a sequel appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 3 hours ago 22 Sep 26, 3:43pm -
- newNine CompTIA cert courses are $24.99 —cheaper than one exam voucher
TL;DR: Nine Oak Academy courses covering IT fundamentals through ethical hacking make up the 2026 CompTIA Certification Training bundle, and access is on sale for $24.99 (reg. $269.91).A single CompTIA Security+ exam voucher costs about $404, and that's before any study material. — Read the rest The post Nine CompTIA cert courses are $24.99 —cheaper than one exam voucher appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 4 hours ago 22 Sep 26, 3:00pm -
- newA24 learning that the Creative Commons is a potent SCP
A24, the independent studio famed for horror movies with perfect aesthetics, is following up its success with The Backrooms with a feature based on the SCP Foundation, another online mythos of unclear origins and extremely diverse authorship. Unfortunately, the SCP Foundation Wiki reports that it has nothing to do with the project and that it has received no response to its inquiries, from the filmakers or A24 itself. — Read the rest The post A24 learning that the Creative Commons is a potent SCP appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 4 hours ago 22 Sep 26, 2:59pm -
- newLooksmaxxer Braden "Clavicular" Peters charged with rape
Clavicular, who rose to fame promoting the weird grooming methods termed "looxmaxxing," has worse problems than being mogged by a chad judge. The influencer, legally named Braden Peters, faces felony charges in Massachussets, where he is accused with drugging someone for sex, with procuring liquor for someone under 21 years old, and with rape. — Read the rest The post Looksmaxxer Braden "Clavicular" Peters charged with rape appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 5 hours ago 22 Sep 26, 1:52pm -
- newThis man makes fractals without a computer, using cameras pointed at 4K screens
In the late 1980s, Dave Blair was at UC Santa Cruz making fractal art with video cameras and monitors. Decades later, he's still at it, and his work is mind-bendingly cool. He says, "This time it's an order of magnitude improvement, I finally achieved 4K. — Read the rest The post This man makes fractals without a computer, using cameras pointed at 4K screens appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 7 hours ago 22 Sep 26, 12:00pm -
- newThis refurbished A13 Bionic iPad costs $209.99 and arrives in near-mint condition
TL;DR: This grade-A refurbished Apple iPad 9th Gen with 256GB of storage is on sale for $209.99 (MSRP $479), near-mint and running Apple's A13 Bionic chip.A new 9th-generation 2021 iPad 9th with 256GB of storage space normally runs $479 from Apple. — Read the rest The post This refurbished A13 Bionic iPad costs $209.99 and arrives in near-mint condition appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 22 hours ago 21 Sep 26, 9:00pm -
- newSingapore will pay you 2 cents a day to read
Singapore's National Library Board wants to pay people to read.The goal is to help people build a daily reading habit by giving them 20 virtual coins if they read 15 minutes a day and log the session on a government website. — Read the rest The post Singapore will pay you 2 cents a day to read appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 23 hours ago 21 Sep 26, 7:44pm -
- newBoebert would like everyone to know this particular sex scandal isn't true
Last week, we shared news of allegations that Colorado's hands-on congressperson Lauren Boebert was involved in yet another scandal. Both she and one of the three named staffers she was supposedly involved with have denied it. Boebert calls the accusations "filthy garbage," and she is the expert. — Read the rest The post Boebert would like everyone to know this particular sex scandal isn't true appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 23 hours ago 21 Sep 26, 7:23pm -