- newLive map of Britain's trains
Signalbox plots every train moving across Britain in real time (or close to it), each choo choo represented by a dot creeping along the lines. Click one to see its origin, destination and the stops along the way. As of 6:05 p.m. — Read the rest The post Live map of Britain's trains appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 2 hours ago 16 Jul 26, 10:10pm -
- newAnti-Forbes list ranks wealthy by the wealth their companies generated for others
The Anti-Forbes List ranks the richest humans not by their net worth (illiquid, volatile and unrealizable as it is) but by the value their companies have created for other people, excluding themselves. The list shows the top 28; if the number seems peculiar, it's because that's where Elon Musk, with the largest net worth, slips to. — Read the rest The post Anti-Forbes list ranks wealthy by the wealth their companies generated for others appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 4 hours ago 16 Jul 26, 9:02pm -
- newThis $40 AI tool writes, formats, and covers your next ebook
TL;DR: EbookMagic uses AI to generate, format, and package ebooks with custom covers, Kindle-ready exports, commercial rights, and more – all with a lifetime license for $39.99 (reg. $149.99).The hardest part of writing a book used to be writing the book. — Read the rest The post This $40 AI tool writes, formats, and covers your next ebook appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newCollection of useful text art tools
Heikki Lotvonen's Text Art Tools is a collection of websites and apps that make it easier to make what once was known as ASCII art but is now a vast and sprawling universe of options. I found out about PabloDraw, "The best RIPScrip editor," Telepaint, a "Teletext paint and animation program," and Textual Paint, "a textmode version of MS Paint that runs in the terminal," among many other creative curiosities. — Read the rest The post Collection of useful text art tools appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 5 hours ago 16 Jul 26, 8:09pm -
- newWatch the first season of Stranger Things in full 1980s pan and scan VHS glory
To celebrate what is somehow the tenth anniversary of Stranger Things, Netflix is turning up the nostalgia to 11 with Stranger Things: VHS special edition. According to a Netflix press release, the remastered episodes contain "visual and audio effects that seem to come straight from a video store rental," which means fuzzy video quality and pan-and-scan. — Read the rest The post Watch the first season of Stranger Things in full 1980s pan and scan VHS glory appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 5 hours ago 16 Jul 26, 7:23pm -
- newThe country that hands you a one-year tourist visa at the airport
Most countries give tourists a 30- or 90-day stamp and start counting the days. The Republic of Georgia gives you a whole year, no application required. In his travel newsletter Nomadico, Tim Leffel calls it the best tourist visa in the world — land in Tbilisi, get a stamp, and you can legally stay for 365 days. — Read the rest The post The country that hands you a one-year tourist visa at the airport appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 8 hours ago 16 Jul 26, 5:07pm -
- newCuba's surviving Trump's oil embargo with solar powered tuk-tuks
Anyone who's spent a lot of time in second-or third-world nations will tell you that tuk-tuks are definitely a thing. They're inexpensive to operate, compared to a car or truck, and serve in almost every capacity that you can imagine. From colectivos where public transport isn't available to makeshift dump trucks hauling supplies to a construction site. — Read the rest The post Cuba's surviving Trump's oil embargo with solar powered tuk-tuks appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 8 hours ago 16 Jul 26, 5:04pm -
- newThe Newest Complete Carl Barks Library volume has Donald Duck lost beneath the sea
Fantagraphics Books is nearing completion of its ambitious mission to publish the entirety of master cartoonist Carl Barks's 1942-1966 run of Donald Duck comics for Western Publishing. Comics fans (full disclosure: including me) and historians generally consider it one of the best, if not the best, comic book runs of all time. — Read the rest The post The Newest Complete Carl Barks Library volume has Donald Duck lost beneath the sea appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 8 hours ago 16 Jul 26, 5:00pm -
- newNew documentary explores the astonishing legacy of manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka's influence on comics and animation is monumental. Before Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Chainsaw Man, and countless other manga and anime that found devoted audiences across the world, there was Osamu Tezuka. His storytelling, cinematic page layouts, and seemingly inexhaustible imagination helped invent the modern language of manga and influenced comics far more broadly. — Read the rest The post New documentary explores the astonishing legacy of manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 8 hours ago 16 Jul 26, 4:59pm -
- newBloomberg calls chargebacks "friendly fraud" — but it's often the only option
Americans filed 158 million card-transaction disputes in 2025 — up 29% since 2021, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek piece by Amanda Mull. Worldwide, the jump was even steeper, 46%. Bloomberg describes it as "friendly fraud" — shoppers disputing charges they know are legitimate, a habit TikTok now teaches with step-by-step tutorials on chargeback-ing your way to free stuff. — Read the rest The post Bloomberg calls chargebacks "friendly fraud" — but it's often the only option appeared first on Boing Boing.
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