The first teaser trailer we saw for the Warner Bros. rendition of the classic graphic novel made our hair stand on end.  And now this.  If we get any more hyped up, we're just not going to see the movie, plain and simple. ...

Thinking of something fun to do this weekend?  Why not break out your metal-working skills and make this killer steampunk chess set. It's chess, so you'll look smart and sophisticated, but it's homemade, so you also seem...

Before you go complaining that you can't explore your own hometown in the same fashion, remember this:  It's your hometown.  Wouldn't you like to travel somewhere exotic?  With Google Earth, not only can you travel all the...

BoingBoing wound up at the Crowdfire tent at the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco. They shot this amazing exposition of how the tent actually works.  A social media experiment of this magnitude not only looks...

Here's a fascinating video of lightning falling. The video is said to have been taken with a high speed camera and the footage slowed down immensely to show the detail of the actual bolt touching down. However, no official...

Imagine all the people, flying with their own jet pack.  If everyone had a jetpack, world peace would inevitably follow.  Everyone would be way too preoccupied with feeling awesome to start conflicts.  At least, that's how we...

Gun violence never seemed so elegant, outside of John Woo movies. This British Public Service Announcement advocating the end of gun crime really puts a charge into the "slow motion bullet" motif. But how effective is an anti-...

What do you get when you mix teenage boredom, good old-fashioned childhood imagination, modern engineering and seven days of hard manual labor? "Ron's Slip n' Slide Extravaganza," a perfect salute to the fading days of the...