Space Mountain with the lights on

The Disney Blog's John Frost captures one of my favorite sights: the interior of the Walt Disney World Space Mountain with the lights on, as seen from the silently retrofuturistic maglev safety of the Wedway Peoplecrusher.
Space Mountain with the lights on

This week in TSA awfulness: a recap of recent American airport atrocities

In case you missed it, there have been a number of Boing Boing posts of late documenting outrageous TSA incidents:
This week in TSA awfulness: a recap of recent American airport atrocities

‘Force Quit’ Yourself To Get Your Sleep Schedule Back On Track

It’s easy enough to decide to go to bed strictly at a certain time, but actually doing it is another story. We often get carried away in the late hours of the night, trying to knock off just a few more things we wanted to do, whether it’s for work or fun. The next day, we’re tired and filled with regret, yet we don’t stop. If this sounds like you, it’s time to start “force quitting” yourself at the end of the day. Here’s how.
‘Force Quit’ Yourself To Get Your Sleep Schedule Back On Track

Apple Is Australia’s Most Reputable Brand, But How Did Australia Post Come Second?

It’s no surprise that Apple has topped an index of Australia’s most reputable brands — it’s a highly-regarded company with massive market share. But how on earth did Australia Post come second?
Apple Is Australia’s Most Reputable Brand, But How Did Australia Post Come Second?

Medicare To Dump Cash Payments This Year

Medicare is going to eliminate cash payments in its offices from this year, offering instant direct deposits into your bank account using your EFTPOS card instead.
Medicare To Dump Cash Payments This Year

Rare and unseen 1945 photos of Hitler's bunker and Berlin, destroyed

LIFE has posted a powerful series of rare and unpublished photographs shot by William Vandivert, 33, the first Western photographer inside Adolph Hilter's Führerbunker. Vandivert was on the scene shortly after Berlin fell in April of 1945.
Rare and unseen 1945 photos of Hitler's bunker and Berlin, destroyed

Liar - Thief - Cheat - Selfish - Unsharing - Unloving - Unkind - Disloyal - Dishonorable - Unfaithful

Addendum to grave stone.
Liar - Thief - Cheat - Selfish - Unsharing - Unloving - Unkind - Disloyal - Dishonorable - Unfaithful

DIY astrophotographers track spy satellites

Amateur astrophotographers are hacking together sophisticated telescopes enabling them to track and document orbiting satellites, including spy satellites.
DIY astrophotographers track spy satellites

"What Cancer Has Taught Me About Writing And Living"

Two weeks after historical fiction writer Anne Clinard Barnhill's debut novel was released, she was diagnosed with stage 3 endometrial cancer. She writes about how the diagnosis changed her, and about what the experience has taught her about writing and living.
"What Cancer Has Taught Me About Writing And Living"

Your Facebook Account has Three Passwords

This is interesting. You can log into your Facebook account using three passwords – one is the main password that you created and the other passwords can be constructed by toggling the case of characters that form your original password.
Your Facebook Account has Three Passwords

Foil ATM Card Skimmers By Covering Your Hand When Entering Your PIN

We’ve shown you how to spot an ATM skimmer, but now that debit card thieves are dealing with a savvy bunch they’ve decided to step up their game. The latest technology is much harder to detect, but you can foil it pretty easily by just covering your hand when you enter your PIN.
Foil ATM Card Skimmers By Covering Your Hand When Entering Your PIN

View 4 Million Digits of Pi in a Single Image

We came across a visualization of Pi you won’t believe. Pi represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, and is an irrational number, which means the places after its decimal point extend into infinity. And this image, created by design studio TWO-N, approaches just that.
View 4 Million Digits of Pi in a Single Image

Girl swallowed by pavement

In Northern China a schoolgirl plunges through a weak section of pavement into a deep hole.
Girl swallowed by pavement

xkcd: Approximations

A Table of Slightly Wrong Equations and Identities Useful for Approximations and/or Trolling Teachers.
xkcd: Approximations

What To Eat Before And After Your Workout To Stay In Top Training Shape

The foods you eat before and after a good workout, and the fluids you drink during your workout go a long way towards making sure your exercise has the best impact on your health as possible. Whether you’re staying hydrated with a bottle of water while you’re out on a run, or debating what to munch on for a little post-workout energy, Eating Well magazine has some tips to help maximise your workout and keep you satisfied in the process.
What To Eat Before And After Your Workout To Stay In Top Training Shape

The Most Detailed Images Of Polar Ice Cap Thickness Yet

In 2010, the European Space Agency launched Cryosat, a spacecraft designed to monitor changes in the shape and thickness of polar ice on Earth. It’s taken the scientists behind the project some time to crunch through all the data — but they’ve managed it, and the new images offer an unprecedented view of the state of our ice caps.
The Most Detailed Images Of Polar Ice Cap Thickness Yet

Google Drive is real: here’s what it means

Do you want to put about 16 terabytes of data online? If you do, you might want to give Google a call. Mind you, it isn’t going to be cheap — that amount of storage will cost about $800 a month. On Tuesday, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company is taking the covers off its much hyped and long awaited online storage service, and it will be called Google Drive. It is available at drive.google.com. The Drive, which starts with 5 GB of free storage, is available to anyone with a Google account, including Google Apps for business accounts.
Google Drive is real: here’s what it means

Watch Destruction, Explosions, and Experimental Mayhem in Slow Motion

Have you ever wondered what it would actually look like if you could try crazy experiments using items such as firecrackers, lawn mowers, chain saws, and more? This compilation video from Danish TV show “Dumt & Farligt” (Stupid & Dangerous) lets you have a close-up view of the action in slow motion without the risk.
Watch Destruction, Explosions, and Experimental Mayhem in Slow Motion

We Finally Know What Really Causes Brain Freezes

Everyone has experienced that sharp, shooting headache as a result of stuffing their face with ice cream. Previously, scientists have suggested it’s just a result of the rapid cooling and rewarming of blood vessels in the sinuses, but a new study shows that the cause is actually buried much deeper.
We Finally Know What Really Causes Brain Freezes

SkyDrive For Windows Is Like Dropbox From Microsoft

The offer of 25GB of free space has always been one of the most attractive features of Microsoft’s SkyDrive, but surprisingly it’s never been particularly easy to integrate that space with a Windows machine. While Windows 8 promises a much tighter level of SkyDrive integration, a newly-released tool from Microsoft makes files in your SkyDrive easily accessible from any Windows 7 or Vista machine. The one catch? If you haven’t already used SkyDrive, you now only get 7GB, not 25GB.
SkyDrive For Windows Is Like Dropbox From Microsoft