Boingboing opened up a contest to its readers to design the cover of the most supremely boring periodical their giant nerd brains could conjure up. And the above TIRED cover, the “mirror-world version of WIRED where hold music, baby photos and warm salads dominate the headlines,” was the winner. Congrats to designer Jack Daniel. See […]


16 Sep
LIAS sits down with Sam Spiegel to figure out exactly who they've got naked pictures of...

We’ve covered N.A.S.A. (North America South America) here many times in the past, partly because they’ve managed to corral an almost unholy stable of collaborators to work with (“People Tree” featuring David Byrne, Chali 2Na, Z-Trip and Gift of Gab, “Whachadoin?” with M.I.A., Santogold and Spank Rock, “Spacious Thoughts” with Tom Waits and Kool Keith, […]


Props to N.A.S.A. who continue their Boing Boing-sponsored run of excellent animated videos (e.g. that Syd Garon directed “People Tree” video featuring David Byrne, Chali 2Na, Z-Trip and Gift of Gab, “Whachadoin?” with M.I.A., Santogold and Spank Rock, “Spacious Thoughts” with Tom Waits & Kool Keith, etc). This time it’s a vid for “Strange Enough”, […]


28 Jan
Blowing stuff up with corn kernels

Really dig this stop motion animation from PES called KaBoom!, that uses every day objects in clever ways (I especially dig the eponymous PES clown head tank explosions). If you like it, check out his Making of KaBoom! as well… via BoingBoing