May 2009
8 posts
Designated Drivers →
Shared by Sam Powers
Almost as complicated as a trip to town with the in-laws.
Steve Martin and the Muppets →
Here is the inimitable Steve Martin playing Dueling Banjos with Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Lubbock Lou and His Jughuggers on the Muppet Show , 1977.
Previously: Steve Martin on being…
FTC nukes "extended warranty" robocallers from... →
I received the call again yesterday, as I have once a month for the last year. My auto warranty was expiring, it said, and I should press 1 to speak with a “warranty specialist” about…
Brakes →
End of Overeating: the science of junk-food... →
Yesterday, I picked up David A Kessler’s The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, a book I’ve been interested in since I wrote about it here last week, and…
Hat for hitting people →
The Sap Cap is a “self-defense” hat with a lump of heavy metal sewn into it so you can doff your hat to your assailant and then drive his nose into his brainpan. Remember, though: any hat you…
When the Engineer Gardens →
Maggie Koerth-Baker is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. A freelance science and health journalist, Maggie lives in Minneapolis, brain dumps on Twitter, and writes quite often for mental_floss…
When the Engineer Gardens →
Maggie Koerth-Baker is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. A freelance science and health journalist, Maggie lives in Minneapolis, brain dumps on Twitter, and writes quite often for mental_floss…