David Pescovitz

1 week ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

In the cyberdelic daze of the early 1990s, Mondo 2000 was the publication-of-record for the emerging digital counterculture. Founded by our dear pal RU Sirius, it was not just a magazine (with an expiration date), but a "strange attractor" for freaks interested in the new edge of computers, pranks, digital art, fringe culture, psychedelics, consciousness, weird science, and hacking. In fact, RU and the Mondo scene were the magnets that drew me to San Francisco in 1992.

2 weeks ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

In celebration of the Jewish holiday of Passover which starts tomorrow night, I suggest watching The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 epic silent film version of the biblical Exodus story. (The full movie also includes a separate modern story that I never bothered to watch.) The parting of the Red Sea sequence is absolutely magnificent and worth the cost of admission alone.

1 month ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

This weird wasp shared the Earth with the dinosaurs nearly 100 million years ago. Paleontologist studying specimens of the animal preserved in amber were surprised to find a strange structure on its abdomen. While functioning similar to the Venus flytrap, the flap mechanism wasn't used to eat. Rather it was likely used to capture insects so that the wasp could inject eggs into its victim before releasing it.

1 month ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

According to the University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) system, a concerning number of individuals are confusing nail glue or eyelash glue for eye drops and, well, you can imagine the rest. "There are times when we have to cut the lashes if they're glued together, and there are times if it's on the eye itself, we have to gently scrape it or peel it off," UCHealth ophthalmologist Richard Davidson told KUSA-TV.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | David Pescovitz

According to the University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) system, a concerning number of individuals are confusing nail glue or eyelash glue for eye drops and, well, you can imagine the rest. “There are times when we have to cut the lashes if they’re glued together, and there are times if it’s on the eye itself, we have to gently scrape it or peel it off,” UCHealth ophthalmologist Richard Davidson told KUSA-TV. — Read the rest The post People are increasingly mistaking glue for eye drops.