Push-button home in a converted shipping container -- Boing Boing Gadgets

Quando i film insegnano la storia
Summarizing Saudi history: "The Kingdom" opening credits
The opening credits were the best part of The Kingdom. It summarizes the 20th century history of Saudi Arabia's oil industry in a few minutes

Study unwraps hormone, generosity connection
The spirit of giving may be the hormone of giving, according to recent research.

Circumventing Censorship
As Internet censorship continues in countries such as China and Burma, efforts to circumvent it are growing more sophisticated. (See "Burma's Internet Crackdown.") Researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto are adding new capabilities to one such project, called Psiphon, in hopes of expanding its reach in censored countries.