How To Build a Shotgun Using Items Found After Airport Security

"If we're trying stop a terrorist threat at the airport, it's already too late," amateur "security researcher" Evan Booth tells FastCompany.
Lamestain Boston Cops Google 'Punk Rocker,' Use Results to Crack Down on Local Music, DIY House Shows
Joe Sly is such a hardcore Boston punk. He's so punk, his email address is Bostonbeatgang@gmail.com. He's so punk that he proactively emails noise bands to see when and where they're coming to Boston to play some of those "DIY concerts." He's so punk his Google+ motto—this oxymoron just gets better—is "What's the…
Lemony Snicket Responds to Lauren Conrad's Craft Project with an Awesome Burn
Earlier today, the patron saint of unique storage space Lauren Conrad ripped apart some Lemony Snicket books with an X-Acto knife and advised others to do the same.
Tired of Speeding Drivers, Woman Uses Sex Doll as Makeshift Stop Sign
A photo going viral on the Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo purports to show a woman tying a sex doll to a tree as a means of deterring passing drivers from speeding near her home.
Pyro-Hackers Unleash Homemade Hell with DIY Fire Tornado
Maryland-based hacker collective Unallocated Space demonstrate the latest version of their homemade fan-powered Fire Tornado rig at last month's Baltimore Reddit Meetup.
Brain Surgery: A D.I.Y. Guide
Wonderful news for cheap people and kids looking to make a quick buck this summer: doctors at Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston live-tweeted some light brain surgery today, making it easier than ever to recreate the experience at home.
Stop What You're Doing and Bake These Cookies
Piñata-shaped sugar cookies with a "secret" candy filling, just in time for Cinco de Mayo! (Or any dayo de any montho because limiting cookies to only one day a year is loco.)
"It's Fun": Ragtag Beekeepers Remove Honey Bees From Tree By Hand
A makeshift pair of pest control specialists are called upon to relocate a colony of honey bees found hanging from a tree. Having no equipment and little sense, they decide to use their hands to scoop the swarm off the branch, and dump it into a cardboard box. Better still: "Transportation of the bees was an open box…
How Much Fecal Matter and Lube Would It Take to Paint a 'Santorum' Sign with Santorum?
The above image of Rick Santorum came to Gawker's tips line with the subject line "santorum pictures (REAL!!!!)"
Make Your Own Racist Newsletter with Our Magnetic Ron Paul Kit
Energized by The New Republic's new excerpts from the racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic conspiracy newsletter published (though not specifically authored) by Ron Paul in the early 1990s? Disappointed that they're no longer being published? Unable to hire Lew Rockwell to write most of it for you? Fret not, alternate…
Accused Rapist Makes Jaunty Ascot from Prison Bedsheets
Accused "Riverside Rapist" and alleged con man Hugues Akassy is on trial for sexual assaulting, stalking, and harassing five women in upper Manhattan. The trial raises many questions: Did he do it? How did he evade arrest for so long? And where did he get that smashing ascot?
Marty McFly Isn't Here, But You Can Check Out His Auto-Lacing Shoes
Still bummed you fell for the Back to the Future today-is-the-day-Marty-McFly-traveled-to hoax? Console yourself with DIY auto-lacing shoes inspired by Back to the Future 2. It's no hoverboard, but it's lazy, which is what the future is all about. [Make]
What Is Sarah Palin's New Book About?
Sarah Palin is writing another book! It'll be called America By Heart, and will be "about" her favorite people, speeches, books, and whatever else she can think up before Thanksgiving. Help us figure out what's going to be in it!
