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...Fold an Origami Millennium Falcon
Origami. Star Wars. What could be more fun than combining the two? (Rhetorical.) Paper-folding artist Philip Schulz showed us how. — Adrienne So
Illustration: Josh Cochran 
Illustration: Josh Cochran...Hear Better on Your Cell Phone
Say again? You're halfway to where? ... Whaaa? Trying to hear on your cell in a noisy room can be crazy-making. Neuroscientist Sam Wang, coauthor of Welcome to Your Brain, let us in on a secret: Cover the mouthpiece. Off the phone, one reason you can carry on a conversation in loud places is because your brain separates sound spatially by analyzing subtle differences in the signal from each ear. It can distinguish between a single source—like the voice of your dinner date—and the surrounding cacophony. Your mobile messes with your head by funneling both the caller's voice and the room noise into one ear. Result: a tinny jumble. Block your mic, and you'll get only the caller: "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?" Um, yep. —Candice Chan
Illustration: Josh Cochran...Linkbait Your Blog to Popularity
Busting your butt on a blog that only a handful of people ever visit? (Thanks, Mom!) We asked Chris Garrett, coauthor of ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, how to build a highly trafficked link farm. —daniel dumas
Do Good PR.
Network with bigger bloggers—comment regularly. Email them your best stuff, then follow their tips. Link to them often, and they'll likely start linking back. The day that Boing Boing links to you, you're gold.
Create a Hook.
Scan the tabloid rack for headlines that make you want to shout, "Hey Martha, come see!" Try to create the same "must share this" effect in your own headlines. Really, who can resist "fembots and the geeks who love them"?
Piggyback.
You may not be able to break a juicy story ("britney shaves head—again!") but you can pontificate on it ("inside britney's shaved head"). Your post will show up in searches for the story, and you'll hoover up the hits.
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