Comments on: Mark joins Cool Tools http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 19:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1646381 OtherMichael Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1646381 >And I'm trying to find a place to put my 1971 The Last Whole Earth Catalog. It is an awkwardly huge thing. I have mine next to the Designer's Republic issue of Emigre, and the new collected editions of Popeye. Oversized wonders, each and every wone. >And I’m trying to find a place to put my 1971 The Last Whole Earth Catalog. It is an awkwardly huge thing.

I have mine next to the Designer’s Republic issue of Emigre, and the new collected editions of Popeye.

Oversized wonders, each and every wone.

]]> By: hbgvfcdxsz http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1646057 hbgvfcdxsz Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1646057 Interesting what happened to kevin kelly in israel Interesting what happened to kevin kelly in israel

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645891 Stefan Jones Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645891 Sadly true. I am not beyond tossing those WIRED in the bin, but I don't mind keeping them around for the week or two it takes to check Freecycle or mention them here. WIRED Issue #1 is actually worth something, and I'm keeping a few issues of that. And a couple of them are signed by the publisher, and maybe Bruce Sterling (whose mug is on the cover). Sadly true. I am not beyond tossing those WIRED in the bin, but I don’t mind keeping them around for the week or two it takes to check Freecycle or mention them here.

WIRED Issue #1 is actually worth something, and I’m keeping a few issues of that. And a couple of them are signed by the publisher, and maybe Bruce Sterling (whose mug is on the cover).

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645877 Mark_Frauenfelder Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645877 It's Cool Tools Lab, LLC, not Cool Tools, Inc. It’s Cool Tools Lab, LLC, not Cool Tools, Inc.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645863 Petzl Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645863 This has been a paid promotional by Cool Tools™, Inc. This has been a paid promotional by Cool Tools™, Inc.

]]> By: aperturehead http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645849 aperturehead Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645849 There might not be much demand for old WIRED magazines - it's that way with magazines like MAD and PLAYBOY - there were so many printed at the time, that the "rarity WOW factor" doesn't really ever kick in. Unless you have signed issues or mis-prints or editions that were yanked off the market for some reason. One of the main problems with the desirability of old tech magazines is that the tech is out of date, articles that may have been cutting edge in 1997 might only have fleeting historical interest - I've learned that sometimes things just have to go into the recycling bin. Even libraries won't takes things today that they used to take There might not be much demand for old WIRED magazines – it’s that way with magazines like MAD and PLAYBOY – there were so many printed at the time, that the “rarity WOW factor” doesn’t really ever kick in. Unless you have signed issues or mis-prints or editions that were yanked off the market for some reason. One of the main problems with the desirability of old tech magazines is that the tech is out of date, articles that may have been cutting edge in 1997 might only have fleeting historical interest – I’ve learned that sometimes things just have to go into the recycling bin. Even libraries won’t takes things today that they used to take

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645759 Mark_Frauenfelder Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645759 Thanks, Jim! Thanks, Jim!

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645757 Mark_Frauenfelder Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645757 Also cool-tools.org Also cool-tools.org

]]> By: JIMWICh http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645730 JIMWICh Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645730 Congrats, Mark!  I love Cool Tools and everything Kevin has a hand in! Congrats, Mark!  I love Cool Tools and everything Kevin has a hand in!

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645709 timquinn Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645709 Hooray, excellent news. I think some day The Whole Earth Catalog will be seen as the first web and the social group that produced it as the spiritual core of the internet ethos. I am very happy to learn that my current favorite catalog of great stuff, boingboing, has its roots in that earlier example and look forward to the developments to come at Cool Tools, a site that has been in my bookmarks for a long time. Hooray, excellent news. I think some day The Whole Earth Catalog will be seen as the first web and the social group that produced it as the spiritual core of the internet ethos. I am very happy to learn that my current favorite catalog of great stuff, boingboing, has its roots in that earlier example and look forward to the developments to come at Cool Tools, a site that has been in my bookmarks for a long time.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645707 Stefan Jones Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645707 Hey, congratulations! Give yourself a pedantic twit point! I don't want to sell the magazines. I'm just looking for a good home, and not have to go through the hassle of an auction or of shipping them. The one person who was interested in them via the local Freecycle list never showed up to pick them up. Hey, congratulations! Give yourself a pedantic twit point!

I don’t want to sell the magazines. I’m just looking for a good home, and not have to go through the hassle of an auction or of shipping them.

The one person who was interested in them via the local Freecycle list never showed up to pick them up.

]]> By: aperturehead http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645698 aperturehead Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645698 I've been using this thing called eBay for a couple of months. It's a company on the Internet (though I'm not sure what the Internet is...) - eBay is a company that allows people to sell things. I think they allow people to sell magazines, but you might want to check first. I assume eBay will work in Portland, but again you should check first I’ve been using this thing called eBay for a couple of months. It’s a company on the Internet (though I’m not sure what the Internet is…) – eBay is a company that allows people to sell things. I think they allow people to sell magazines, but you might want to check first. I assume eBay will work in Portland, but again you should check first

]]> By: Pat O'Brien http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645666 Pat O'Brien Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645666 kk.org/cooltools kk.org/cooltools

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645664 Stefan Jones Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645664 Coinkydinky . . . I'm arranging and purging after a move. I just re-shelved the book version of <I>SIGNAL</I>. An utterly mind-blowing book when it came out . . . and a stunningly dated thing now. I'm keeping it out of historical interest. Really, the web has changed everything. And I'm trying to find a home for my collection of the first five years of WIRED. (I have three or four extra copies of Issue #1, which I'm keeping.) (Seriously, if you live in the Portland area and want a collection of WIRED, get in touch. They occupy a long, heavy copy paper box.) And I'm trying to find a place to put my 1971 <I>The Last Whole Earth Catalog</I>. It is an awkwardly huge thing. Coinkydinky . . .

I’m arranging and purging after a move. I just re-shelved the book version of SIGNAL. An utterly mind-blowing book when it came out . . . and a stunningly dated thing now. I’m keeping it out of historical interest. Really, the web has changed everything.

And I’m trying to find a home for my collection of the first five years of WIRED. (I have three or four extra copies of Issue #1, which I’m keeping.) (Seriously, if you live in the Portland area and want a collection of WIRED, get in touch. They occupy a long, heavy copy paper box.)

And I’m trying to find a place to put my 1971 The Last Whole Earth Catalog. It is an awkwardly huge thing.

]]> By: beforewepost http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/mark-joins-cool-tools.html#comment-1645662 beforewepost Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210783#comment-1645662 Will the real cool tools please stand? There's http://www.cooltools.us/ and there's the link kk.org/cooltools in the story.  Which is the real cool tools? Will the real cool tools please stand? There’s http://www.cooltools.us/ and there’s the link kk.org/cooltools in the story.  Which is the real cool tools?

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