Our guest Kent Barnes chatted with Dean and me about the magic of Brooks Brothers 346 non-iron shirts, a cooperative board game called Forbidden Island, crowdfunding for fun and swag, and lots more.

In each episode of Gweek, Dean Putney and I invite a guest to join us in a discussion about recommended media, apps, and gadgets. Our guest is Kent Barnes, a long-time friend of Boing Boing and publisher of Time Suck Magazine on Flipboard.

Brought to you by Stamps.com. Print U.S. postage right from your computer and never go to the Post Office again. Click here for a special $110 Offer!

This episode is also brought to you by Pencils.com, makers of the great line of Blackwing pencils that I use every day. Blackwings have a unique ferrule, a removable eraser, high-quality graphite, and come in three models. You can select the model that's right for you at Pencils.com's Blackwing page.

Here's what we talked about:

Kent:

Calculators for everything

Dean:

Brooks Brothers 346 non-iron shirts

Blank playing cards

Tower Cranes of San Francisco Tumblr

Mark:

Forbidden Island – a fun cooperative board game

Help Gweek by completing this short, anonymous survey. It will take no more than 5 minutes. Your answers will help match our show with advertisers that best fit the sensibilities of our podcast and its listeners, like you. Listeners who complete the survey will be entered in an ongoing monthly raffle to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card. We promise not to share or sell your email address, and we won't send you email unless you win.

You can also help us by subscribing to Gweek via iTunes (even if you use another service to listen to Gweek) and write an honest review there. Thanks!

GET GWEEK: RSS |
On iTunes | Download episode | Stitcher