Over the holidays, you may have missed David Carr's piece in the New York Times on Twitter, and why the service will outlast the likes of Myspace and Friendster. It's a good read, full of talking points for your parents, or Brian Williams (awesome sweatpants!).
Why Twitter Will Endure: David Carr
Why 85% of tall buildings skip the 13th floor
Fear of the number 13 has a proper name — triskaidekaphobia — and it's baked into the buildings around you. In 2002, an Otis Elevator executive estimated that among buildings… READ THE REST
A prison manuscript maps the periodic table onto Tarot and the zodiac
In May 1974, locked inside California's Vacaville Prison, Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson put together a manuscript they called The Periodic Table of Energy — a system of correspondences… READ THE REST
The original Pinocchio was a dark parable about a world of lies
Most people remember Pinocchio as a story about lying: tell a fib, your nose grows. But the late tech writer Om Malik argued in an essay that reading "misses almost… READ THE REST
Microsoft Office 2024 puts the old reliables back on your PC
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for Windows is $54.99 (reg. $249.99) with Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Access,… READ THE REST
Speak a new language confidently sooner than you dreamed with Rosetta Stone Sapphire for $127.20
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Learn to speak one (or more!) new languages confidently and naturally with a one-year subscription to Rosetta… READ THE REST
Microsoft Office is just $28, but only through July 26
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows for $27.97 instead of $219.99. The one-time purchase includes eight familiar… READ THE REST
