I must admit, before seeing this video, I'd never even thought of how ledger books were printed and what the challenges of printing ledger pages might have been. In this Tested video, Adam visits the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco and gets a fascinating tour and history of the ledger press.
The wonderful world of antique ledger printers
Upcoming book: How Comics Were Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page
Journalis, author and Boing Boing contributor Glenn Fleishman has launched a Kickstarter to fund an upcoming book, How Comics Were Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the… READ THE REST
Spectrolite is a Mac app for making risograph files from your designs
Spectrolite is a MacOS app for making risograph prints and zines. You feed it your designs, describe your inks and such, and it previews and generates color separations and halftones… READ THE REST
Archiving the history of Hollywood's printed props
In this Tested video, embedded below, Adam Savage visits The Earl Hayes Press which has been making Hollywood's printed props, like ALL of them, for over 100 years. Adam nerds… READ THE REST
Microsoft dropped a lifetime license for Office and we're all being super normal about it
TL;DR: Get Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and more, for life for only $49.97. Don't you just love paying for something every month and never actually owning it? What, you don't? In… READ THE REST
Work, play, and stay connected with this $110 iPad
TL;DR: Bring home your own Apple iPad for only $109.99 — $140 off the usual price — right here while limited supplies last. In the market for an iPad? This versatile Apple gadget makes… READ THE REST
Power through your day with this $425 MacBook Pro
TL;DR: Upgrade your daily computer with this MacBook Pro, now only $424.97 (reg. $1,499) through June 1. It's not every day you can score a MacBook Pro for under $500. But if… READ THE REST
