Designer Cristina Vanko has been using her father's old calligraphy pen to hand-letter her text messages. Here's what's she's learned from the experiment. 1) A phone isn't only a texting… Read the rest of the article: Hand-lettered text messages

I want to thank Pencils.com for sponsoring Boing Boing. You might be aware that I love their Blackwing 602 pencil. Recently Pencils.com introduced a new Blackwing model: the Pearl. I… Read the rest of the article: Sponsor Shout-Out: Pencils.com

I'm not sure if these 32 tips really work, but I'm going to give them a try. Here are four: Stop: Stop: Play. Skip advertisements in movies and go straight… Read the rest of the article: 32 helpful everyday tips

Rhino Shield is a clear coating for Gorilla Glass (used in most smart phones) that was developed from a Kickstarter fundraising effort. Rhino Shield is the product of Cambridge University… Read the rest of the article: Clear coating five times more impact-resistant than Gorilla Glass 2

Someone once asked Charles Bukowski what compelled him to write. His answer: "An idiotic urge." That's a short way of what he said in this poem, beautifully illustrated at Zen… Read the rest of the article: Cartoon version of Bukowski's "air and light and time and space" poem

I haven't eaten at a KFC since it was called Kentucky Fried Chicken. But now I want to take my kids there just so I can do this.

After Barilla chairman Guido Barilla announced in a radio interview that "he would never do (a commercial) with a homosexual family," his competitor Bertolli started posting delightfully saucy images to… Read the rest of the article: Gay Pasta War heats up

Creepy and Eerie were black-and-white comic story magazines from the 1960s that absorbed the talent from Tales from the Crypt and EC's other comics after bluenosed panic merchants put them… Read the rest of the article: On the auction block – Creepy magazine fan club button and membership card

The terrific humorist and cartoonist Doogie Horner, who wrote last year's hit Everything Explained Through Flowcharts, has a new book out called 100 Ghosts, which consists of drawings of well-known… Read the rest of the article: Exclusive: Orange is the New Black characters drawn as ghosts by Doogie Horner

I'm posting this to make Jason jealous (Via Tiny House Pins).

When Elvis Costello was on Saturday Night Live in 1977 he abruptly stopped playing one song and jumped into "Radio Radio." It was reported that Lorne Michaels "raised his middle… Read the rest of the article: The stunt that got Elvis Costello banned from Saturday Night Live

Michael Leddy of Orange Crate Art wrote about his favorite pencil, the Eberhard Faber Mongol (ad copy: “writers say it actually stimulates flow of thoughts”), and included this attractive 1964… Read the rest of the article: Excellent old pencil ad in Life magazine (1964)

"I would never do (a commercial) with a homosexual family, not for lack of respect but because we don't agree with them. Ours is a classic family where the woman… Read the rest of the article: Barilla pasta chairman tells gay people to "eat pasta from another manufacturer"

The Los Angeles Unified School District has decided not to award 300 students for cleverness after the students figured out how to access YouTube and Facebook on the locked-down iPads… Read the rest of the article: Students defeat iPad restrictions, LA school officials have a cow

Pilots are allowed to use iPads during takeoff and landing, but passengers aren't. That might change after an FAA advisory committee recommended yesterday that "passengers should be permitted to use… Read the rest of the article: Soon, you might be able to use certain electronic devices during takeoff and landing

Bo Diddley went around the block a few times, so heed this advice. Alcohol and Drugs Only drink Grand Marnier, and that’s to keep the throat from drying up in… Read the rest of the article: Bo Diddley's essential guide to drugs, food, health, money, cows, and women

From TED Ed: "What do Game of Thrones’ Dothraki, Avatar’s Na’vi, Star Trek’s Klingon and LOTR’s Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have… Read the rest of the article: Short video on origins of Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na’vi

https://youtu.be/hnd8Izdxfyk The dash cams will keep these accident-stagers from getting the payout they were hoping for. (Unfortunately someone really does get run over, so don't watch this if you think… Read the rest of the article: Supercut of Russian pedestrians running into cars

Eric Godtland and Dian Hanson have lovingly compiled a picture book about crime magazines from the mid-20th century called True Crime Detective Magazines 1924-1969. It's loaded with exceedingly lurid, attention-grabbing… Read the rest of the article: True Crime Detective Magazines 1924-1969 (Gallery)

A fun cartoon from Pablo Stanley. In my household we have two Agnostic Atheists and two Agnostic Theists. (Via Neatorama)