Photo by Harry W. Frees.

David Rees, author of How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening, has a pencil sharpening service. He charges $(removed) to sharpen… Read the rest of the article: David Rees is getting bored sharpening pencils at $(removed) apiece

My friend Charles Platt (author of the excellent introductory guide Make: Electronics, which was O'Reilly's best-selling title) has written a 3-part reminiscence about his father, Maurice Platt, who worked for… Read the rest of the article: A Visit To GM Headquarters, 1957

It yodels because it is a Swiss radio man. (Via Magic Transistor)

I just found out about this documentary of my favorite band, The Clash, which was produced by Google. Above: it's Topper, Paul, and Mick! In this exclusive documentary featuring never-before-seen… Read the rest of the article: Google's 5-part documentary about The Clash

Bob Knetzger let me know about this fun museum of old art supplies. Above, The Jon Gnagy Pantograf Drawing Device.

Fantagraphics posted a bunch of photos from the pages of the new printing of The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 17: Cave Wimp. Above, the first page to Crumb's 1989 love… Read the rest of the article: The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 17: Cave Wimp

Ben Marks of Collector's Weekly says: "When Baz Lurhmann's The Great Gatsby came out on DVD recently, our associate editor, Lisa Hix, noticed something poking out from under all the… Read the rest of the article: Did Hollywood give the 1920s a boob job? "Gatsby" costume designer tells all

Matthew says: "Filmmaker Jason Phipps and his team spent several days atop Old Razorback (a.k.a. Trego Peak) to capture this time-lapse footage of Black Rock City."

The talented illustrator I-Wei Huang reviewed this $300 articulated artist's mannequin. His verdict: awesome!

In the 1950's Vikki Dougan appeared on the cover of Life, on countless LP sleeves, in the pages of Playboy, and in magazine ads for grooming products. Deanna of Kitsch-Slapped,… Read the rest of the article: Vikki "The Back" Dougan – 1950s It Girl

EDW Lynch of Laughing Squid says: "Sleight-of-hand artist and master pickpocket Apollo Robbins demonstrates the art of misdirection on an unlucky volunteer in this entertaining TED talk from TEDGlobal 2013."

The individual says he's been fighting the charge since March with no resolution in sight.

Halfway through reading Alex Stone's memoir, Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind, I read Ricky Jay's blisteringly negative review of the book in… Read the rest of the article: Ricky Jay really hates the book 'Fooling Houdini'

Ryan Heshka's astounding pulp-fiction inspired paintings are on display at the annual BLAB! group show, which opened this Saturday at the the Copro Gallery in Santa Monica on 9/14/2013. In… Read the rest of the article: Strange Powers 3 – new paintings by Ryan Heshka

Join me at 12:30pm ET today for a MAKE Special Event: a live Google Hangout with Bre Pettis, co-founder of MakerBot, the 3D printer company. We will discuss the latest… Read the rest of the article: Mark's interview with MakerBot's Bre Pettis today at 12:30pm ET

Ben Marks say: "When Collectors Weekly writer and producer Hunter Oatman-Stanford was growing up in Austin, Texas, one of his favorite places to go as a kid was Aquarena Springs… Read the rest of the article: The Real Mermaids of San Marcos, Texas

Join me this Monday for a MAKE Special Event: a live Google Hangout with Bre Pettis, co-founder of MakerBot, the 3D printer company. We will discuss the latest technologies being… Read the rest of the article: Mark's live Interview with MakerBot's Bre Pettis on Monday, 9/16

I had a great time as a judge at the Insert Coin tech product entrepreneur competition at Engadget Expand earlier this year in San Francisco. I'll be a judge once… Read the rest of the article: Engadget Expand NYC Nov 9-10

Drawn & Quarterly has reprinted cartoonist Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Datebook Volume One, which came out in 2003. It's a terrific look at the "loose" work of one of the… Read the rest of the article: Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Datebook Volume One 10th anniversary edition