History Casa Susanna was a secret resort for gender non-conformists in the 1960s Janelle Hessig

1960s Toni Basil to teach classes on '60s go-go dancing Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets The IBM 1620, an affordable "scientific computer" from 1959. Xeni Jardin

books Punk programmers and queer hackers expose Reagan-era tech corruption in Cory Doctorow's new novel, on Kickstarter now Mark Frauenfelder

Entertainment How Uruguay's answer to The Beatles shaped Latin American rock in the 1960s Ellsworth Toohey

media British furry franchise The Wombles may soon return to screens Rob Beschizza

Wham-O How African killifish almost became Wham-O's coolest toy of the 1960s Ellsworth Toohey

music 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke dances barefoot in new Coldplay video Mark Frauenfelder

graphic novels An anti-boring book guide: six great gift picks Mark Frauenfelder

politics Martial law declared in South Korea Rob Beschizza

art The Theme Park Preservation Society's fantastic and clever Disney theme park designs Ruben Bolling

art Why Richard Scarry chose animals over humans in his revolutionary children's books Mark Frauenfelder

Entertainment Meet K-pop's forgotten pioneers: The Kim Sisters who conquered 1960s America Mark Frauenfelder

fun Shake-a-face toy: a vintage way to create random facial expressions Popkin

These mind-blowing 60s singles predated punk rock's sound by a decade Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets PDP-10 replica runs on a Raspberry Pi Rob Beschizza

fundraisers Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift to host livestream fundraiser for indie rocker Matthew Sweet Jennifer Sandlin