happy birthday Happy 27th birthday to Dr. Octagonecologyst Jennifer Sandlin

art Famous bull fresco's bollocks restored Rob Beschizza

History Someone already pitched Bezos' 10,000-year clock — in 1903 Ellsworth Toohey

artist Watch this artist carve an octagonal stamp that rolls out cartoon cars Popkin

sports UFC fighter still in pain weeks after being elbowed in anus Rob Beschizza

design For sale: Odd and fantastic San Francisco octagonal home designed by phrenologist David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets This $99 router serves top Wi-Fi speeds to almost 3 dozen devices on your network Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets Save an extra $22 on this handmade Japanese forged kitchen knife set Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets MyDraw makes creating org charts, family trees, and other graphic diagrams incredibly simple Boing Boing's Shop

writing This affordable Kaweco fountain pen is a pleasure to use Jason Weisberger

pencil The rOtring 600: a classic mechanical pencil now made in Japan Jason Weisberger

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

antiques Authentic early American eyewear Jason Weisberger

Coffee I fixed my coffee maker in a bad way, then in an awesome way Mark Frauenfelder