dogs How to write the English alphabet with every letter as a cute dog David Pescovitz

design Learn to write like an architect Rob Beschizza

design Shake: a typeface of letters written by someone with Parkinson's disease David Pescovitz

art Nastygrams shut down site that created fonts of famous songwriters' handwriting Andrea James

design Fantastic demo of hand lettering with ingenious shadow effect technique David Pescovitz

writing How to hand letter like an architect David Pescovitz

handwriting Reddit's "penmanship porn" is loaded with stunning handwriting examples Mark Frauenfelder

makers I made my own ink for the apocalypse Meg Elison

libraries Card catalogs had their own elegant standardized handwriting Andrea James

Kids What's the provenance of the stylized S from school? Andrea James

art How pros make gradient calligraphy on iPads Andrea James

art Gorgeous calligraphy using iPad and modified Apple Pencil Andrea James

tabloids Kurt Cobain murdered (and World War 3 starts again) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

deciphering the indecipherable Google tries to decipher doctors' bad handwriting Jennifer Sandlin

Weird Dolphins recognize one other by their urine Devin Nealy

computer history The 1947 origin story of the first computer bug is bogus Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Get creative whenever the mood strikes with this smart digital pen and pad Boing Boing's Shop

gadgets 30-year retrospective of the Apple Newton Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets 30 great gift ideas for anyone who works from home Boing Boing's Shop

music A list of productivity and collaboration lessons from The Beatles David Pescovitz