happy mutants Top Secret: New World Order: Merle M. Rasmussen reboots his 1980 RPG classic Jayson Elliot

politics Nancy Mace freaks out at man who asked her about town halls Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Review: The reMarkable Paper Pro is my favorite tablet Séamus Bellamy

Japan losing interest in electronic pocket dictionaries Rob Beschizza

crime Bank robber's handwriting so bad cashiers couldn't decipher demand note Rob Beschizza

psychology Three ways to transform your daily grind into something more engaging Ellsworth Toohey

chess Chess grandmaster accused of using toilet phone to cheat Rob Beschizza

education Cursive handwriting makes a comeback Rob Beschizza

You have two noses, the US Army mulled yerba mate for soldiers, and 79 other startling facts David Pescovitz

education Cursive handwriting coming back to schools by law David Pescovitz

sticker shock Deep red Arizona county insisted on hand counting ballots – until they saw the price tag Carla Sinclair

fonts The despised Comic Sans reincarnates as a redesigned programming font Mark Frauenfelder

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

things that are not aesthetic 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