software The Japanese factory that uses 40-year-old software to design its traditional textiles Rusty Blazenhoff

Audio Explore a library of disappearing and extinct sounds at Obsolete Sounds Rusty Blazenhoff

obsolete technology Why silent light switches are banned Mark Frauenfelder

phone Vintage rotary phone lamps Rusty Blazenhoff

alexa Vintage Apple TV and Alexa Rusty Blazenhoff

cinema How to use a rotary dial telephone (1927) Rusty Blazenhoff

typewriters Tom Hanks changes the ribbon on a vintage typewriter as his 'secret talent' Rusty Blazenhoff

lego Obsolete technology LEGO kits Rusty Blazenhoff

gadgets Does your app fit on a floppy? Rob Beschizza

Technology Arthur C. Clarke predicted remote work, telesurgery, and mobile phones in 1964 Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Amazon to cut off old Kindles in May Rob Beschizza

china US Navy resurrects dumb weapons project for dumb Trump ship project Séamus Bellamy

politics Trump Media stock also back in the toilet Rob Beschizza

tech Japan's Extinct Media Museum makes me feel ancient Gail Sherman

music Dookie Demastered: classic Green Day album in "obscure, obsolete, and inconvenient formats" Rob Beschizza

politics "Intellectually very high level": Watch Trump's hilarious attempt to understand Bitcoin  Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Are you still using floppy disks? Rob Beschizza

mistakes Disturbing Apple ad shows human creativity crushed into perfect 5.3mm-thin shape Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Shop Say hello to robot innovation with iRobot, a vacuum that battles dirt and dust bunnies for only $150! Boing Boing's Shop

makers How to turn a thrift store cassette player into a gnarly guitar distortion box Lux Sparks-Pescovitz