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

repurposed 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

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

History US giving away free lighthouses to groups who will take care of them David Pescovitz

movies Avengers: Endgame's Joe Russo thinks we're pretty close to AI-generated films Devin Nealy

politics Tech leaders, scientists, etc., call for pause in AI development Rob Beschizza

Technology Gordon Moore, 1929-2023 Rob Beschizza

twitter Twitter cleaners fired without severance pay, just in time for Christmas Rob Beschizza

gadgets Bionic eye company going out of business, leaving patients "in the dark" Rob Beschizza

dmca Adobe DMCAs third-party project that provides security improvement to Flash Rob Beschizza