Puzzle Books The Moscow Puzzles, Russia's most popular puzzle book Jason Weisberger

puzzles Can you solve the seemingly impossible number of girls puzzle? Mark Frauenfelder

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Vintage Weird The Johnson Smith Novelty catalog offered 600 jam-packed pages of vintage weirdness Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets 20 Pre-Black Friday deals on games, puzzles, and more that will make perfect gifts Boing Boing's Shop

celebrities 19th-century women went nuts for Franz Liszt, music's first celebrity Annie Rauwerda

mathematics The math behind the card game "Spot It" Clive Thompson

literature The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle announces new novel, "Devil House" Thom Dunn

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writing I've been writing a book for 25 years Séamus Bellamy

retro gaming Read this excellent article about the making of Zork, the iconic 1977 text adventure Mark Frauenfelder

california Where unsold items end up after Oakland's huge White Elephant Sale Rusty Blazenhoff

useful stuff Excellent cheap puzzle book: The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations Mark Frauenfelder

coding Study finds brain-activity of people coding isn't quite like when they use language, or do math Clive Thompson

futility closet After losing his sight at age 25, James Holman became the most prolific traveler of his day Futility Closet

books Ready Player Two: read an interview with Ernest Cline and listen to his soundtrack for the book David Pescovitz

AI New theory of why our dreams are so weird Clive Thompson

Boing Boing Gadgets These 35 items can help your kid learn at home Boing Boing's Shop

Book Dark and delightful: "My Little Occult Book Club" parodies 70s and 80s kid's books Rusty Blazenhoff

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn