obsessions Take out your zit-picking obsession on this pimple-popping toy (and not your skin) Rusty Blazenhoff
gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza
art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn
Boing Boing Gadgets This Everimaging 3-in-1 Photographer's Bundle for Mac is perfect for photogs everywhere Boing Boing's Shop
book banning North Carolina Superintendent bans MLK-themed novel from 10th-grade classes because one parent complained about language Mark Frauenfelder
Happy Mutants Free chapter of forthcoming book on the mysterious creator of Calvin and Hobbes Cory Doctorow