halloween Ministry's "(Everyday Is) Halloween" (1984) David Pescovitz

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

1990s The glorious inelegance of the 1990s family computer Jess Kimble Leslie

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

science fiction Fiction: The Boy Who Made Flowers S.B. Divya

events Borrowed Time: a magic show and portal to another world Mark Frauenfelder

Tremontaine: Lessons from sharing my famous, award-winning fantasy world Ellen Kushner

gift guide Boing Boing Gift Guide 2015 Boing Boing

lifehacks How do I handle people who have a bad opinion of me? James Altucher

fashion When fashion is frightening Anna Anthropy

Copyfight What should the next Aaron Swartz do when the DOJ knocks? Harry Kopyto

President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin

The Autobiography of Pac-Man Trevor Hill

Games Infamous imaginary games from science fiction Boing Boing

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing

music Who Cares What Steve Albini Thinks? You Probably Do. Maureen Herman

Let's do international shots, it's Eurovision 2014! Leigh Alexander