No. 4 The Pencil
Topic: Pens, Pencils
Forbes.com readers, editors and a panel of experts rank the pencil as the fourth most important tool of all time, in terms of its impact on human civilization. (via pencilrevolution.com)

Duct Tape Bandages
Topic: Design
"The nice thing about 3M owning so many lines of products, is that they can cross the brands to make some interesting hybrids. Nexcare 3M Duct Tape Bandages are bandages made to look and feel like real duct tape." (via Strange New Products)

The Garbage Pail Kids Archive
Topic: Design
The Garbage Pail Kids Archive -- Anything any everything that has anything to do with the Garbage Pail Kids. Includes pictures of hundreds of cards and other memorabilia. (via linkfilter.net)

Vintage Gas Station Decals
Topic: Advertising
Gas Station Stickers -- I scanned some nice 1960s/1970s decals and uploaded them to my flickr

Walnut Ink
Topic: Pens, Pencils
Lisa Vollrath says: "I started brewing some walnut ink last night. This is my first try at this." Read more here

The image shows a naturally derived walnut ink from Tom Norton Designs.

Billboard Liberation Front
Topic: Advertising
The Billboard Liberation Front -- "establishing a new paradigm in street marketing" (via Boing Boing)

Uncommon Goods
Topic: Pens, Pencils
Uncommon Goods -- cool pens and pencils.

Is Octopus Ink Similar to Fountain Pen Ink?
Topic: Pens, Pencils
Is Octopus Ink Similar to Fountain Pen Ink? -- "The ink of the octopus, or any cephalopod, is composed of highly concentrated melanin. This is the same dark pigment that we humans have, and which is responsible for skin color and the color of dark hair. It is a natural dye that cephalopods manufacture in an ink sac. Most, but not all octopuses have an ink sac and produce ink, but a few, such as the deep-sea octopuses, have lost this ability." Read more at His Nibs (Image from Cephalopods - a World Guide)

Coop Stuff
Topic: Design
Underground art master COOP. (via boing boing)

Ad*Access
Topic: Advertising
Ad*Access presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. (via bibi.org)

The PocketMod
Topic: Design
PocketMod is a free disposable personal organizer. (via the cartoonist)

Grid-it! Notepads
Topic: Design
Grid It Notepads -- "Grids form as essential part of our lives. We may not always notice them, but their influence on what we see, hear and do is everywhere. Grid-it! notepads and shelves are a selection of grids that played a historic role in the development of design systems." (via groupies)

Cool Coke Bottles
Topic: Design
Funky new bottles for Coca Cola will appear at the trendiest lounges and night clubs. (via ad-rag.com)

How did you get your f***ing awesome job? - Daniel Clowes
Topic: Comics
ReadyMade interviews Dan Clowes -- Nice interview in ReadyMade with cartoonist (Eightball) and screenwriter (Ghostworld, and Art School Confidential, which will be in theaters this month) Daniel Clowes. (via Boing Boing)

1970:s Greatest Album Covers
Topic: Music
Seventies' Greatest Album Covers on the Super Seventies RockSite!

Noodler's Fountain Pen Ink
Topic: Pens, Pencils
Noodler's Ink is now available in the UK. (Noodler's ink in Stockholm, Sweden - read this post)

Blatz Beer - Vintage ad
Topic: Logos
Blatz Beer -- Hank Marino, champion bowler, Blatz Beer advertisement and many more old magazine scans from [c21de] RetroGrafix's photostream on flickr.

Valentine Blatz opened his brewery in 1851. By 1900, Blatz was Milwaukee's third-largest brewery.The Blatz Brewery was forced to close in 1959, and the Blatz label was sold to Pabst Brewing Company. Heileman purchased the Blatz label in 1969 after Pabst's anti-trust problems. In 1996, Stroh's bought Heileman, continuing most of their production. Read more at beercollections.com.

Pimp my Lawnmower - Pimp My Gr?sklippare
Topic: Design
Pimp my Lawnmower -- cool T-shirt from beastwear.se [Pimp My Gräsklippare]. (Read in NME about George Jones' lawnmower)

Webzine 2005
Topic: Blogging
Webzine 2005 is a real world, face-to-face celebration of independent publishing on the Internet.

Rock 100 Moments
Topic: Music
NME.COM Rock 100 Moments -- The New Musical Express 100 rock moments, from the death of Kurt Cobain to George Jones lawnmower. (via linkfilter.net)