The reason why we’re so into cellphone straps here is for their ability make otherwise boring cellphones slightly more interesting—or great cellphones a little greater. Case in point? This chalkboard ...

You might say I live in the past. I've co-written two books on the retro toys, tastes and trends of the 1970s, '80s and '90s. When I speak to my daughter Kelly's grade school about the books, I always ...

Over the summer, the high school where I teach had a complete makeover, which included replacing all our old chalkboards with whiteboards. I'm happy not to be breathing in any more chalk dust, but ...