Let the Alphabattle Begin!
Okay, it’s been going on for a while now since they’re up to N, but via Christian Bok, check out AlphaBattle, a contest to see who can design the coolest…
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Ever Wonder How Student Loans Work?
There’s been a lot of talk the last few years about the increased cost of a college degree, and how government aid hasn’t kept pace with need. Lots of politicians…
Science Saturday
I almost always start these with a link from the Wired Science blog, but how do I choose today? Here are the top 4 right now: two stories onexoplanets, NASA…
Saturday Morning Links
I’m starting to believe that there is nothing in this world more likely to destroy one’s schedule than Netflix Streaming. Quick question about Park 51. Almost everyone objecting to it…
I Will Blurb Any Book Within 24 Hours! #17
Tired of waiting weeks or even MONTHS for back-cover endorsements from recognizable authors? I, Mickey Hess, will blurb any book – that’s right, ANY book – within 24 hours! Just…
THE BLURB #19: The Complete Thing
“As those early days blurred into weeks, I watched my newborn son losing weight. How could it be that we did not know how to feed our son? Where was our midwife now? Why, in the middle of this enormous city, were we so isolated? We needed help. We were doomed. We’d always been doomed.”
The Business of the Printing Press in the Time of Gutenberg
“Inventing the printing press was not the same thing as inventing the publishing business. Technologically, craftsmen were ready to follow Gutenberg’s example, opening presses across Europe. But they could only…
This Video Raises Many Questions
Such as: 1. Why are there two camels in a tiny car? 2. How does one get two camels in a tiny car? And the most important question:
A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #30: The Football Hold
Hey Football Fans, Have you been watching a lot of NFL preseason games lately? Or have you, like me, mostly been watching breastfeeding?
We Love Adam
We love Adam Johnson, so we’re very excited that Electric Literature has published an excerpt from his novel-in-progress, For the Love of Juch. (In all honesty we’re a little jealous…
“Vocabulary Negligible, Sentences Malconstructed.”
Not that this should come as a surprise, but Roald Dahl apparently received some pretty rough report cards.
Clickety-Clack
“I don’t even know what a computer is. I’ve heard about them a lot, but I don’t own one, and I don’t want one to own me. Typewriters you can…