Major Security Issue Discovered at Facebook
“Today I was tipped off that there is a major security flaw in the social networking site that, with just a few mouse clicks, enables any user to view the…
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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.
Cinco de Mayo
Do not miss this special Cinco de Mayo message to Arizona from director Robert Rodriguez.
Happy Cinco de Mayo: Illegal Machete
From Ain’t it Cool News: “Earlier today Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo dropped by my house with a package. Rodriguez is calling this his ‘Illegal’ trailer. You see, Robert talked…
“13 Don’ts”
“11. Don’t read more than 15 minutes. Any longer than that is a hostage situation.” Rumpus contributor Daniel Nester shares the lessons he learned while “writing, editing, marketing, and promoting”…
“A book about The First Book”
“There’s much at stake in The First Book. The first-time author wishes to make a good impression and, if things work out, to seduce the reader. The reader, for his…
NewYorker.com
“Some of my job is being the Web evangelist in the office – getting people involved and explaining why the Web is helpful to them and their story.” Sparksheet talks…
Steve Almond’s Bad Hair Contest
Want to win a free copy of Steve Almond’s excellent new book, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life (read an excerpt here)? All you have to do is be…
Maud’s Notes on Book Blogging
“If you’d told me in 2002 that I would keep at it for so long or that so many people would know about this site or care what I had…
40 Years Ago Today
“The students who had gathered that day – all unarmed – held a large range of opinions about the seemingly endless war in Vietnam.” Elaine Holstein, mother of Jeffrey Miller,…
Who Killed Bambi?
“This, for the benefit of future rock historians, is the transcript of a screenplay I wrote in the summer of 1977.” Roger Ebert’s screenplay about the Sex Pistols, Who Killed…
“They’re probably watching the news and wishing it were more about their bombing and less about the oil spill.”
Today we published a review of David Goodwillie’s American Subversive by Eric B. Martin that it isn’t so much a review as an essay that tackles some really important questions…