Did we find a totally new force of nature the other day? Maybe! Sewing machine orchestras are things that happen. Here are some nice pictures of black box recorders. Yep.…
We have now featured five “Rumpus Readers Report” collections (“Family/Holidays,” “Neighborhood,” “Impossible Love,” “Wants/Needs,” and “The Gift“), but let’s be honest, five is not nearly enough. We’re hungry for more…
Polish book covers hurrah huzzay. Contrary to popular belief, the Germans are very happy. S imilarly: no one actually has blue eyes. Thursdays are good days for artist books. Everyday…
“I am only six but I think I can do this job.” Wasn’t a laughter epidemic the Joker’s evil plot in Tim Burton’s Batman movie? (via Gerry Canavan.) The NY…
“As the computing power of cell phones increases, more and more sophisticated mobile apps are being developed for the mental health field. They’re seen as a way to bridge periodic…
This week in anthropomorphic vegetables. . . X-rays are the best way to discover new species. Everyone knows this is true. Mummies aren’t really that scary if you consider that…
This week in San Francisco, two opportunities to pee your pants in public at Piano Fight’s Monday Night Foreplays and stand-up with Rory Scovel at the Punchline, Red Hots Burlesque…
Will the Libyan war mean the end of .ly startups? (No, those URLs weren’t created just for twitter.) Apple controls its app system too tightly and Android’s a mess. What’s…
I don’t know what I love most about this story from Britain. British prisoners are outraged because a fellow prisoner won second prize in a poetry contest by entering a…
This week in New York a book party for Jim Shepard (with beer); a reading from the 2011 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature winner and finalists; actors perform…