Notes on E-books and Readers
The big news this week was the iPad announcement, including the tech-world’s dismissal of it. (Fraser Speirs addresses that nicely.) But there’s a lot more happening in the world of…
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Science Saturday
If the moon seemed overly large last night, there’s a reason why. Our DNA is only half-human. What’s the rest of us made from? California has claimed the first moon-landing…
Saturday Morning Links
Call me a Philistine, but I felt Howard Zinn’s death way more than J.D. Salinger’s. Here’s some links for your Saturday morning. Dahlia Lithwick examines the contradictions and contortions KBR…
Morning Coffee
C. D. Payne’s museum of oddities. Some people live lives filled with beautiful Chinese tea house/spas. I am not one of these people. New Scientist on our most likely next…
Morning Coffee
Now even earlier! I have a thing about redheads. The top ten books written by librarians. Matthew Rainwaters looks at the Texas criminal justice system. Why yes, I would like…
“Be a Warrior, Woman.”
“Even if you could please everyone, if you were an artist with as many gifts as Berdeshevsky, why would you want to?” Brian Beglin reviews Margo Berdeshevsky’s Beautiful Soon Enough.
Morning Coffee
Is it just me or is today really dorky? We here at the Rumpus aren’t always so keen on the idea of steampunk, we do however like these lamps a…
Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #20
Anyone can tame a grizzly bear, Doug. Shit’s hack. But a polar bear? I hope you’re not too uncomfortable sleeping on that bed of money I just made for us.…
Morning Coffee
The Context Project is seeking to blur the line between industrial design and fine art. It is also totally rad. Yesterday marked the 31st anniversary of the first robot homicide…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/25-1/31
This week: Work on the memoir you’ve always wanted to write with Michelle Tea, dance to benefit Doctors Without Borders at San Francisco Hearts Haiti, watch SF IndieFest take over…
Notable New York, This Week 1/25 – 1/31
This week in New York Lydia Davis and Richard Howard read, John Wray, Heidi Julavits and Sarah Manguso discuss ebooks at Melville House, Of Montreal and Damon & Naomi perform,…
Morning Coffee
So many things we meant to mean to say. NYC’s edible schoolyard. Wired on why mold is as efficient as Japanese urban planners. Instead of changing the electoral college or…