A Barricade of Books
Yiyun Li in The New Yorker: Despite my rudimentary understanding of the language, most evenings, after lights-out, I would sneak away to the platoon storage room, where I could take…
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Vogon Poetry
I dare say I’m not the only iPhone owner who’s also a fan of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy–the book, not the film. Smartphones in general seem to be…
Seriously?
Seems to me that the mockery from the general public for having stolen such a bad movie would be enough punishment. Jack Yates, 28, was sentenced to six months in…
Brian’s Saturday Morning Links
Miss me? I expect I’ll be caught up from this move by sometime in mid-July, 2013. Bentham Science Publishers has a credibility problem. I think I saw that movie, almost…
An Oral History of Myself #8: Mr. Miller
In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with and transcribing the interviews, creating a kind of memoir but in other people’s words. What’s most interesting turns out not…
The Women of McSweeneys.net
“Why are men, taken on average and as a whole, funnier than women?” inquired Christopher Hitchens in “Why Women Aren’t Funny,” Vanity Fair, January 2007. That’s a good question. And…
Austin Heap – Rerouting Iranians on the Web
In the current political crisis in Iran, the boldest tool, turns out to be civic technology. Iran has gone out of its way to block the BBC, Yahoo, mobile phone…
Morning Coffee: Totally Awesome Edition
Summer Starts This Weekend and Today is Friday Have you seen this wind turbine? It is awesome! Did you know that scientists just discovered 12 new species along the Ecuador/Peru…
Iran News Links
The Iranian government has made its first move toward some form of dialogue to “defuse the outrage.” Hundreds of thousands rally in Tehran to mourn dead, defying Iran’s supreme leader.…
9 Words in 1,000 Years
If you’re tired of the frenetic pace of life, being hampered by your 140 character limit, and can’t remember the last time you made it through a book, then you…
Is Marriage Obsolete?
In the current issue of The Atlantic, the newly-divorced Sandra Tsing Loh wonders out loud “isn’t the idea of lifelong marriage obsolete?” but then holds off a little from answering…
Science Is Having Second Thoughts About Booze
“Alcohol in moderation is good for you.” This has been the conclusion of countless scientific studies. That apple a day to keep the doctor away, according to researchers, should be…