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The sun has been shining like nobody’s business, which means it is a good day to talk about: Old virus models! The history of the lobotomy! Cocaine Magazine (and other old drug ephemera)! And Conrad Gesner (who was a pretty…

“Google confirmed widespread rumors last night that it will soon launch an invitation-only beta-testing program for its controversial Android phone App, Word Count. According to a press release posted on the Google Lab Team blog, the App will make use…

Because last year’s floods drove the spiders to the trees, which now look like this:

Here is a double dose of bad-ass underwater photography to get you through the mid-week. Crowd sourcing the FBI way! Holy fucking shit this is a picture from Mercury. Also, people like to cuss.

Dad, Thanks so much for your most recent email! It’s been awhile since we’ve last spoken (no hard feelings, it was White Sox season, I know), so I can hardly express how great it was to see your name in…

Hideaki Akaiwa used scuba gear to navigate tsunami-submerged city to rescue his wife, and days later, his mother.

First things first: 100 ways to spell Qadhafi. (via Gerry Canavan.) Billheads of distinction! There are things in the world I can’t not link to, this history of skeletal drawing is a good example. Japanese posters of the Avant-Garde (hurray!).…

This week in San Francisco, VIDA at the Makeout Room, Poetry at the Randall Museum, the April Fool’s Lower Haight Art Walk, and the Switchboard Music Festival. Monday 3/28: Grab a bite and catch Bait & Switch tonight at Yoshi’s…

RIGHT HERE WAITING FOR YOU BY RICHARD MARX ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Right Here Waiting for You by Richard Marx.