Quick post for those of you who are interested in, well, books, but don't read either westerblog, John Scalzi's blog, or boingwonder...

So I saw this post in Scott Westerfeld's blog referring to this post by Cory Doctorow at boingboing as well as John Scalzi's post. It keyed off of the fact that Cory Doctorow's new book Little Brother (which, as it happens, I just ( Read more... )

tomorrow!

And the Torchwood finale tonight! Yay!

...what, is there some other show on, too?

Edit: added in link for philistines.

LOLGRUES, by zarf.

Moscow - April 1, 2008 - SUP, an international media company, today announced the sale of LiveJournal (LJ), the pioneer of social networking communities online used by millions of people around the world to connect through personal journals and topic-based communities, to the Russian Business Network (RBN), a shadowy crime syndicate thought to be ( Read more... )

How did I miss that this was out?

You know how sometimes, you get up in the morning and say to yourself, 'I really need a pony icon.' And then you that evening, you end up watching Robot Chicken and see the Apocalypse Pony skit?

The Blackberry Silk Pie (this recipe is a close enough match) is one of our favorites. The recipe that I have says to serve the pie chilled, but we generally prefer to eat it hot. Partially it's because we like it better that way, and partially because we don't like to wait ( Read more... )

Totally pretty-making!
http://www.core77.com/competitions/GreenerGadgets/projects/4673/
This Bluetooth device is permanently implanted beneath the skin. It is flat, flexible, silicon and silicone. Tightly rolled when it's inserted through a small incision, and then unfurled beneath the skin, it lies benignly between skin and muscle ( Read more... )

Canadian Dollar Trades Equal to U.S. for First Time Since 1976

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=awhVMIymbX0w&refer=canada

(sorry--don't remember where I got the link.)

Richard Rorty 1931-2007

I was going to write up some sort of philosophical eulogy, but it seems that a lot of people have already done that. So instead, I'll just post an piece from The Onion:

Post-Modern Condition Upgraded To Pre-ApocalypticCHARLOTTESVILLE, VA-The "postmodern" condition of alienated, disjointed late-20th-century humanity was ( Read more... )