Every day Sarah sends me nifty things to read and see on my magic computer screen. Today’s stash included a post at Popgadget describing a plan to sell classic novellas in retro cigarette packs via cigarette vending machines after a U.K smoking ban in enclosed public places goes into effect. At least I think they’re …
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Have you ever had the experience of reading a book, listening to a presentation or watching a TV programme and discovering at the end that you could hardly remember any of the points made? If someone had asked you to summarise what had been said, you wouldn’t have known where to start. Well, if that …
WikiHow runs down how to cut one of our favorite summer fruits, the watermelon. Watermelons are big and unwieldy, so slicing off the top helps stand it up on end. The other great hint? Cut along the dark stripes on the rind, which will make the seeds end up on the outside of your slices …
Designer name to come About to finish DeLillo’s Falling Man, I think I need a something a little lighter for my next book. This might be it: From the Publishers Weekly review: “Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen of Hungary, anxious to win the favor of Empress Maria Theresia, builds an engineering marvel: the Mechanical Turk, a …
Fabio Econlog asks: why are American comics dominated by the super hero genre? Is it simply path dependence from an era when super heroes were popular? I don’t have the definitive answer, but here is some data: 1. Comic books in other countries focus on humor (Condorito/Latin America or Asterix in Europe) or historical drama …
Designer unknown (UK edition) There’s nothing about this cover that I don’t like. The Guardian review glows; I’ll have to keep my eye out for this when it’s released in the States. And by the way, just so that you don’t pick this up and think it’s actually a self-help title, the American edition will …
Windows only: Free utility PDFill can create, update and merge existing PDF files for free. Yesterday we posted Combine PDFs for Mac, and PDFill does the equivalent job on Windows, plus more. PDFill can also split or reorder PDF pages, encrypt/decrypt PDF’s, rotate and crop, add image or text watermarks, and convert images to PDFs …
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“I started to think that NC-17 movies perhaps shared a common visual string in their marketing materials — dark and provocative… I started with R and pulled up the top five movies’ posters. Less provocative but very dark. I moved on to PG-13’s five. Not provocative at all but dark nonetheless. PG’s five? Much friendlier …
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Making the baby girl happy. Best Use Of My Art Ever
How many more times will someone suggest this book in the comments section of this blog? I like this book and I think it offers a real contribution. Nonetheless I feel no need to suggest it in the comments sections of other peoples’ blogs. I do not treat this book as foundational because of personal …
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