Sidelights
February 8, 2010
Patti Smith worked at Scribners' Bookstore--!
Patti Smith worked at Scribners' Bookstore--!
( 8:03 PM)
Evidently, you really
can
be bored to death
Evidently, you really
can
be bored to death
( 5:06 PM)
The Ruins of the 21st Century: getting an early start
The Ruins of the 21st Century: getting an early start
( 4:38 PM)
GOP Members of Congress Have Never Watched Television, Movies
GOP Members of Congress Have Never Watched Television, Movies
(12:53 PM)
February 6, 2010
"The goal is not to prevent them from making mistakes, but to allow them to."
"The goal is not to prevent them from making mistakes, but to allow them to."
(10:12 PM)
Brilliant, non-violent, and genuinely moving wear-your-seat-belt ad
Brilliant, non-violent, and genuinely moving wear-your-seat-belt ad
( 8:05 PM)
Reading cuts stress levels by 68%
Reading cuts stress levels by 68%
( 2:45 PM)
Clay Shirky on information overload versus filter failure
Clay Shirky on information overload versus filter failure
( 8:28 AM)
February 5, 2010
For Howard Zinn...and J. D. Salinger
For Howard Zinn...and J. D. Salinger
(10:27 PM)
How to fall 35,000 feet--and survive
How to fall 35,000 feet--and survive
( 6:45 AM)
February 4, 2010
Toward an Interstellar Archaeology
Toward an Interstellar Archaeology
( 6:42 PM)
January 31, 2010
Fight Tobias Buckell's monopoly on Tobias Buckell novels!
Fight Tobias Buckell's monopoly on Tobias Buckell novels!
( 8:43 PM)
Kage Baker, 1952-2010
Kage Baker, 1952-2010
( 4:45 PM)
January 27, 2010
Among our greatest Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant
Among our greatest Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant
( 8:46 PM)
January 19, 2010
It's high time this sort of thing stopped happening
It's high time this sort of thing stopped happening
( 2:36 PM)
January 17, 2010
Californians, start building your arks
Californians, start building your arks
( 8:27 PM)
The always-interesting Brian Eno
The always-interesting Brian Eno
( 7:30 PM)
Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake--in color
Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake--in color
( 3:05 PM)
Extending geological time to back before the formation of the Earth
Extending geological time to back before the formation of the Earth
( 1:39 PM)
What's actually going on with that Irish "blasphemy" law
What's actually going on with that Irish "blasphemy" law
( 1:23 PM)
Logistics and the Haiti earthquake
Logistics and the Haiti earthquake
( 1:13 PM)
California as the Ruins of the Unsustainable
California as the Ruins of the Unsustainable
( 1:09 PM)
The remarkably high suicide rate of 19th-century Texas politicians
The remarkably high suicide rate of 19th-century Texas politicians
(12:37 PM)
A political-media term with which I was previously unfamiliar
A political-media term with which I was previously unfamiliar
( 7:11 AM)
January 16, 2010
R. A. Salvatore on Martha Coakley
R. A. Salvatore on Martha Coakley
( 6:38 PM)
January 15, 2010
Update from Médecins Sans Frontières
Update from Médecins Sans Frontières
( 1:40 PM)
January 14, 2010
Fourth Gormenghast novel, by Peake's widow Maeve, discovered
Fourth Gormenghast novel, by Peake's widow Maeve, discovered
(10:35 AM)
January 13, 2010
How GPS takes relavistic effects into account
How GPS takes relavistic effects into account
( 3:49 PM)
"The incomparably horrific Harold Ford"
"The incomparably horrific Harold Ford"
( 2:53 PM)
Wait, Pat Robertson is alive?
Wait, Pat Robertson is alive?
( 2:48 PM)
What
Noted without comment
on Patrick's sidebar
at
Making Light
.
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