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)