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Shared Google Reader Items- How China Miéville Got Me to Stop Worrying and Love the MonstersThis is a story about how China Miéville opens eyes. It begins in Detroit in the 1950s with a boy who flat loves to read, who can’t get enough of Dr. Seuss, the Hardy Boys, and the Flash (Marvel and Zap Comix will come much later). He reads an actual newspaper every day, and he cherishes his first library card the way kids today cherish their first iPhone. ( […]
- Beautiful hand sculpted anatomical models of...Beautiful hand sculpted anatomical models of popular childrens toys by artist Jason Freeny (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)
- Google Scribe Auto-Completes Text Anywhere You Type on the Web [Text Editor]Google wants you to use its auto-completion powers for more than just searching. With Google Scribe, you can let the web fill out your sentences for you in a dedicated editing tool, or auto-type anywhere on the web with a bookmarklet. More »
- Is Big Back?Is Google making us stupid? Is reading in America a dying pursuit? Will novel srviv in age of twtr? String together enough of these think-piece propositions, and you begin to notice a pattern. Ostensibly open-ended, their very existence presumes an answer in the affirmative: yes, Google is making us stupid…at least, too stupid to entertain the possibility th […]
- Kno Raises $46 Million More To Build “Most Powerful Tablet Anyone Has Ever Made”Marc Andreessen is normally enthusiastic about the startups he’s invested in. Still, when I spoke to him last week about Kno, he surprised me by saying it will be “the most powerful tablet anyone has ever made.” And he’s backing up that claim with a new investment – Andreessen Horowitz has put even more capital into the company as part of a new $46 million d […]
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- Mind - Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - NYTimes.comPsychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong.
- Nike iPhone app keeps track of where, how fast you run | VentureBeat
- Andre Benjamin Is…… easily one of my (and many others’) favorite artists to ever bless the microphone. And while we wait for a hopeful Outkast (or 3 Stacks solo) album, DJ Ideal and Hometeam put together a fantastic mix of classic verses, rare/unreleased material and interview clips for y’all to vibe with. Tracklist + Stream + Download link after the jump… Chonky Fire (Intro) […]
- Cannabis in Our CocktailsWikimedia Commons If someone told you about a bar openly serving cocaine over the counter, chances are you wouldn't think soda jerks and pop. However, writer and bartender Darcy O'Neil, in his book on soda fountains, Fix the Pumps, tells the story of pharmacists making "narc-tails" full of "cocaine, strychnine, cannabis, morphine, op […]
- How China Miéville Got Me to Stop Worrying and Love the Monsters
