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1. Lifehacker recommends this program if you're afraid you might lose your Android phone. 2. Steve Niles : Can I say something I’ve ...

German book cover for Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl, which I just finished reading. You know, I skipped my book club's last b...

(Links are to Amazon.) 1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (Wii): I don't remotely agree with the negative reviews for this game. It...

1. I really liked Broken Angels, the second novel I've read by Richard Morgan . It's a little tough to describe, basically imagine...

I received a review copy of DC Comics: The 75th Anniversary Poster Book (which was already on my wish list), and wow, big thumbs up. The ov...

1. In case you missed it, this is the best photograph of an astronaut in recent memory. Via these sites . 2. I absolutely loved Matt Ki...

1. Little kid dressed like Edward Scissorhands . 2. Funny video of a tremendous screamer walking through Universal Studio's haunted h...

1. Lincoln Logs were invented in 1916 by John L. Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright. They were named for Frank (his middle name was actuall...

DGPH's Space Cadet Topo: The Day the Sun Turned Off has cute art and a pleasant story about a dashing mole, his robot companions, and t...

Dreamworks story artist David Derrick has a new kid's book called Sid the Squid: and the Search for the Perfect Job. For parents looki...

I recently finished Michael Lewis's "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" and was struck by how he takes mundane locale...

My family spent Saturday at Sea World. On the plus side, there's a whole heck of a lot to do. My kids' favorites were Sea Lions Li...

Cory Doctorow was kind enough to send me a copy of his latest novel, For The Win. I've enjoyed all of his books, and this is no excepti...

Railway maps by Zero Per Zero : Seoul, Manhattan, Tokyo and Hokkaido. You can find them on sale as maps, posters, mousepads, and more at Ja...

In the afterword to BPRD Volume 8: Killing Ground, John Arcudi nicely summarizes why BPRD is so good, and why the offerings from DC and Marv...

Fargo/Bullit mashup by Mike Puncekar. See also: Redesigned Street Fighter characters. And a few more links: 1. Angus MacLane posted mo...

I recently finished a review copy of Susannah Gora's You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Imp...

Spent the day at Legoland with my family (well, half the day at Legoland, and the other half driving*). It was my first time there. It...

Clearly, this is the year of the Ramayana. First, Nina Paley brought it to life in the tremendous Sita Sings the Blues . And now I have hi...