computer science Trying to land on some runways causes the Boeing 737's control screens to go black Cory Doctorow
groceries Tour of an insanely expensive supermarket in Barrow, Alaska where 1/2 a watermelon is $37 Mark Frauenfelder
television Would you kill to stop an asteroid panic? I asked the creators of Salvation Mark Frauenfelder
Old school 1916 ad chides Congress for not investing in pneumatic tubes for first class mail delivery Cory Doctorow
books A Wild Swan plucks at familiar fairy tales with a voice that's sardonic, salacious, or brimming with empathy Wink
music Today in 1934: the death of Bonnie and Clyde, chronicled in song by Serge Gainsbourg David Pescovitz