“300 Kitties” - why do I love this so? [via]

My initial thought was, I love how the book is blocked into short paragraphs. This makes it easy to read in the bathroom, during commercials, between innings in baseball games… I am only on page 40 and I already feel more appreciative of the view out my window.

—An Oprah book club message board comment discussing Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”

The Times machine

New York Observer takes a look at what the future might hold for the New York Times as they move locations and start integrating their newsroom

Internet Access CAPTCHAs

“Enjoy the porn!”

Zing! [via]

Scientists in Japan want to create a giant seaweed farm to use as biofuel

Floating “bioreactors” could provide up to 1/3 of Japan’s fuel

The first six seasons of Sopranos distilled down to seven minutes. Uh, spoiler alert.

Paul Ford rethinks Harpers.org

157 years worth of archives, clever topics system, all yours for the low low price of $17/yr, plus you get a dead tree edition

I was No. 1 on the ‘who’s likely to die’ list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list

—Keith Richards attributes his longevity to pure luck, which transcends even snorting his own father’s ashes

Even storm troopers need a break sometimes