Years ago, when time seemed unlimited, I read Harper’s Magazine frequently.
They have a new website Harpers.org and you can read about some of its technical aspects in this article by Paul Ford.
Maybe the material that shows up on their new site will lead me back to reading the magazine more often.
Via TeledyN.
Fans as well as the curious will want to visit the new official Philip K. Dick website. The official biography (short) has some interesting items.
Also, Wired has a lengthy article subtitled The inside-out story of how a hyper-paranoid, pulp-fiction hack conquered the movie world 20 years after his death..
All of this, of course, happening just prior to the 12/25 opening of the latest Dick film adaptation: Paycheck.
Via Planet Swank.
They have everything or they are a coroner and you have no idea what to get them.
Well, Skeletons in the Closet might be just what you need. There is a nice write up about them here.
Via Lynn at Reflections in d minor.
Ok, we haven’t made it past Thanksgiving yet but here is a nifty SnowGlobe. Shake it up.
Via Ghost of a Flea.
Photos from what I think are the two most interesting cities in the United States: New York and San Francisco.
From New York: Signs from 14th Street to 42nd Street. Even if you have never walked the streets of New York these 1000s of signs from what is really a very small area will give you a glimpse of the hopes, dreams and lives of millions. Many of the pictures are accompanied by a bit of historical annotation that, if you allow, will bring the stories to life.
From San Francisco: the Public Library’s Historical Photograph Collection. Many of the photo subject here have not yet been digitized but the subject index promises hours of enjoyment. Even Strangers to the city will be intrigued and the familiar will be drawn back.
Via The Scout Report.