3 October 2005

  • New York's currently: struggling to communicate with the hairdresser
  • Bush nominates Texan loyalist Harriet Miers for O'Connor's seat on the bench.
  • Peerless playwright August Wilson killed by liver cancer at 60.
  • Gladwell on the oddness of first encountering Harvard grads--and how to become one yourself.
  • Bali police release headshots from three men suspected of killing 23.
  • Adirondacks tourist boat flips, kills 21, mostly senior citizens.
  • You can imagine Adam conveying his love for Eve by giving her jewelry. Creationists make the case for a literal Adam.
  • Interpretations of the @ sign from around the world.
  • Short profile of the king of interpreters, the English voice of every Soviet leader from Khrushchev to Gorbachev.
  • How to survive a freestyle rap battle.
  • Animations of Bristol then and now.
  • African Union calls out Sudan for continued coordination with Arab militias in Darfur.
  • Keep an eye out for today's Gary Benchley contest!
  • Following the fantastic "All About Apples" cookbook, A Tasting Menu publishes "Autumn Omkase," gorgeous and free.
  • Devoted monograph on omelets for egg devotees.
  • "Havoc maids" and homicidal mistresses highlight workplace tensions between homemakers and housekeepers in Singapore.
  • Poll of what New Yorkers are thinking right now.
  • How to fight web zombies who want to steal millions from your company.
  • I wanted to engrave one sentence on all their hearts--read more, write less. Publisher wades through 3,741 first novels.
  • Use Google to measure the steps from your "beach-front" rental to the sand.
  • How the NBA is using Yao Ming to market hoops in China.
  • Find the Brownie--a new game to find an important federal employee with no apparent qualifications aside from strong personal ties to someone in the White House.
  • Mp3s: 31 Van Morrison songs you didn't know you needed to hear.