The Map of the Art
Edited by Katharine Harmon, “The Map as Art” brings together 360 visions of experimental cartography. It is wonderfully inspiring.
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12 October 2009: Morning
Professor Elinor Ostrom becomes the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for economics. "We're going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent." White House opens fire on Fox News. "There is a problem of having to ship out the largest outreach
12 October 2009: Afternoon
Emergency task force to bombard world media with positive news about Italy's products and Berlusconi. Congressman fulfills childhood dream of surviving seven days alone on an island. Japanese learn English from Obama; sensation is like "listening to good music." Photos of Hakku Tulou apartments in China,
Nightime, the Right Time?
The story of a shattered family’s harrowing world is made readable by a fine writer.
9 October 2009: Weekend
Barack Obama becomes third sitting president to win the Nobel Peace Prize; see full citation. Q&A with the man who telephones Nobel Prize winners to tell them they've won. Stalin's grandson sues Russian newspaper to protect dictator's reputation. Chart: Where in the
The Pleasures of Saudade
A year in Lisbon teaches you more than how to select a decent vinho verde. An ode to the uniquely hopeful, desperate music that’s missing from the usual American fare.
8 October 2009: Morning
Cities hit hard by H1N1 in the spring now see little evidence of the virus. Tehran claims U.S. played a role in the disappearance of an Iranian nuclear scientist. A proposal for Chicago 2018, or the first wholly urban Winter Olympics. Prolific, celebrated photographer Irving Penn dies at age
8 October 2009: Afternoon
Abu Mazen agreed to wait on the Gaza war-crimes news, and now his people are fulminating. Nothing, obviously, on the Bhutto assassination. Notes from a candid dinner discussion with Pervez Musharraf. Interactive passage through Michelle Obama's family tree. Where French elites see "the victim" in
Eyes Have It
For Lynn Hirschberg, a Dan Winters monograph raises concerns over photography as commerce.
Your Final Lay
Of the free games included with Windows, none is more treacherous than Spider Solitaire. In the final installment, the master sets the apprentice free.