*Desperately trying to wrap up your NaNoWriMo manuscript but drained of creativity? Check out Hatch's Plot Bank for a boost. [via GalleyCat]
*It's got higher sales figures, a higher incidence of sex, and, allegedly, a higher standard of writing. This is apparently the new — and improved — Fifty Shades of Grey. [via the Daily Mail]
*There's now a Hobbit-themed airplane. I wish I were flying this airline on my trip to New Zealand this winter. [via LaineyGossip]
*Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins has a new book coming out. [via the Atlantic Wire]
*And so it begins (or maybe I'm just late) — the media has started churning out their 2012 lists earnestly detailing the year's best books. Here's one featuring writers' own favorites. [via the Guardian]
*The Internet geeked out this week over the discovery of The Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine — despite the fact that it has existed since 2010. [via The Atlantic Wire]
*New Yorkers! Did you know there's now a public-transit commuter book club? [via GalleyCat]
*And finally, start your weekend off on an adorable note by ogling these stinking cute photos of dogs frolicking underwater, from the book Underwater Dogs by Seth Casteel. [via everywhere]
November 30, 2012
November 29, 2012
You can buy the book for $12 here and learn more about Vicki and her work here.
November 28, 2012
November 27, 2012
It's that time of year again, when you ransack Target looking for the perfect Christmas card, one that manages to both encapsulate your personality and serve it up via season-approved imagery such as snowmen, doves, and fat men in patent-leather belts.
Allow me to help — although I can't guarantee any of the above graphics. Try to contain your disappointment.
[Bah Humbug card; $3 for one; by Hitchcock Creative]
November 14, 2012
The book-loving owners of this house, however, seem to have neatly sidestepped the pesky issue altogether. Books are the main attraction of this Rotterdam house, thanks to a redesign that focuses all the attention on a three-story mega bookcase. Conjured up by Dutch architectural firm Shift and named "vertical loft," this project is kind of bonkers. Obviously, the amount of book space is very satisfying, but it seems like you would need monkey arms to reach some of those shelves. But, I'm 5'2", whereas the Dutch are the tallest people in the world, so maybe they need barely flex to grab 50 Shades of Grey from the out-of-sight top shelf.
November 02, 2012
This election season, we've heard a lot about the rich—the mega-rich, the 1% rich, the self-made rich. This product is for the stupid-rich.
It's the iRock, a rocking chair that charges your iPad via a built-in dock while you gently roll over the grasping fingers of the 99%. Integrated speakers allow you to blast Rage Against the Machine so loudly you can't hear your conscience/wife asking what the hell you were thinking spending $1,300 on this year's version of the puffy shirt.
Learn more here.
[via Time]
November 01, 2012
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