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- On SignificantObjects.com: Significant Objects Meme (5) http://bit.ly/aLwKLf (via @SignificObs) #
- #paxeast pikachu costume ripped and torn – crawled a long way through duct – seem to be over the videogame journalism panel now? #
- #paxeast stuck in air duct over keynote speech — pikachu costume too plush — HBF! #
- #paxeast Azo helped me swarm through an air duct over green room, then I lowered him down to steal drinks & snacks. Can't hear keynote tho. #
- #pax hanging out with Azo, who made the real-life Mirror's Edge tribute while free-running. He says W. Roxbury is Boston's hippest hood?! #
- #FF @pazzobooks — best used, rare, out of print bookstore on East Coast *and* their tweets are funny, smart, erudite. #
- #paxeast Welcome to Boston! #
- Happy birthday @tezcatlipoca #
- Christopher Sorrentino, who's written for Sig Objects, in the LAT on his father, great pomo novelist Gilbert: http://is.gd/b0D8J via @sarahw #
- If you have an online affair with a bot (say, one disguised as a bikini-wearing gal who enjoys New York Review Books titles) is it cheating? #
- Listening to Art Brut's "Moving to L.A." makes it impossible to get any work done. #
- The "unconsumption" meme started by Rob Walker is being coopted by marketing types. Here's the real deal: http://unconsumption.tumblr.com/ #
- I attended the nation's 2d magnet school, the Trotter on Humboldt Ave in Dorchester (Boston); 40th anniversary meetup is tonight at Doyle's! #
- Don't do a search on #refarted — really, don't. #
- Reddit sez "this girl completely redefines the meaning of multitasking" but not to worry, it's innocent nerd chic! http://reddit.com/bi3s2 #
- Matt Brown is a cool designer — http://www.skrov.com — he's moving to Cambridge/Boston, needs apartment ASAP. Send me leads! Please RT #
- Go @Annaleen! Honored on Ada Lovelace Day. http://tinyurl.com/yjbsg3d #
- Archival comics geeks alert! Fantagraphics is teaming up with comics historian Rick Marschall: http://tinyurl.com/ylm8luk #
- Nice links to vintage hard/paperback cover illustrations: http://thelazyscholar.com/2010/02/01/covers-to-judge-books-by/ #
- New blog post: Harry Houdini http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/24/harry-houdini/ #
- BBC Radio's A History of the World in 100 Objects and Rob Walker's Significant Objection: http://bit.ly/c1HaM1 (via @core77) #
- New blog post: To Boldly Go http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/23/to-boldly-go/ #
- Earworm attack! Lady Gaga vs. Other Artists, courtesy of @debcha: http://bit.ly/9xacie (via @tezcatlipoca) #
- Butt Rock Radio on last.fm is full of songs tagged incorrectly by ironic hipsters. #lasf fmdisappointments (via @Annaleen) #
- Note 2 self: U will nevr B James Joyce, U will nevr play the Dane, U will nevr B Heat magazine's Torso of the Week (via @MDeAbaitua) #
- New blog post: Erich Fromm http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/23/erich-fromm/ #
- 5 authors make meaning this week. First up: Marisa Silver & a toy car. Electric Literature curates Significant Objects http://bit.ly/bU07yX #
- #AllIDoIs semiotic cultural analysis – day in & day out! #
- New blog post: Victor Ludi (1): Rhyming Slang http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/22/victor-ludi-1-rhyming-slang/ #
- New blog post: William Shatner http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/22/william-shatner/ #
- Next sci-fi podcast recording is 6:45PM Friday, April 2nd, PAZZO BOOKS, 1898 Centre St., West Roxbury. FB page: http://tinyurl.com/3tmkk4 #
- Write a 250-word-max apocalyptic story either set in 1900-35 era or from that era's perspective. Win a HILOBROW tee! http://bit.ly/dfRPnT #
- New blog post: Magister Ludi (2): Fiction Contest http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/22/micro-fiction-contest-2/ #
- "(M)y style of 'brilliancy' consists in… the same things said ironically & also seriously…" CS Peirce to Wm James, letter of Jan 4, 1898 #
- New blog post: Save Cocky the Fox! http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/22/save-cocky-the-fox/ #
- COCKY THE FOX: we're halfway to our goal! Help us serialize the greatest fox-and-rabbit story of all time, won't you? http://kck.st/cr2lYL #
- New blog post: Russ Meyer http://hilobrow.com/2010/03/21/russ-meyer-2/ #
