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I just stumbled on Kikkerland's "Anatomic 3-D Puzzles" in a shop and was absolutely enthralled. These are snap-together models (calling them "puzzles" is a little weird, actually) showing the anatomy of various critters, from humans to cows, mammoths, and my favorites, beetles and snails. They're made out of plastic that feels just like the plastic they use for the anatomical models you had in senior biology class, with the same color schemes, but the sculpting is absolutely gorgeous, making them into stylish knick-knacks as well as interesting scientific instructional materials. Kikkerland's online shop carries the whole line, albeit at about 10 percent higher prices than other webstores that carry one or two. My advice is to check out the items here, find the ones you want and google for a cheaper one at another store. Link...
BoingBoing Saturday, July 05, 2008

Stross's new novel: Saturn's Children, a late Heinlein homage

Charlie Stross's new novel, Saturn's Children, is out -- this is Charlie's Heinlein tribute, and unlike everyone else who does classic, adventure -story Heinlein tributes, Charlie's written a novel in the style of the late, indulgent, sex-saturated Heinlein, from the period before a cutting-edge surgery fixed a problem with the blood-supply to his brain (seriously). Orbit, the book's UK publisher, has also put an excerpt online. Today is the two hundredth anniversary of the final extinction of my One True Love, as close as I can date it. I am drunk on battery acid and wearing my best party frock, sitting on a balcony beneath a pleasure palace afloat in the stratosphere of Venus. My feet dangle over a slippery-slick rain gutter as I peek over the edge: Thirty kilometers below my heels, the metal-snowed foothills of Maxwell Montes glow red-hot. I am thinking about jumping. At least I'll make a pretty corpse, I tell myselves. Until I melt. And then - Link, Link to excerpt, Link to Saturn'
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Music Review: John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love, and Freedom

Life, Death, Love, and Freedom is a country blues and back to American roots sound from John Mellencamp. Life, Death, Love, and Freedom is John Mellencamp's 20th album and due to be release on July 15th. It was described by Mike Wanchic, Mellencamp's long-time guitar player as "...very, very, very, organic." In March 2008 Mellencamp told the Bloomington Herald-Times the album is "The best record I've ever made." As of...
Blogcritics.org Saturday, July 05, 2008

Barlow's Forth of July message

Vinay sez, "John Perry Barlow is in Iceland for the Icelandic Foundation for Digital Freedoms' conference. We shot this Fourth of July talk with him at Thingvellir, the ancient site of Iceland's historic parliamentary republic, B. 930 AD, D. about 3 centuries later." Link (Thanks, Vinay!)...
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Music Review: Nat Adderley - Work Song

Cannonball wasn't the only legendary jazz musician in the family. Orrin Keepnews is a name that's probably unfamiliar to most jazz fans, but over the years you've almost certainly listened to a lot of the music he generated -- not as a musician, but as a producer. In recognition of his accomplishments, Concord is reissuing many of his classic albums in 24-bit remastered versions, designating the series as...
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Book Review: 1001 Books for every Mood by Hallie Ephron

An invaluable addition to any reader's collection with an eclectic list of books. It's taken me two weeks to get through Hallie Ephron's 1001 Books for every Mood, but not because it was a bad book. Just the opposite. I wanted to carefully read each of the 1001 entries, deciding if I wanted to read the books, and marking the books I've already read. Most book nerds out there will find this book just as fascinating as...
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DVD Review: Superhero Movie - Extended Edition

I expect nothing but trash from the other "Movie" parody filmmakers, but I expected better from Mr. Zucker than this. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Remember back when parody films actually possessed the possibility of being good? Back in the days of Airplane! and The Naked Gun!, moviegoers could rely on a silly, goofy laugh-fest that took the conventions of different movies and genres and effectively skewered them. Nowadays, ever since the popularity of the...
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Wil Wheaton (and his GTA obsession) profiled in GEEK.

Bonnie Burton interviews actor, author, gamer, and geek-er Wil Wheaton in this month's edition of GEEK. Snip: Geek: (...) I need to know how far you've gotten in Grand Theft Auto IV. Wil Wheaton: I haven't been playing GTA IV that long since the game came out-maybe five hours so far. My progress meter is at like eight percent or something like that. I've gotten to a point where the story took a rather shocking and unexpected twist. The character that you control in the game is a very conflicted guy with a pretty complicated and dark history. The guy is more real and has more depth to him than any of the other characters I've controlled in GTA. Until last night, I may have played one or two story missions to advance the game, but I really just spend the rest of my time driving around and crashing into cars. I drive cars until they catch on fire. I like to go driving through the parks and hit the pedestrians. I've noticed a couple of things like if you're going really fast and you hit a
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Book Review: Seagalogy by Vern

A glorification of low culture and a mighty political gesture all in one. Looking back at a distant youth, my mind strains to remember its first encounter with Steven Seagal. Was it the patchwork of naval fisticuffs known as Under Siege? Perhaps. The pugilistic tremble of Nico/Above the Law? Maybe. The virgin trip to a place called Out in Out for Justice? Again, it’s possible. Actually, although I’m hindered...
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BC TV Goodie Bag: The Pseudo-Safe for Work Edition

Mostly safe for work... mostly. We here at Blogcritics Magazine love our television (okay, me more than some of the other editors, but we all love it). And I think people out there in the world know that we love it. Consequently, they send us clips. They send us bits, pieces, odds, ends, and all manner of TV promo stuff. They give it to us and they say something along the lines...
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