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The Best Most Listened to Albums of 2009: Honourable Mentions (#ldnfavs09)
Like I said last year, I can’t really say what the best music of the year is. I haven’t listened to every album that has come out, and I’m no music critic. What I can do is say which albums captured my ears enough to listen to over and over. Luckily, Last.fm keeps track of…
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Book Review: For the Win, by Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow‘s upcoming young adult novel, For the Win (or FTW), may not sound all that interesting on the surface. At its core, this is a book about economics and the formation of unions. Boooring. Yet Doctorow weaves an intense story around these potentially dry topics, resulting in one of the most riveting books I’ve…
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Werewolves Versus Plastinates
Look at this lovely package I got from Amazon the other day: I was not expecting the beautiful embossed tin packaging. And I wasn’t entirely sure which movies would be included. When you see the words “Howling Trilogy”, you’d usually make a few assumptions. You’d assume that there are only three movies in the series.…
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