http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:47:13 GMT http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_1 071132c6d4386ef71ccc7976bbe9aa8f There’s a good reason why the three daily book critics for The New York Times don’t make 10-best lists at the end of the year: we can’t. None of us has read everything. Our reviewing assignments don’t overlap. None of us has an objective overview of the year’s best and most important books, but this is what we do have: (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:44:28 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_2 1747c992aea6c7e21e9bef3a40820f54 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:44:28 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_3 c5277868d2c3a78f945f79e3374ab409 Jump to: ModernTales.com ForumsSerializer ForumsGirlamatic.com ForumsGraphic SmashAlternative ComicsComics // GeneralWebcomics // GeneralPrint Comics PublishersIndividual CartoonistsGenre-Based ForumsCartooning GroupsPublications about Comics (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:40:37 +0000 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:54:26 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_5 0c99ae74348021cf5970fdbc7c20f06f When I first heard about this "Thanksgiving" thing, I thought it sounded like a great idea. We Brits spend a ridiculous amount of time each day giving thanks to strangers - we say thanks to people who hold doors for us, thanks to people who stop their cars to let us cross the road, thanks to waitresses when they give us our bill; even thanks ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:40:37 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_6 088016a3d6e004d5129fdc8daeae0752 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:47:13 GMT http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_7 fd7f5ff02eca9112a6d31922cf7827ea ��������� �������� ��� ������ ���������� � ������ ���� � ������ ������� �������-��������� ������� �����-��������� ���������� ���������� ����� ���������. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:37:16 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_8 39b7f395c0e4f88f553919f07a38f612 The Gillmor Gang convened Wednesday to ponder the last several weeks of events loosely contained in a discussion of the next generation Web operating system. Three major announcements set the table for this Thanksgiving edition: Google's ChromeOS, Microsoft's Silverlight 4, and salesforce's Chatter collaboration platform. The last might be ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:41:29 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_9 a3c093e1e312063bf151e0f51f80f9a9 All I can say is, is that this is brilliant... And there's much more here from Christopher Niemann from the NYT Abstract City Blog . (via Magpie&Whiskeyjack ) Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:29:47 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_10 f2d6bb26267d5e9420f3fa96aca75a4c We hosted Thanksgiving this year, and SteelyKid was the life of the party. When she saw Grandpa make the unwise decision to sit down on the couch with a glass of red wine, she came running, and spilled it all over him. To make up for it, she graciously decided to include him in this week's Baby Blogging: (He borrowed dry clothes from me.) We ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:17:56 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_11 a5e23bfc94db8e3b26acf4b21e58fb33 The holiday season is in full swing, and that means it's time to share some of the comfort we enjoy year round with those who are a little less fortunate — and just to be nicer to people in general. This year, Yahoo is kicking off a drive called You In? , where it invites users worldwide to share their "purple acts of kindness" (purple has ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:08:03 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_12 26c974d2b4c2f5069dff8d23ad68964e The thread continues . Since we were last debating the merits of pie, I give you…evil pie. Probably rhubarb. I have no idea what those subtitles say, but it's probably something horrific. Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:45:38 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_13 18f70e00867df6345bc4de70d55e0138 It's not saturday, but I've got a recipe that I needed to write down before I forget it, so you're getting an extra bonus. I usually make a simple cranberry relish for thanksgiving. But it needs to be made a couple of days in advance. This year, I completely forgot about the cranberries until this morning. So I figured I needed to do something ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_14 ee925b5178187af6fee281709578a1a5 Practical Water ( Wesleyan) Brenda Hillman 's work has been described as difficult and experimental, but we beg to disagree. Here, we hear some of her most accessible poems; discuss her work with Code Pink, a feminist activist group; and try to describe the way to read a so-called "difficult" poem. The live broadcast of this interview will be pre- (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:00:00 MST http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_15 a74bf8cf50b5691a3846dd721b8efade The Nikon D3S and AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II are poised to begin shipping in earnest in the U.S., Canada and probably most other Nikon regions worldwide. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T14:10:00.000-05:00 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_16 5d0b9ff3c29a4433c4bea8dadc590264 Gracias / Thanks (English and Spanish Edition) by Pat Mora . Illustrations by John Parra . Lee & Low Books . 2009. Review copy supplied by publisher. The Plot: A young boy gives thanks for the people and things in his life, starting with " for the sun that wakes me up so I don't sleep for years and years and grow a long, white beard, thanks ." (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:44:08 -0800 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_17 4d93ac4ce76c072916a8fba69a1f3f6d Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "Federal Mandate" - originally published 11/25/2009 (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:31:05 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_18 dcbcc0c0d55dffaa0a7d1e9301f146e0 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:16:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_19 fc3866ccf2987df135aeea15bd289fc8 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:24:04 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/1#item_20 9ea8408dda226a87b664a2e69e0630a2 Simon Jones, the founder of the North American adult manga company Icarus Publishing, has announced on Wednesday that his company is ending its Comic AG manga magazine with issue 110 next month. Icarus will continue to release trade paperback volumes of its manga titles, and will even be accelerating the rate in which it ships them. The company ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:15:00 MST http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_1 4e0476cc306704f65100a0c2156e9593 TIME features Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art, a gallery of the artist's photographs followed by the paintings they inspired. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:09:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_2 31d8c712f94d13dd9786821cf99da567 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T10:35:45-05:00 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_3 29af73825666005b1009f04e645abc6b The one true pumpkin pie that our family insists on having for Christmas and Thanksgiving. We didn't invent it, but we've been making variations on this pie for thirty years. (And yes, the photo at right is the actual pie... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T10:35:45-05:00 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_4 d249e25963ad5ba9a4e68223d32578bf Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:31:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_5 5b20c915014d13b30209baf710ae79a6 I think The Name of the Flower is the moodiest manga series I follow. Between grumpy author Kei, suffering-in-silence Chouko, and co-dependent Shin, everyone here is pouty and morose, each in their own ways. Yet it’s entertaining watching them work through their tragedies to aim at the promise of happiness. The Name of the Flower [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:48:08 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_6 f504c5b60cef11e464a2b178cebc4e2b Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:44:44 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_7 9d8a23f31e4c435d31d3eb2f1d91780d Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:09:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_8 76be895c8ac8ddf9f7b750605888f0dd When she needs inspiration for writing about the natural world, author Lucinda Fleeson opens Henry Beston's 1929 classic: The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod . (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:47 MST http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_9 ee231f7c7ac1058548ed82c71023f952 In this month's Empire, the actor said that he is in talks to play Clint Barton in Thor and The Avengers! (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:46:50 GMT http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_10 699a77dc92d7eccd3c93b2f693e72bc3 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:15 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_11 b0210ba4b59adfecf0b866e82b9e797c As I noted in my review of The Starry Messenger, Kenneth Lonergan went eight years between plays, and many of... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T07:13:00.001-05:00 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_12 f1922dde16d9430c538a50720a87b634 Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano . Illustrated by Lee Harper . Marshall Cavendish Children's Books . 2009. Review copy supplied by publisher. The Plot : Thanksgiving is coming. Turkey realizes that he is in trouble. What to do? Turkey is a bird of a zillion disguises. First a horse... a cow... a pig. But are any of those farm animals safe? What's ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_13 0d98f1c62e949234e91efd7a72032d7b The January issue of Wani Books' Monthly Comic Gum magazine has confirmed that production on a new Ikkitousen television anime series, Ikkitousen Xtreme Xecutor, has been green-lit. It will be the fourth television series based on Yuji Shiozaki's Ikkitousen manga about girls in fighting tournaments. (The manga runs in Monthly Comic Gum.) Update: ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_14 424b761cc1988c14db975cb7afacc8e6 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:04:00 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_15 d76df5c1cb11aa1f44a8c362c9d2bbf7 Once again I'm excited about a new piece of machinery. This time it is a space mission again. There have been several remarkable missions launched (many in very recent years), doing all sorts of excellent science, helping us discover all sorts of things about our universe, near and far, young and old. I've spoken about (and sometimes followed ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_16 8b6d3602db4233afe22bfcdf499cb0d0 In the second installment of our book series, "Back Story," Steve Inskeep talks with author Bonnie Jo Campbell. Her latest book, American Salvage , is a short story collection that explores the lives of people at the bottom of American society. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:00 MST http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_17 15459c9a2e27b35cffbd6a923fcaa13e The Black Cat rumor for Spider-man 4 has gone into overdrive for the past few weeks, with lots of unconfirmed reports flying around online. Now, Spider-Man himself, Tobey Maguire, weighs in! (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:05:42 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_18 0a2be2cb8799c01f8216774f0b6e72e8 A Strong West Wind, Gail Caldwell's memoir of growing up in Amarillo, Texas, in the 1950s and '60s makes one ponder who we are as a people and where we are going. The book demands attention for its humanity and is food for thought. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:05:42 +0000 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_19 942788a6904f1715ea8b4ec10ce70f3f Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T01:57:34-05:00 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/21#item_20 e848e18a594265e18967c579b9392048 I was recently reading an article in the L.A. Times from 2002. Yeah, that’s right 2002 – I’m catching up on the backlist. A Career That’s Still Unfolding by BettiJane Levine chronicles the work of Waldo Hunt, the legendary pop-up entrepreneur that by many accounts single-handedly ushered in the Second Golden Age of Pop-ups ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:35:17 -0800 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_1 809ffd2cd73229a428ed2935a6184492 One page shopping at Amazon. A smarter, quicker way of shopping at Amazon: Search all Amazon international shops, browse and view products all on one page, bookmark products with drag and drop. Date Updated: 2009-11-26 Developer: maport Tags: ajax , amazon , shopping APIs: Amazon eCommerce , Google AJAX Libraries (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:35:09 -0800 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_2 1cad1e02ee02403ce8719a6237cf17f4 Track USPS shipments with Google Maps. Get package details instantly. Date Updated: 2009-11-26 Developer: facheng Tags: government , mapping , shipping , USPS APIs: Google Maps , US Postal Service (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:59 MST http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_3 012bf8622075b2ab3b70ca459551c9e9 Milla Jovovich, star of the video game/comic book movie ,em>Resident Evil: Afterlife has posted a twitvid video filmed in Toronto, in a field that's serving as a airplane graveyard. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T01:57:34-05:00 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_4 d25dc92c69c6f6902a2e344088ba38df St. Lawrence Market on Front Street.... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T07:03:48+01:00 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_5 ed8f5795953075226dff041ae102c035 Feeds from smudo.org // photoblogs.org → listed // cool photoblogs → listed // vfxy photos // visitor's map (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:25:53 -0800 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_6 f8da6f6bd561bf6dd1cc19bcdc196307 The Whys between follows on the Web. Browser plugin to assist in finding out why people follow the people they do on Twitter. Date Updated: 2009-11-25 Developer: floozyspeak Tags: firefox , microblogging , plugin , social APIs: Twitter (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:25:21 -0800 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_7 acc928d47664afa3e3837f4db0657cda Displays different bus routes and timetables in Darwin, Australia. View all bus stops, either in real time or by using the timeline, the latest real-time traffic information and the StreetView of each bus stop. Date Updated: 2009-11-25 Developer: mapize Tags: Australia , bus , mapping , realtime , transit APIs: Google Maps , Twitter (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:30 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_8 c4a9cb5ec17081e2ac47a49d2901f92a Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:30 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_9 e5f48e223e2cf7889a1df4468f9d2dba If you like to music that was recored live, Jonathan Seff from MacWorld has put together an article not only about the technology being used these days to record concerts but also a listing of free and fee-based sources. Here are two paragraphs from the article. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:30 -0500 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_10 08e0161b3f4015fc6ed330efb1fe5362 The son of Odin, most powerful of the Norse Gods, Thor has been an emissary to humanity, a protector of both Asgard and Earth and inspiration for humans and gods alike. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T09:15:21+09:30 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_11 06f1df91ec965b1a65bcac30776b5e54 Karl Stockhausen's intriguing Helicopter String Quartet is a complex piece of music. Here it is interpreted by the Digital Music Ensemble at the University of Michigan: A bigger version for those with a faster broadband connection. The Digital Music Ensemble's interpretation of the piece uses model helicopters instead of full-scale... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:18:08 GMT http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_12 b843fcd27d4bd00b4e94e4907de33700 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T16:51:00.001-05:00 http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_13 cba0a98f56662c7f11ecb0fa0162fcef Good time waster this weekend: the TCG twitter-feed of proposed titles for "thanksgiving plays." Best so far: Yamlet. A Sweetpotato Named Desire Flower Drumstick Song Much Ado About Stuffing Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham Basted (" Sarah Kane's controversial masterpiece ") The Ice Cream Cometh and, of course: God of Carnage Pun-o-phobes be warned. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:36:52 GMT http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_14 2c2ebaf24b659246992c242e6d1af7c0 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:36:52 GMT http://www.megite.com/arts/1259293452/41#item_15 5da60b368b201ac5c73e37366a113c74 Read on Source) ]]>