Travis Alber, Kat Meyer’s latest interviewee in her Digitizers series, is co-founder of BookGlutton. See more on Travis at the end. Launched in January 2008, BookGlutton is a cross between a book, a computer and a book group—a Web-based reading platform that lets users discuss books from...

Phoebe Price has reason to celebrate because the paparazzi took a fucking picture of her and that means she counts. Good job Phoebe. I gotta say I like her party get up, those lips are what weird dude with anime fetishes would totally love to get their hands on to use as a pocket pussy and imagine t...

Moonbender writes "Fake but working iTunes gift cards are being sold on Chinese auction sites for a ratio of their value: 'The owner of the Taobao shop told us frankly that the gift card codes are created using key-generators. He also said that he paid money to use the hackers' service. Half a year ...

With the British pound continuing to depreciate, Nintendo has announced that they will be increasing the price they offer the Nintendo Wii to UK retailers, who could pass the increase on to consumers. While the recommended retail price of the Nintendo Wii in the United Kingdom will remain at £179.9...

Is the typography on Shortcovers, a new e-book service, up to snuff? Joe Clark, in fawny , his Web log, says no. An example is Sharp Teeth, Toby Barlow’s novel, which Joe describes as "written in free verse about marauding human lycanthropes." Joe complains of problems in both the pa...

Over the past few months, I have seen or heard of some offers made on homes that are unbelievable. It is not uncommon to hear that a Home Buyer wants to offer $150,000 for a house that is listed at $200,000. The media is driving these low ball offers. Real Estate throughout the country is different....

Gnomie Luke Scott writes: Hey Chris, I have been planning on getting a Mac Pro for a while, and since my last Mac purchase with the first-gen Intel MacBook, I’ve been keeping an eye on MacRumors’ “when to buy” page and other news to make sure that any future Apple purchases d...

Is there an Evan Longoria in the 2009 Rookie Class? The 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit continues today as we kick off the RotoRob Top 10 Lists of Lists that Fantasy Owners always Wanted, but were Afraid to Ask For with the RotoRob debut of our newest voice, Todd Habiger, who brings us the Top 10 rookies...

As Albany lawmakers ponder which of a half-dozen Ravitch plan variations they might support, the possibility looms that no solution may come in time. New Yorkers could see their fares rise 25 percent while service is cut back -- a twin catastrophe in this tough economic time. Yet no big new ideas ar...

Putting a price on anything is not an obvious process. All those pricing textbooks that you read are only good enough to tell you what to avoid. Given that an engineering education and a geek-desi background often biases you towards expecting logic in everything, I am sure many were horrified to lea...