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Essential list of precautions: Digital Reading in a Post-Apocalyptic World - The Digital Reader

In Paradise. The cops just arrested me and beat me until I pissed myself.

There is, though it's all very patiently explained - the point being that the protagonist has lost his memory and has to have it explained to him. The twist, of course, is that I can't be sure just how reliable the character explaining it to him is. Then again, it's written for an Italian...

Diego Marani (born 1959 in Ferrara) is an Italian novelist, translator, and newspaper columnist. In 1996, while working as a translator for the Council of the European Union, he invented Europanto, a mock international auxiliary language. New Finnish Grammar (2000, English and Swedish...

Meanwhile, here's acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma sharing a public bathroom with a wombat.

I think that's overly pessimistic. Right now, we have easier and cheaper access to more literature, from all over the world, often literally at the push of a button, than at any other time in human history. That's not to say the Sturgeon's Law ("90% of everything is crap") doesn't still hold up...

....and 40 years ago today, the (to date) last moon mission launched.

Realistically, I'll spend the 21st christmas shopping. I'm pretty sure I'll welcome the end of the world.

Well, it means you've missed Iron Sky, so yes. Favourite soup?

I did! Haven't opened them yet though, but thanks a lot, Santa!

Google Nexus. It rocks. Best movie of 2012?

Here's another use for e-books: Cuban publishers using e-books to dodge US ban on Cuban literature

The Australian Prime Minister records her final message to her people on this, the eve of the apocalypse. How very On The Beach of her. AUSTRALIAN P.M. PREDICTS END OF THE WORLD.!!! - YouTube

Dave Brubeck - Take Five - YouTube RIP Dave Brubeck. :(

Mmmmm... beer...

Pretty much this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDCjIjsZp_Y

And the winner is... Bad sex award goes to Nancy Huston's 'babies and bedazzlements' | Books | guardian.co.uk

Depends on what the point is of a signature, doesn't it? If you want it to raise the value of your book, then it's probably not worth as much. If you want it for the memory of having your favourite author sign your favourite book, maybe with a personal dedication, then I don't see any huge...

Oh, but he is. Elephant skulls are really, really thick. I think he might be offside, though.