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The more sides a street sign h…

Karthik — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:38:31 +0000

The more sides a street sign has, the higher the danger level it invokes. #onlyanengineer http://t.co/ypmBpHTh

RT @GuardianBooks: Stlll time …

Karthik — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:29:17 +0000

RT @GuardianBooks: Stlll time to download Julian Barnes’s Arthur and George on audiobook. Arthur as in Conan Doyle. A great read. http: …

About time, if you ask me. RT …

Karthik — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:24:38 +0000

About time, if you ask me. RT @TheOnion: FAA To Ban Plane Crashes http://t.co/2j5gK1LS

Chilling at the Admirals club …

Karthik — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:21:35 +0000

Chilling at the Admirals club in Chicago, hanging out with Quentin Tarantino. Yeah.

+1 RT @sarahw: Michael Idov on…

Karthik — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:43:41 +0000

+1 RT @sarahw: Michael Idov on “the movie set that ate itself” in November’s GQ is amazing. http://t.co/uQl8h8sQ #longreads

Did Stephenson make Reamde too…

Karthik — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:27:41 +0000

Did Stephenson make Reamde too accessible? http://t.co/FigTkXTK

RT @jonathanchait: Paul Ryan a…

Karthik — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:44:34 +0000

RT @jonathanchait: Paul Ryan and the fantasies of inequality deniers http://t.co/f0HBcmje

Will English lose it’s apostro…

Karthik — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:25:27 +0000

Will English lose it’s apostrophe’s soon? http://t.co/UzTVM3KI (via @bookbench)

NYTimes: The Hazards of Confid…

Karthik — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:33:48 +0000

NYTimes: The Hazards of Confidence. http://t.co/wZfhP0BU

Another area where paper books…

Karthik — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:37:47 +0000

Another area where paper books are better than the Kindle: toilet reading. — http://t.co/5OILXdOi

Err… The Literary Saloon. Bl…

Karthik — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:01:06 +0000

Err… The Literary Saloon. Blame a long flight and some liquids I was served.

The Literary review collects a…

Karthik — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:57:57 +0000

The Literary review collects a bunch of 1Q84 reviews — http://t.co/g8KANHAq

The GOP’s incentive to obstruc…

Karthik — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:45:36 +0000

The GOP’s incentive to obstruct and the media’s inability to call it like it is. http://t.co/YJAQNaPD

Michael Dirda gushes about Mur…

Karthik — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:48:42 +0000

Michael Dirda gushes about Murakami’s “1Q84” http://t.co/WjJmURvi (via @MAOrthofer)

The Dark Side of the Placebo E…

Karthik — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:06:16 +0000

The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: Alexis Madrigal in The Atlantic. http://t.co/Hu0wpSYL

Looks like Stephenson has a bi…

Karthik — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:26:09 +0000

Looks like Stephenson has a big winner on his hands with Reamde: http://t.co/XfyEbrnZ, http://t.co/oEMVWl29, http://t.co/b5aqq22B

Barry Duncan, master-palindrom…

Karthik — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:04:49 +0000

Barry Duncan, master-palindromist. http://t.co/tKOJLtR (via @somethingtoread). The Greenward palindrome is here http://t.co/ctav2g5

The Comfort Zone by Jonathan F…

Karthik — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:39:15 +0000

The Comfort Zone by Jonathan Franzen http://t.co/eXWPmmj via @TheByliner

It does not take a god to know…

Karthik — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:58:53 +0000

It does not take a god to know what a hamdryad is anymore. http://t.co/703QPRp via @somethingtoread

MT @Esquiremag: Astounding lun…

Karthik — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:20:53 +0000

MT @Esquiremag: Astounding lunch reading. @TheNation on CIA sites in Somalia: http://thenat.in/qMv64A #longreads