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BookCityJackets

  1. seeking apartment or room in sydney, aus starting oct. 1. one week, one month, one year: all good. pls send leads, however tentative. thx!
  2. beautiful depiction of world cup players and where their day jobs are. http://bit.ly/9tsbUB #worldcup
  3. graphical representation of world cup schedule, sites, teams. helpful? beautiful? tufte-worthy? http://bit.ly/aHBbCS
  4. live feed from BP's gulf operations. no idea what it's showing but i like the "don't freak out" disclaimer at the bottom. bit.ly/9Zard0
  5. oh man! it was so obviously bad/offensive at first, but now it's not (so obvious). http://bit.ly/bLaj0U
  6. Marina Abramovic makes people cry and here are the pictures to prove it. bit.ly/dtHWvB. Looks like she's feeling it, too. bit.ly/c0q3qL
  7. it may be bad for the nascent kraft paper book cover business, but my money is on ebooks. http://bit.ly/c8wMaH
  8. per John McWhorter, the phrase "dark meat" came about because people were shy about saying the word "thigh". WHOA! http://nyti.ms/9qyybT
  9. @HelloSandwich You were right: I am someone who likes katakana and, in fact, i love your new-look header. Omedetou!
  10. New Williamsburg bar: The Counting Room. http://bit.ly/bJ2Rpp. Charming (from the outside, at least) and good location.
  11. @AllisonGee I should have said "why do you prefer paper books at least some of the time and in certain circumstances?" Thoughts?
  12. http://twitpic.com/1dg1kq - prefer paper books to e-books? tell us why and help design our next set!
  13. @JollyOlChap i'm not a fan of flickr portfolios. they don't call out signature pieces enough --> i don't want to work to figure it out.
  14. i'm _dying_ for Rose DeLauro is a F'ing Hipster: http://bit.ly/bnXZH1
  15. NYT's book blog is onto Book City Jackets: http://nyti.ms/aR6iR1
  16. NYT article about the impossiblity of judging an electronic book by its cover. http://nyti.ms/agMio8
  17. DailyCandy's 'office decorating ideas that aren't boring' including Book City Jackets! http://bit.ly/a2JV9q
  18. Book City Jackets' logo designer, Emma, has a new blog! check it out: empatheticdesign.tumblr.com/
  19. great series at A.V. Club: relistening to the entire NOW That's What I Call Music series. http://bit.ly/96gZ08
  20. check out jess smart smiley's kickstarter project: small-run comic book. http://bit.ly/98NJzn