<I>Romeo and Juliet</I> told completely in emoticons. L33T!

<I>The Guardian</I> on books on cults and religious extremists. I love any list that calls <I>The DaVinci Code</I> "literary crack cocaine&mdash;reading it does you no good at all, but you just can't stop." Actually, I found it easy to put down and hard to pick back up.

The story that just won't stop. Over at Boing-Boing, they've posted a timeline of just this week's developments&mdash;and it's only Thursday.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has digitized over 5000 early recordings and posted some of them, including the Edison Blue Amberol of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic."

I've been listening for fun. With fun in mind, I mean. And it has been fun. I find myself, sitting there, chasing the sounds across the space in between the speakers. My eyes racing, images forming left and right, too much for me to keep up with.

Self-reconfiguring cubic blimps&mdash;you've gotta love 'em.

But this seems to be a legit product for "situational awareness in small unmanned platforms."