His picks, with Amazon links:
How Not to be Wrong, by Jordan Ellenberg
The Vital Question, by Nick Lane
The Power to Compete, by Ryoichi Mikitani and Hiroshi Mikitani
Bill Gates suggests these 5 books to read over the summer
I am pre-ordering 'Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League'
Earl Mac Rauch's long promised sequel to The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is due out in August. I have pre-ordered Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League Perhaps we will finally find out what the watermelon is for. Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League via Amazon READ THE REST
Josh Hawley lost his book deal, haw haw
Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri lost his book deal one day after flashing fascist fist-pumps at the Trump Riot mob, and arguing against the counting of legal votes on the Senate Floor later that day. Simon & Schuster said on Thursday it will… READ THE REST
New rare book catalogue features a Soviet Space Race picture book with backyard-built rocket
As a rare book dealer and specialist in the history of the book, I view printed texts as historical artifacts, holding material clues to the past. When it comes to children's books, we tend to see them as a reflection of their target readers, but they more often convey the hopes and anxieties of the… READ THE REST
These Star Trek smart key organizers are as brilliant as Data and as logical as Spock
Sometimes, you run across an item that's so functional and necessary that you've gotta have it. Other times, you find something that's so wonderfully geeky that you've gotta have it. The sweet spot is when you can find something that scratches both of those distinct itches. These Star Trek edition KeySmart Pro Key Organizers with… READ THE REST
With 18 courses and over 460 hours of training, this is the CompTIA certification bundle you've been waiting for
With so many different protocols, competing frameworks, and differences of opinion floating around, it's often tough for the text industry to come together and agree on virtually anything. However, time and circumstance can occasionally come together to codify a certain app, tool, or technique as the one true way to get things done. When it… READ THE REST
Lightkey Pro predicts what you're going to write next – and can supercharge your texts, emails, and more
Thanks to machine learning, algorithms know us now as well as we know ourselves. Once artificial intelligence starts building a file on you and your habits, assessing data, then extrapolating outcomes, it becomes very clear how much we each follow our own particular patterns – and how easy it is for some smart AI to… READ THE REST