books A search engine for weird old books Gareth Branwyn

law enforcement An escaped convict hid out in a shuttered Circuit City for six months Jason Weisberger

travel Bargain hunters' dreams dashed as ANA cancels $300 first-class tickets to Tokyo Mark Frauenfelder

footage P-Rod celebrates 20 years as a pro skater Elías Villoro

Food Today is National French Fry Day and these are the most expensive fries you could eat David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Watch animals getting chiropractic adjustments Andrew Yi

animation Exclusive Interview: "My Little Pony: Make Your Mark" star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Devin Nealy

Food Restaurant now offers $200 french fries to accompany their $300 burger David Pescovitz

publishing Why it's harder for neurodivergent people to break into publishing Thom Dunn

songwriting Dave Grohl explains how he wrote "Everlong" Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics Nanoloop, the classic Nintendo Gameboy cartridge, is now its own hardware-based synthesizer Ethan Persoff

animals Watch: the peregrine falcons of UC Berkeley, a love story David Pescovitz

volkswagen End #vanlife Jason Weisberger

books Two far-out books about California counterculture reviewed by Erik Davis David Pescovitz

mash-ups Mashing up NWA with an old Irish rebel song Thom Dunn

Business Fatal car wrecks are correlated with stock-market fluctuations Cory Doctorow

archaeology British Museum discovers vase is actually a mace Jason Weisberger

futility closet Explorer Auguste Piccard conquered both the stratosphere and the deep ocean Futility Closet