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• Sf for young readers booklist
• Honduran coup in webcomic form
• Man finds "missile launcher" in his back-40
• Smithsonian Air and Space poster collection now online

Sf for young readers booklist Posted: 19 Oct 2009 04:38 AM PDT IO9's excellent "Where To Start With Young Adult Science Fiction" booklist won me over as soon as I saw Pinkwater's Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars on it, and then I saw that they'd been kind enough to include my novel Little Brother, and I was over the moon! Where To Start With Young Adult Science Fiction

Honduran coup in webcomic form Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:45 PM PDT Nikal sez, "I wanted to draw your attention to a short webcomic history of the ongoing crisis in Honduras. The comic puts the current situation in historical context and offers an interpretation of how the current de facto government has its roots in the US-Honduras relationship. We believe our comic is artfully drawn, informative, and innovative in its treatment and explanation of the crisis. The authors are Dan Archer, a comix journalist and instructor at Stanford University, and Nikil Saval, a PhD candidate in English at Stanford University and an assistant editor at n+1 magazine." The interface for this slideshow is diabolical (a "next" button would be useful!), but it's still a great and informative read. Striking Graphic Novel Tells Story of Honduras Coup and Unrest Previously: Honduras: Photo-essays of ongoing crisis by James Rodriguez ...

Man finds "missile launcher" in his back-40 Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:36 PM PDT Drewva sez, " This guy just outside San Antonio was clearing some brush on his land and finds a discarded 'surface to air missile launcher.' Apparently he called up all the federal agencies to come and pick it up and they couldn't decide what to do." My first thought was abandoned LARP-prop, but that seems unlikely. "I had never seen it before," said Schule, a 34-year-old Web developer. "I looked at it, and it kind of looked like a missile launcher." Schule took a closer look. It was a long, forest-green metal tube. A decal on it read: "Guided Missile and Launcher, Surface Attack." The discovery was the start of a surreal journey for Schule. Somehow, an unarmed anti-tank weapon -- or a very good fake -- wound up on his land at Beck Road and Kirk Lane in the Hill Country, miles away from a military installation. Man finds missile launcher in Comal County (Thanks, Drewva!)

Smithsonian Air and Space poster collection now online Posted: 18 Oct 2009 04:48 PM PDT The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has scanned and posted online more than half of the museum's 1,300 posters related to flight. The gorgeous artwork in the Fly Now! collection spans from 1827 to today and covers all manner of aerospace, from ballooning to space travel, airline ads to air show broadsides. The Museum's AirSpace blog has several interesting behind-the-scenes photos of the process of examining, scanning, cataloging, and storing the posters. Above left, Flughafen Frankfurt poster celebrating acrobatic aeronaut K. Paulus. Above right, 1919 advertisement for Compagnie Aerienne Francaise by artist Jean Carlu. Fly Now! Previously: Collection of airline logos Airline spoons of the world photo-gallery - Boing Boing

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