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Game Set and Match II
As a follow up to the original GameSetandMatch Conference held in November of 2001, Game Set and Match II provides a fascinating, kaleidoscopic view of the most recent developments in the digital design domain. Through a series of essays stemming from such diverse backgrounds of authorship as architecture, design and technology, this book emphasizes the importance of "game technology" used in software development as...

Thumbthing
Thumbthing is a brilliant little invention for bibliophiles and casual readers alike. The colorful molded plastic piece fits on your thumb and holds the book open making one-handed reading much more satisfying. Available with 4 different thumb hole sizes, the Thumbthing doubles as a bookmark when not in use. $2.95 at ABC Stuff, via Cool Tools...

Crown Angels T-Shirt
The elegiac Crown Angels T-Shirt by Brooklyn-based Roxy's Tee Parlor takes New Orleans imagery as its inspiration. In pale green for men or on a grey American Girl tee for women, twenty percent of the proceeds go to the rebuilding efforts of Habitat for Humanity on the gulf coast. $24 from Artez'n....

Skin by Shelley Jackson
Writer Shelley Jackson has invited participants to have one word (in classic book font) tattooed anywhere on their bodies. That word will be from the story titled Skin, and the full text of the story will never be published. It's up to the participants to find each-other and compile the story, if they're so interested. Less than 2 months after putting out the call...

John Langdon
While everyone else has been reading the Da Vinci Code, I have been reading Dan Brown's earlier novel Angels and Demons, where Brown first introduces the world to Harvard Symbologist Robert Langdon and his extensive study of the Illuminati. The book is a phenomenal adventure, challenging the perception of science and religion in a fast paced mind twisting mystery. One of the devices Brown...