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Articles Written by: BOB THOMPSON
I've been working on microscope sets for Maker Shed. Until now, the only microscope set the Shed carried was the Thames & Kosmos TK2. That's a decent set, at under $100, but it's still a toy. We wanted some better sets, so I put together three, which ...
From BOB THOMPSON,
MAKE: Blog,
23 Nov 2009
. . . it simply comes."
Alexander McCall Smith's mysteries charm not with plot but with what McCall Smith refers to as the characters' "generosity of spirit."
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Early in the sixth novel in Alexander ...
From BOB THOMPSON,
Denver Post,
20 Nov 2009
Members of the Erina Hose Co. of the Canandaigua Fire Department voted unanimously on Nov. 2 not to support the Canandaigua City Council’s proposal to cut firefighter staffing by more than 50 percent.
The proposed changes will put everyone who lives, ...
From BOB PALUMBO AND PAM THOMPSON,
MPNNow.com,
19 Nov 2009
When Michael Connelly decided to set "The Scarecrow" amid the wreckage of the American newspaper industry, he didn't know how much grief he was letting himself in for.
Oh, the former South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Los Angeles Times reporter knew he ...
From BOB THOMPSON,
Inside Bay Area,
3 Aug 2009
When Michael Connelly decided to set his 20th crime novel, “The Scarecrow,” amid the wreckage of the American newspaper industry, he didn’t know how much grief he was letting himself in for: He had to yank his thriller back from his publisher not once ...
Chris Anderson, editor of Wired Magazine, signed copies of his new book: "Free: The Future of a Radical Price."
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action takes place in the subway. At one point, Will and a gutsy friend named Emily ride the 6 train past the deserted station: The lefthand windows were dark and unassuming, but the windows on his right side gave out onto a glittering skylit ...
From BOB THOMPSON THE WASHINGTON POST,
Salt Lake Tribune,
16 May 2009
Berkeley, Calif. The morning after Ayelet Waldman’s infamous essay was published, she got a call from a friend who warned: Don’t watch “The View.”
Waldman never watched the ABC chatfest anyway. But so what? Why shouldn’t she watch it now?
“Because Star ...
The morning after Ayelet Waldman's infamous essay was published, she got a call from a friend who warned: Don't watch "The View."
Waldman never watched the ABC chatfest anyway. But so what? Why shouldn't she watch it now? "Because Star Jones is ...
From BOB THOMPSON THE WASHINGTON POST,
Salt Lake Tribune,
9 May 2009
Daniel Gross has had a book out for almost two months now, but you couldn’t buy it in your local bookstore until this week.
How can that be?
Well, if you guessed that “Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation” came out first ...
