Things I’m Loving


Weekend Links / Saturday, March 29th, 2014

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Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. I couldn’t stop reading this novel about a laid-off San Francisco Web designer who finds work in a tiny, hole-in-the-wall bookstore, where people rarely come to buy books, but a handful show up to borrow the ones on the highest shelf – the ones that are written in code. Loved it.

30 Naughtiest Dogs. Not the Roomba!

The Lego Movie. My niece and nephew begged to go, but I think Jeff and I probably liked it even more than they did. I cannot get “Everything Is Awesome” out of my head.

Bill Murray in PBR pants.

This teen’s finding that a simple font change could save the government millions.

“25 Things You Should Know About Life with a Toddler” (from terribleminds).

Heal Yourself, Skeletor. A tumblr full of positive affirmations delivered by He-Man’s archenemy.

The idea of biodegradable urns turning cemeteries into forests. Weird but nice, too. 

And this mom teaching her baby how to say “happy”: