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...Whether it was the sun or the smiles, Sydney thawed. "Go, pilgrims," called office workers lunching in the park opposite the city's St. Mary's Cathedral. The pilgrims were "pleasant people who don't swear or brawl," commented reader "Thomas" at the Daily Telegraph website, "and they treat each other with respect." Most of the populace seemed to approve. "People have been high-fiving us in the street," said Sydney Catholic Marcia Moses, who took part in the event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Pilgrims Sway Australia | 7/20/2008 | See Source »

...point of How Fiction Works is supposed to be Wood's theory of the novel. And yes, we dutifully make the rounds of narration, dialogue and so on, topics that inspire in even the most passionate reader a special, pure kind of boredom. But as Wood himself observes, "The novel is the great virtuoso of exceptionalism: it always wriggles out of the rules thrown around it." The novel is corrosive to systematic thought--whatever is good about it is precisely that increment that resists theorization. The great pleasure of Wood's book lies in the examples, not the points they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fan's Notes | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...Kindle was different. I disliked almost everything about Amazon's handheld digital reader from the moment I saw it. But eight months into our relationship, I've found its hidden charms. My antipathy has flowered into something. Could it be a pure and lasting gadget love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warming to the Kindle | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...hack revealed a significant security flaw in the more than 15-year-old swipe card system, as he was able to gain access to buildings and gates across campus with only knowledge of HUID numbers and a $200 card reader bought from eBay...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Security Breach, Harvard Unveils New IDs | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...cards will largely do away with the need to swipe into dorms and Houses, allowing students to simply bring the card close enough to a reader to gain access...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Security Breach, Harvard Unveils New IDs | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

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