found drama

• Death to Humans! Visions of the Apocalypse in Movies and Literature: Scientific American
  via @johnjosephadams — though I take issue with: [1] how many movies there are (since so many movies are usually so bad); [2] The Andromeda Strain (whose scale is hardly apocalyptic); and [3] that Adams' The Wastelands collection is missing!
  (tagged: film literature movies reading scifi apocalypse )
• Blockbuster tells Hollywood studios it’s preparing for mid-September bankruptcy
  at Los Angeles Times:

  Blockbuster has lost a total of $1.1 billion since the beginning of 2008 and has been severely hamstrung in efforts to grow its business due to interest payments on $920 million in debt.

  Heh. Maybe they shouldn't have been so soft on late fees?

  (tagged: Blockbuster modernity postmodernity economy failure bankruptcy good-riddance )
• How to Centre and Layout Pages Without a Wrapper

  …don’t try and hide a wrapper behind HTML5 bling by using a section, that’s wrong.

  (tagged: html html5 webdev )
• Getting to Work with CSS3 Power Tools
  at Nettuts+ (via @devongovett)
  (tagged: CSS3 )
• How Authors Really Make Money
  via PL — worth the link for the recommended reading
  (tagged: writing publishing todo )

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