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Mystery visitor to Poe’s grave is a no-show
It is what Edgar Allan Poe might have called “a mystery all insoluble”: Every year for the past six decades, a shadowy visitor would leave roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac on Poe’s grave on the anniversary of the writer’s birth. This year, no one showed. (yahoo)

Poe Toaster Might Be Dead Performer
A mysterious visitor who left roses and cognac at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe each year on the writer’s birthday failed to show early Tuesday, breaking with a ritual that began more than 60 years ago. (wbal)

Mystery novelist Robert Parker dies at 77
Mr. Parker’s marquee character became a TV series, “Spenser for Hire,” starring Robert Urich. “Jesse Stone” became a TV vehicle for Tom Selleck, and “Appaloosa,” his 2005 Western, was made into a 2008 movie directed by and starring Ed Harris. (boston.com)

Folk singer Kate McGarrigle dies
She is the mother of musicians Rufus and Martha Wainwright through her previous marriage with American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, a beloved folk icon in Canada. (cbc)

Dennis Hopper rushes to divorce wife as he lies on death bed
A longtime family confidant told The Post that Hopper is angry that wife Victoria Duffy is trying to bleed him for every last nickel — although he’s given her a ranch, museum-quality art works and a wardrobe of couture dresses. (nypost)

Diamond oceans possible on Uranus and Neptune
By melting and resolidifying diamond, scientists explain how such liquid diamond oceans may be possible. (discovery)

Apple iTablet, iSlate, or iPad: Are you excited? –Here is all you need to know
When Apple officially announced that they will be going to have their special event on January 27th speculations and rumors are just like an airborne disease spreading in the tech community. And yes we already knew that the Apple tablet is said to be a “Kindle Killer” that’s why HarperCollins is said to be negotiating for an e-Book deal. Besides that media pad is also considered to be a gaming-pad, so the gaming industry is invited in the media event. However, as if we don’t know that the said media event will focus on iTablet or iSlate or iPad, we can also wait for iLife 2010 and iPhone OS 4.0. (techgeeze)

10 Manly Movies Women Secretly Love
Indiana Jones at the top of the list? You had me at hello. (stylecaster)

Quentin Tarantino Reference Manual
“Sure, Kill Bill’s a violent movie. But its a Tarantino movie. You don’t go to see Metallica and tell the fuckers to turn the music down.” (madatoms)

GM to shut down Saturn after Penske walks away
The Bloomfield, Mich. dealership headed by auto racing magnate Roger Penske walked away after it was unable to find a manufacturer to supply vehicles to it after a contract with GM runs out in 2011. (chron/ap)

Rare Source of Attack on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
In an unusual show of support for allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces, an article in an official military journal argues forcefully for repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, which requires homosexuals in the services to keep their sexual orientation secret. (nyt)

What Is an Andy Warhol?
Warhol asked different questions about art. How does it differ from any other commodity? What value do we place on originality, invention, rarity, and the uniqueness of the art object? To do this he revisited long-neglected artistic genres such as history painting in his disaster series, still life in his soup cans and Brillo boxes, and the society portrait in Ethel Scull Thirty-Six Times. Though Warhol isn’t always seen as a conceptual artist, his most perceptive critic, Arthur C. Danto, calls him “the nearest thing to a philosophical genius the history of art has produced.” (nytbooks)

McDonald’s. Yes, They Really Are Everywhere
I guess it’s some consolation that being on the East Coast, I don’t need to ever worry about finding one. Maybe I should worry that I can name three within ten minutes of my house. (wired)

Proof that McDonald’s intentionally screws you in the drive-thru
I’m pretty sure this is fake. (imgur) UPDATE: Yep, it’s fake.

The Girl who doesn’t Age
Scientists wonder if Brooke Greenberg, now 16, will help point the way to new discoveries about the genetics of aging. (abcnews)

Apple Tablet To Redefine Newspapers, Textbooks and Magazines
Steve Jobs said people don’t read any more. But Apple is in talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a “new device.” And they’re not just going for e-books and mags. They’re aiming to redefine print. (gizmodo)

Soon to Launch: Lists
For example, you could create a list of the funniest Twitter accounts of all time, athletes, local businesses, friends, or any compilation that makes sense. (twitter)

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have split; the couple broke up last month
After a rocky two-year run, the couple has reportedly called it quits, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue. And it was the “SexyBack” singer who is said to have ended things over the phone “about a month ago.” (nydailynews)

So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica?
I’ve taken 20 logos that were originally designed in Helvetica, and I’ve redone them in Arial. Some people would call that blasphemy. I call it a challenge: can you tell which is the original and which is the remake? (ironicsans)

Liu Bolin…The Invisible Man…
This guy paints himself… no trick photography … no photoshop …he just paints himself… (posterous)

That scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark gets me every time…
What’s your favorite ROTLA scene? (reddit)