Jay Walker’s Amazing Library

Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker’s library. You exit the austere parlor of his New England home and pass through a hallway into the bibliographic equivalent of a Disney ride. Stuffed with landmark tomes and eye-grabbing historical objects—on the walls, on tables, standing on the floor—the room occupies about 3,600 square feet on three mazelike levels. Is that a Sputnik? (Yes.) Hey, those books appear to be bound in rubies. (They are.) That edition of Chaucer … is it a Kelmscott? Gee, that chandelier looks like the one in the James Bond flick Die Another Day. (Because it is.) No matter where you turn in this ziggurat, another treasure beckons you—a 1665 Bills of Mortality chronicle of London (you can track plague fatalities by week), the instruction manual for the Saturn V rocket (which launched the Apollo 11 capsule to the moon), a framed napkin from 1943 on which Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined his plan to win World War II. In no time, your mind is stretched like hot taffy.

 

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Ron Howard’s Call To Action

The Dark Knight Meets Superman

Dr Pepper Making Good On Guns N’ Roses Offer

Guns N’ Roses fans thirsting for the upcoming “Chinese Democracy” will have a sweet, fizzy treat to savor as they listen.Dr Pepper is making good on a prior promise to provide every person in America a can of the soft drink if the album were to arrive in 2008, and yesterday (Oct. 22) revealed details of the plan.

“We never thought this day would come,” says Dr Pepper VP of marketing Tony Jacobs. “But now that it’s here all we can say is: The Dr Pepper’s on us.”

Interested fans are being asked to visit DrPepper.com on Nov. 23, the day “Chinese Democracy” is released in the U.S. exclusively via Best Buy. After registering online, fans will receive a coupon redeemable for a 20-oz. Dr Pepper wherever the drink is sold.

The twist: the coupon is only available for 24 hours and will expire on Feb. 28.

Curb Your Enthusiasm to Resume Production

HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” will be back in production in December, with 10 season-seven episodes slated for next year, reports Variety.

HBO has not yet released an airdate or executive producer lineup for season seven of the comedy series created, executive produced and starring Larry David.

The season-six finale aired in November of last year — a lengthy break, but not as pronounced as the 21-month gap between seasons five and six.

Launched in October 2000, the series is the longest running in the HBO lineup.

 

Happy Seventh Birthday, iPod

Seven years ago today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the original 5GB iPod, a $399 hard drive-based MP3 player with a unique Scroll Wheel and bright white LCD interface, an amazingly pocketable size, and high-speed FireWire for synchronization and charging. The first-generation iPod actually shipped on November 10, 2001, going on to sell 125,000 units by year’s end.

Apple now has sold more than 174 million iPods, spanning five distinct models—iPod/iPod classic, iPod mini, iPod shuffle, iPod nano, and iPod touch, and has seen countless advancements in capacity and features, even while falling in price. It has also played a major part in Apple’s remarkable growth from a struggling computer company to a major consumer electronics manufacturer, inspiring the iPhone and helping boost sales of the company’s Mac computers.

The 25 Cheesiest Hits Of The 1970s

The 1970s were an unusual time. We had a crisis in Presidential leadership, oil troubles, financial turmoil, an unpopular war, cultural disagreements, racial strife, a war on drugs and plenty of bad pop music to make it all seem so much longer.

 

HERE is a list of the 25 cheesiest songs of the 70’s. You’d think the entire decade was melted in Velveeta.

 

LOST Season 5 Promo

The Top Ten Uniquely ’80s Foods

Certain foods are as ’80s as shoulder pads, side ponies and Teddy Ruxpin. HERE is a list of ten iconic ’80s foods and some corresponding commercials.

You Better Vote

MoveOn.org’s clever “You Better Vote” campaign features a video you can customize and send to your guilty non-voting friends, who just might ruin everything for everyone.