Permit us to bloviate some on the death of David Halberstam today in a car crash, which is utter bullshit considering that the guy reported from fricking Vietnam and he dies in a traffic accident in San Mateo (the car that hit him driven by, in a terrible irony, a Berkeley journalism student) (actually, I'm an idiot, his driver was a Berkeley student, so there's no irony, just terribleness). Halberstam's Summer of '49, about the......

The insanely prolific folks at Make magazine are teaming up with a heady group of co-conspirators this April for Maker Faire in San Mateo California. Seattlest is seventeen different shades of green with envy for our cousin SFist, because this event will be in their side yard, and the guest hosts are front-lined by the folks from Myth Busters. Myth Busters, sweet Jesus! That is our favorite show. Our dream job. It would be......