links for 2010-05-25

• Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, LoC
  Handy newspaper and periodical resources from the Library of Congress.
  (tags: newspapers periodicals libraries america)
• Facebook Absolutely Must Die
  From the post: 'And what does F?is?bùk? mean? "Absolutely must die." F?i means "not," s? means "die," and bùk? "impermissible, cannot." In other words, F?is?bùk? may be rendered as "cannot not die" (double negative), i.e., "absolutely must die."'
  (tags: language facebook)
• booktrade.info – Book Trade Announcements – Weidenfeld & Nicolson Acquire New Novel By Steve Martin
  I enjoyed "Shopgirl" immensely, and am looking forward to Steve Martin's newest, "An Object of Beauty".
  (tags: books)
• New iPhone to land in US on 7 June • The Register
  From the article: "The pattern is a familiar one, since the original iPhone launch in June 2007, but the big difference is that Google is now Apple's avowed enemy, not close ally. Google executives used the firm's own developer conference last week to attack Apple at every turn, and Jobs is likely to respond during his own keynote. In a weekend open email, he said there was 'not a chance' that Android could surpass Apple on the technology front, says Gizmodo."
  (tags: iphone apple)