Tuesday, September 24, 7:00 PM
NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL PRESENTS: EDWIDGE DANTICAT

Author Edwidge Danticat will discuss her new short story collection, Everything Inside. This event is free and open to the public. Free tickets required; signed copies are also available for pre-purchase. Presented in partnership with National Book Festival Presents.

Location: Coolidge Auditorium, ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
Contact: specialevents@loc.gov

DJ and producer, Deadmau5 (pronounced Dead Mouse), talks shop with Wired.com. His secret weapon? The Monome.

With the right tools and a little time, you too can have cold beer always available in the comfort of your home (or office).  Wired.com demonstrates how to build your very own kegerator.

It's a chore to stand up and crane your neck whenever you want to see what's going on in the world outside your cubicle. But thanks to this mini jackhammer, we don't have that problem anymore.

Wired staffers contemplate resorting to the black powder and strontium nitrate-filled Orion Flare Gun to get their coworkers' attention.

Actor Jackie Earl Haley discusses his role in A Nightmare on Elm Street, the reboot that returned it to its own dark origins.  Haley also says playing Rorschach in Watchmen changed his personality.

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A quick powdery blast of vitamin B, niacin, and caffeine courtesy of Breathable Foods could be just the (legal) pick-me-up you need.

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To test Sony's new POV camera, I strapped it to my editor's head and had him ride around on his bike.

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George Rocha, an innovative SF-based skatepark builder, has a beautiful way of salvaging used and broken skateboards. He turns them into entirely new skateboards.

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The Coker V2 Unicycle in action.