The last of the World Cup qualifying matches wrapped up this week and the final list of qualified teams is in. See the list of the 32 qualified national teams headed for South Africa in 2010 here.
South Africa, 2010
Jim Crace’s Last Novel
Author Jim Crace reflects on his final book in Abu Dhabi's The National: “The thing is, I’ve written an appalling amount of books. ... The writing life doesn’t last forever. I am fit and well, and there are plenty of other things to do that I’m excited about, which are incompatible with spending most of my life shut up in a room. So that’s what I’m going to do, write a final book, and that will be it.”
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The first known use of O.M.G. was in 1917, in a letter sent to Winston Churchill.
Shhhh!
The sound level of a typical quiet bedroom measures 30 decibels, but what if you still can't concentrate on your reading? Well, maybe you should move to Minneapolis and use Steven Orfield's "anechoic chamber," which at -9 decibels is officially the quietest room in the world.
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Speed is Addictive
If you were like this writer when you were growing up, you knew -- nay, believed -- that Sonic the Hedgehog was better than Mario, full stop. At The Verge, Trent Volbe explains the Blue Blur’s greatness, including a sample from the Green Hill Zone soundtrack to illustrate the games’ sick bass grooves.