randomhouse:

One of our favorite things about the holiday season is the recap of the year in books! Publications, websites, and readers everywhere begin pulling together what they think is the cream of the crop — the best books of the year. Take a look below through some of the lists we’ve pulled together, and keep an eye here for additions to the list as we approach the end of this stellar literary year.

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staff:

Now testing: Ask Me

The new Ask feature lets your friends or readers ask questions that you can choose to answer on your blog.

You can enable it from the Community tab in your blog’s Customize area.

They even come with a bunch of new theme variables for designers to format them:

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{block:Answer}
    <div class="answer">
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        <span class="asker">
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            {Asker}
        </span>

        <div class="answer">{Answer}</div>
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Enjoy!

yelpingwithcormac:

Bismarck, ND

Cormac M. | Author | Lost in the chaparral, NM

One Star.

Wallace and old man Tucker sat the horses and watched the cattle cropping the tallgrass on the rincon blazed amber by the shallow and palegold morning sun. The horses pricked their ears in unison and soon Madison pulled up in…

calivintage:

street style by all the pretty birds.

staff:

The Shorty Awards, honoring the top content producers on the social web, are once again presenting the 2nd annual Tumblr of the Year Shorty Award. The winner will be honored at their ceremony in March in NYC. This year the Shorty’s are also honoring the best Tumblr Brand Presence.

Last…

shawnwall:

The Jawbone UP is the latest in a series of hardware+software health monitoring tools to come our way. Having worked at Bodymedia way back when, I’ve always had an interest in these devices and their complimentary software. The UP is a $100 bracelet that you wear at all times (yes, even in the…

stephenwildish:

00s Film Alphabet - Never again. This one is pretty easy, should cause you no problems.

alanfriedman:

I took yesterday’s daytime moon picture while standing around waiting for this… a daytime pass of the International Space Station in front of the moon. Caught it. This animation is slowed down a lot… the actual event took less than half a second. Here is a little bigger version. 

Here’s what the ISS looks like silhouetted in front of the sun.