Today on Ask MetaFilter:  “My cube is as bright as an operating room. Help me save my eyesight and sanity.”

The most common answer?  Unscrew some of the bulbs.

Right.

The New York Times has published their list of 53 Places to Go in 2008.  I note this because #40 is one of my favorite cities:  Detroit.

Seriously, it’s a good town.  Give it a chance.

I had a bit of blog deja vu this evening after reading this post and this post within about two minutes of each other. Not much of a point to this, I just thought it was kind of funny.

As for me, I still haven’t found a good place to study. I’m working on that, though.

(This post wasn’t sponsored by Netvibes, but it could have been.)

• Surprising just about no one, Al Franken is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Norm Coleman.

• Tool’s ‘10,000 Days’ Recalls the Good Old Days of CD’s - I’m by no means a fan of Tool, but this review pretty much sums up my feelings on the shuffle-culture overtaking popular music. While I’m very dependent on my mp3 player, I rarely shuffle my music, instead opting for the traditional order of tracks as laid down on their respective CDs.

• MediaNews Group buys Pioneer Press - This may be bad news for an already marginalized paper. I’d been rooting for union ownership, but outside the unlikely possibility of the deal falling through, it now looks like Dean Singleton has himself another newspaper.
• City Pages calls crystal meth the best cheap thrill in the Twin Cities - Local politician not amused. Note from City Pages editor Steve Perry on the reaction to the item.

• Urban studies legend Jane Jacobs on gentrification, the New Urbanism, and her legacy.
• Jane Jacobs Interviewed by Jim Kunstler For Metropolis Magazine

Holy crap. Just found out that McClatchy is buying KnightRidder. While I’m concerned about what will happen to the 12 papers they’re going to unload, McClatchy is a pretty good company as far as journalist standards go, so hopefully this will be a good thing for the newspaper business in general.

Thank God it wasn’t Gannet.

Following the trend of people I know getting blogs, Sarah has set up a blog on MySpace. (And if her second entry is any indication, it’s going to be interesting.)