Apropos-of-Nothing Wednesday: August 2008 Archives

Thanks to insomnia and NBC's late-night/early-morning coverage of the Beijing Olympics, BMX racing now has at least one more fan.

真牛!

Photo of BMX race crash: Carl de Souza/Getty Images.

Taking a break from identifying the women they love, the editors at Esquire have decided that the magazine's September cover will feature an animated, black-and-white electronic image—evoking the moving pictures in Harry Potter's newspaper, The Daily Prophet. But some say the distinctive cover, made possible by E-ink,* is a misguided gimmick.

* Which is used in Amazon's Kindle.