Not keeping up with the times

EXTRA CREDIT

I don't normally read Time, but I confess that when I saw "Teleportation" in my Google Ticker, I had to click. While the article was unremarkable, I was struck by their obsolete hyperlink system: enclosed in parentheses, prefaced with "see the", which is about as nineties as "click here." Way behind the times.

"Enjoy it while it lasts"

CURRENT EVENTS

From Slate's Today's Papers:

The LAT fronts, and the other newspapers reefer or go inside with, Iraqi provincial elections—the first since Sunni Arabs boycotted the electoral process in 2005. Here's where it's nice to have multiple big papers (enjoy it while it lasts): The LAT profiles a Sunni insurgent group that has decided "elections are the sole way to succeed without violence", the NYT provides a by-the-numbers look at the mechanics of the election, and the WP explains how Muqtada Sadr is trying to revive his electoral fortunes while appearing aloof from politics.

(Amen).