- Out of Town News, the iconic newsstand smack in the middle of Cambridge, Mass.’s Harvard Square, is within a month of shutting down after 54 years in business. It’s one of the most famous meeting points in the Boston area, since it’s so impossible to miss. But as the Boston Globe reports today, it also played a supporting role in one of the most famous moments in computer history.
- Tom Robbins (Wikipedia)
Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025) was an American novelist. His most notable works are “seriocomedies” (also known as “comedy dramas”). His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant. His last work, published in 2014, was Tibetan Peach Pie, a self-declared “un-memoir”. From 1970, Robbins lived in La Conner, Washington, where he wrote nine of his books.