Where was I in ‘72? Not even born yet, let alone staring at a bunch of jungle bush! Playboy has just announced the roll-out (like Transformers! NOT like fruit snacks — those roll up . Plus some gush!) of iPlayboy, a subscription service optimized for iPad viewing that grants a user access to every issue of Playboy ever published in its 57-year history (over 130,000 pages!). I imagine it was designed for those of you who keep an iPad on the back of your toilet. A subscription will set you back $8/month $60/year or $100/two years and is the perfect gift for your iPad owning father. However it is NOT the perfect gift for your iPad owning niece (sorry Kaitlyn — that was my bad). Official Site

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Reading Is Fundamental: iPads, Now With More Playboy (Read: Every Issue EVAR)

This is a real sign spotted at a Barnes & Noble bookstore . And the question of the hour is this: should we all be excited that kids are at least reading something , or disappointed THERE’S A F***ING ‘TEEN PARANORMAL ROMANCE ‘ GENRE? Option two, obviously. I swear, I’m so disgusted right now I could burn down Amazon . “GW, stop being stupid — Amazon isn’t even a real store.” Oh yeah? Well you’re not even a real person, so there. Don’t believe me? Pinch your non-dominant arm as hard as you can. Haha, that’s what you get! Say hello to the newest for-real book section at Barnes & Noble [reddit] Thanks to Ashley, who admitted to loving the Twilight series in her tip and officially dead to me. Zombie teen romance?! Please God no.

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Well Folks, It’s Official: Literature Is Dead

I love books . I’ve read like six of them . One of them twice. My bookworm-y tendencies aside, this is a gerbil wheel bookshelf designed by artist David Garcia (I love your brother’s band!). Unfortunately the wheel isn’t on a stationary axle, so you’ll probably walk yourself into a wall while reading . Or, even worse, traffic. Which reminds me — did I tell you I saw a guy reading while driving yesterday? Well technically he had a porno mag spread on the passenger’s seat and his junk in hand, but still. And they say reading is dead! Screw e-books, get a circular walking bookshelf instead [dvice]

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Sure, Why Not: A Gerbil Wheel Bookshelf

This is a sneak preview of the 3rd generation Kindle robot book . It’s pretty much exactly what I expect to see Amazon roll out next year. And speaking of rolling out — transform! I said transform! *touching breast* Stupid mannequin. The Kindle 3 [collegehumor] Thanks to Julian, who never learned to read and is already on the waiting list.

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Sneak Preview: The Third Generation Kindle?

The Rosetta Disk is a 3″ nickel disk that has been etched with over 13,500 pages of information on how to read and understand the world’s languages in case aliens get tired of sticking things up our butts and want to get their learn on. It represents over 1,500 languages and requires a 500x microscope to read a single page. You hear that, aliens — don’t forget your microscopes (read: leave the probes at home). Hit the jump for a close-up that isn’t close enough.

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13,500 Pages Of Data Etched On A 3" Disk