Matt Peckham

Matt Peckham writes about tech, gaming, music and science for TIME. He's covered the games industry since 1999 and written for Variety, The Washington Post, ABC News, The Sci-Fi Channel, Yahoo Tech, PC World (his column was nominated for a Maggie Award) and many others. He has an M.A. in English from Creighton University and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Drop him a line by clicking here.

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Google’s Moog Doodle: Celebrating the Life of a Music Pioneer

Say Good Google Moog Doodle three times fast.

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GoDaddy Boycott Over SOPA Support Still On, Exodus Looms

Too little, too late — that’s the message some customers plan to send Internet domain registrar GoDaddy today.

WFAA

Watch: Massive Chemical Plant Fire Near Dallas Prompts Evacuations

Clouds of thick black smoke and jets of fire began pouring from a chemical plant south of Dallas on Monday. The flames prompted area evacuations, including students attending classes at both a nearby elementary school and a college.

Harper Collins

Should Parents Fear ‘Bumble-Ardy’, Maurice Sendak’s New Book?

A new children’s book, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, the author of Where the Wild Things Are, is about an occasionally demented-looking (but fun-loving!) pig’s blowout birthday bash. It seems to have a few parents grumbling.

YouTube / AreYouSurprised

Watch: Soldier Tells Father He’s Gay As ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Is Repealed

It’s an initially nerve-wracking but ultimately moving YouTube video that deserves to go viral: a U.S. soldier captures himself calling his father to tell him he’s gay as ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is officially repealed.

Wendy's

Meet ‘Dave’s Hot ‘N Juicy’, Wendy’s New Monster Cheeseburger

Say hello to the new Godzilla-sized, to-heck-with-your-diet Wendy’s burger.

HistoryForSale / eBay

J.D. Salinger’s One-Sentence Note to Maid On Sale for $50,000

“People never notice anything,” says Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. We’re betting they’ll notice this.

Hawaii News Now

150 Dogs, 80 Puppies Seized From Hawaii Breeders and Handed to Humane Society

Some 230 dogs and puppies held in temporary foster care should go to the Hawaiian Humane Society, a judged has ruled, in a case against breeders accused of running a filthy puppy mill in violation of animal cruelty laws.

Yelping With Cormac

Review Restaurants (and Other Stuff) Like Cormac McCarthy

You’re looking for a place to eat in the Bay Area, perhaps something Tex Mex, or better still, Mexican. You drop the words “Mexican Food” into your browser, which perhaps summons this strange McSweeney’s-esque review of the Papalote Mexican Grill, located in San Francisco’s Mission District, typed up by someone named Cormac M:

REUTERS / Keith Bedford

Baz Luhrmann’s Epic ‘Great Gatsby’ Movie Begins Filming

Move over Robert Redford. Here comes Leo DiCaprio, and this time he’s not playing a poetic lovelorn punk.