The Hub-o-sphere

-- The Globe spotlighted two local guys who've created a free online version of the "most badass kind of space checkers." [Quadradius]

-- If playing space checkers puts you in the mood to die of dysentery, you can take a trip down memory trail with this online version of the classic Oregon-based game. [Librarian on the Run]

-- A Cape Cod blogger is being sued for libel even though the offending passages have been removed. (On the other hand, one of the remarks is quoted in the comments.) [Media Nation]

-- Beantown Baker's seeing red. And it's a beautiful thing. [Beantown Baker]

-- Democracy is good! Vote for Northeast's Best UnFiltered Band before September 15, and the winner will win a year's supply of Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen (and other less important stuff). [Harpoon Brewery]

-- File under prostitution and vice: If you were one of the 500 people watching Deep Throat in JP in the 70s, this case might ring some bells. Or not, depending on what kind of vice you were partaking in at the time, of course. [Remember Jamaica Plain?]

-- We didn't know that Ryan Adams has a blog, but he loved his tour stop in Boston. It also sounds like he loved our clam chowder as much as drugs. [better than cupcakes]

-- After the recent turn of events, a local sports fan finds herself making promises to a man named Cassell. To clarify: not Sam. [Vickie Victoria]

Robert Vassegh contributed to this post. Blogtopus courtesy of bionicteaching and a Creative Commons license.