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November's not quite as packed with book events as October was, but some big names are still coming to town. The list includes Al Gore and David Plouffe, as well as Jonathan Safran Foer, Cory Doctorow (of BoingBoing) and John Krasinksi, who's adapted David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men for the screen. Harvard Book Store is also hosting a special sale for "frequent buyers," though you must sign up for the club before November 8 to qualify. Check the list to see what your favorite events might be this month.

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Attention, Brookline web surfers – Brookline has wireless Internet starting yesterday, and you now have free wi-fi for a month. Alas, after that, you have to subscribe, but if you have a subscription, you can still hop online and surf if you are in Brookline. The SSID is Brookline Wireless. The Brookline TAB has details on how the wireless works if you're just passing through Brookline and feel the urge to check your e-mail: Other...

Bostonist was mildly amused as we learned details a few weeks back of the window washer arrested for killing a seagull. Truly, the story was so rich: The window washer, Christopher Guay, claimed the bird was attacking him and he acted in self-defense, but shocked (shocked!) office workers who snitched called the MSPCA said Guay was the aggressor. But just to make matters more complicated, Guay isn't a horrible cat-hoarder with a long record of animal abuse. He's an animal lover who keeps several birds as pets. But hold on - the office workers who witnessed the incident say that after felling the gull, Guay saw them watching and made obscene gestures toward them. Oh, the humanity.

It’s been almost a year since Clocky hit our radar. Then the floor. Under the bed. Across the room. And scared the cat. Yesterday seemed to be one of those days it was hard for the blogosphere to awake. Perhaps it was all the after-parties at SXSWi that left them with a little sleep in their eyes. First, we stumbled across the Top 10 Coolest Alarm Clocks on the Hip Tech Blog. Mere hours later we found (via Boing Boing) many of the same clocks were among the Top Ten Most Annoying Alarm Clocks at the Uber-Review. Bostonist isn’t quite sure what sets apart annoying from cool in the rubric. We do know that Clocky made both lists, and a year later has it’s own domain and a promotional/informational video shown here.

Sure, it doesn't have the glitz or glamour of the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Golden Globes, or any of the countless other Hollywood award ceremonies. After all, people who spend their days pecking away at a keyboard may not all be ready for a shindig with tuxedos, red carpets, and Joan Rivers (well, is anyone ready for Rivers? - times two).