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Brookline native John Hodgman is a man-about-Brooklyn whom the kids seem to like, whether he's playing the human embodiment of a computer on television or a space brain surgeon. He has written several droll books and has a certain reputation as a professional literary agent, which is why he'll be appearing at the Boston Book Festival this Saturday at the Old South Church. more ›

John "I'm a PC" Hodgman gave a speech at the 2009 Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night in which he stood up for geeks the world over. Calling Obama the head of the first nerd administration ever, proud Son of Brookline Hodgman quizzed the President on canon and ended with a Vulcan salute. more ›

• SFist asked readers (who weren't busy battling it out over the election) to take a moment to decide what should be done with the city's mammoth Mervyns space after the retail semi-giant decided to call it quits this week.
• Bostonist couldn't get enough of hometown icon (and living embodiment of PC computers) John Hodgman.
• Shanghaiist wonders if any of the 3,000 single men and women who attended this mass matchmaking session hooked up.

Bostonist would like to state for the record that John Hodgman is neither portly, nor pudgy, nor rotund. He is, in fact, quite svelte and dashing. Mr. Hodgman mentioned last night during his reading at the Coolidge Corner Theatre that bloggers have been uniformly unkind in their assessment of his physique. We would like to challenge this misinformation, so Bostonist will refer to him from now on as "the svelte and dashing Hodgman." more ›

Last night, famous minor television personality (the fact that this label is catching on amongst reviewers is a touch ... strange) John Hodgman regaled a crowd at the Coolidge with lethal wit and tender humanitarian gestures.* The occasion was to celebrate the release of Hodgman's latest book, More Information Than You Require**. It is, in a sense, a continuation of The Areas of My Expertise, with the first page of the new book picking up right where the old one left off, on page 237. It is also a further compendium of knowledge: Mr. Hodgman said it contains "the past, as there's always more of it, the future, as there's still some apparently left to discuss," and much more.*** more ›

Four Stories with Andre Dubus III and Margot Livesey, plus young writers from Grub Street's YAWP Teen Writing Fellowship and Beacon Academy more ›

Greg Behrendt will be at the Comedy Connection tonight at 6:00, 8:15, and 10:30. You can see full episodes of BU Tonight online and interview clips on YouTube. We got a clip of Greg Behrendt on BU Tonight, and now we're addicted. Not to Greg Behrendt, but to BU Tonight, which is hosted by Christian Lynch. Behrendt is OK, but we're just not that into him. (Oh, that was the world's worst pun, and we... more ›

Justin Long as Mac, John Hodgman as PC. The serial ads illuminating why the Mac is so much hipper than the PC have left many with mixed feelings about their preferred platform. Hodgman is hilarious, no matter if his platform is books, the Daily Show, or comedy tours. It's hard not to like him, even if Apple Computer, Inc. wants to play him off as the bad guy who's prone to virus infection and poor... more ›

Let's take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? Austinist was in an entertainment state of mind as they covered the dickens out of the Austin Film Festival, depicted all the Big 12 football coaches as South Park characters, and interviewed Jose Gonzalez. Chicagoist talked about the passion as they bid adieu to Bell's... more ›