Deliberatepixel / The Weekly Special Catch-up Extravaganza

From Hell Yeah Dude: Don’t smother inspiration by not expanding to other mediums.
Vote for the Science Fiction B-Movie Hall of Fame!
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner defends the show's anachronisms.
GalleyCat wonders why women don't write "big-idea" books. Big-idea book writer (and woman) Virginia Postrel responds.
Remembering Katharine Hepburn: "Kate was my godmother, and the Kate I knew and loved paid scant lip service to self-analysis. Her thinking was much too selfless, clear, level-headed and straightforward to waste precious time pondering the 'what-ifs' of the world. She was singularly unimpressed by our modern obsession with self-importance."
Amy Hoy dissects the "where are the women in programming" question.
In the face of the trend of pharmacies refusing to do their jobs and keeping legal contraception from customers, the ACLU has a handy guide of what to do if faced with a refusal at pharmacy. Pass it on.
10 ways to avoid hipster baby names.
I'm on record with the opinion that we should just let all the sleeping, incoherent bits of the Beat generation's unpublished writing lie - however, here's the "new" book by Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Having said that, I also just read John Leland's recent book Why Kerouac Matters, and it is excellent.