Puncturing Web Ads Before They Pop Up … and the burgeoning arms race between the popup-makers and the popup-blockers. NY Times

Hard-Boiled and Still Hot:

“Live authors promoting the work of dead authors is not exactly a new way of making a publisher’s backlist snap to attention yet again. But we are talking here about Philip Marlowe, private detective, one of the most astonishingly enduring characters in American fiction. So it’s not surprising that a group of authors are going out of their way to promote a new edition of the major works of Marlowe’s creator, Raymond Chandler. And doing it with gusto.” NY Times

Lifting Veil for Photo ID Goes Too Far, Driver Says: “A Muslim woman who says the state is violating her religious rights in demanding that she remove her veil for a driver’s license photograph will be in court this week to try to regain her driving privileges.” NY Times