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Finally! Haruki Murakami’s new book After Dark comes out on May 8th. Sushi for the mind, his books are. Refreshing, poetic and magically sparse. You can read an excerpt from the book, pre-order and get free shipping by entering AFTERDARK at checkout directly from Random House’s website. Just in time for the realization that I probably won’t be touching books for at least the next month. Well, at least books that aren’t made out of pressed board or fabric.

In other completely unrelated news, Panic, creators of the the super fantastic FTP client Transmit have taken a foray into the editor world with the release of Coda. Their product design (and website) are great examples of design. I’ve just poked around a bit and so far so good (Transmit is integrated right into this puppy). The interface is slick, intuitive and easy to use … so far, so good. I may just be dumping BBEdit and TextMate for good.

And finally, 28 Weeks Later releases on May 11. I’d been hearing rumors, whispers for so long I figured something unsavory must be going on and alas Danny Boyle and Alex Garland have nothing to do with this version. The Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo seems fairly unknown. Will I see it? Probably not until it’s released to DVD because of timing but I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it lives up to the first.

And now … off to grab coffee.