Friday shorts

• Mark at The Elegant Variation lists the top ten things he would do as editor of the L.A. Times Book Review.
• Newsweek's website asks if Monday's launch of the Huffington Post means "that blogs are ready for prime time ... or does it signal that the fad is in its death throes?" Arianna answers.
• Caltech pranksters transformed the Hollywood Walk of Fame early Wednesday morning into the Illustrious Scientists Walk of Fame, taping the names of the truly accomplished over some 500 stars. The students timed it to the issuing of a postage stamp honoring Richard P. Feynman. Police activity ensued, but I'm told the only arrest was a 17-year-old freshman briefly nabbed on a curfew charge.