Sky Mall Pop Quiz Thank goodness for Sky Mall – that catalogue of oddball products supplied as entertainment for the passengers of most commercial airlines. But does anyone actually shop from it, or even know what its items are meant for? Danny Gregory and The Staff put together a test for its odder merchandise.

Roundtable: Writing on the Web We have an obvious stake in the state of writing on the Web: it’s what we do, what we’re interested in, and something we care about. So when we began asking ourselves, ‘What is writing like on the Web, today?’ we decided that rather than answer the question ourselves, it would be a lot more fun to kidnap a bunch of people we like and respect, lock them in a garage with a few folding chairs, and make them answer our questions. The Editors listen.

To The Teen Beat Of His Own Drummer Maybe all you know him as is ‘the other one’ from Weird Science, but Sarah Hepola interviewed Ilan Mitchell-Smith and bunked popular expectation by meeting a former-actor turned real-human-being (and Ph.D. candidate, no less).

Mike Drake Musician Mike Drake on punchy girls in Paris, touring with Van Halen and the artificial hip, and trying not to sound candy-assed while paying tribute to Kris Kristofferson.