AP reports today (Newly released files detail early US spy network),

Before Julia Child became known to the world as a leading chef, she admitted at least one failing when applying for a job as a spy: impulsiveness.

Details about Child's background as a government agent come into the public spotlight Thursday with the National Archives' release of more than 35,000 top-secret personnel files of World War II-era spies. The CIA held this information for decades....

The OSS files offer details about other agents, including Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, major league catcher Moe Berg, historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and film actor Sterling Hayden.

Other notables identified in the files include John Hemingway, son of author Ernest Hemingway; Quentin and Kermit Roosevelt, sons of President Theodore Roosevelt; and Miles Copeland, father of Stewart Copeland, drummer for the band The Police....

If you missed it: Stunning photos of a Rhode Island curiosity are getting a respectful buzz among better blogs:

Henry Wood house on Dumplings Island off Jamestown.

The story: Clingstone - The Old House and the Sea You've seen it from the Newport Bridge. NYT takes you inside.

The slideshow: 14 photos by Erik Jacobs.
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Google Maps satellite view

BLDGBLOG covers it along with the rotating Villa Girasole in Marcellise, Iitaly, which always follows the sun.

78s turned mp3s

Story: One Man's Quest to Digitize and Publicize Rare Vinyl. Wired

Mp3s: "The following is a list (of) titles recorded from my collection of 78 rpm records. All of them are linked to MP3 files and will play what was recorded. No sound enhancement, just what was recorded. Right now, there are 3,739 titles on this page linked to mp3's."

Billie Holliday, BB King, Ma Rainey and her Georgia Jazz Band, James Cotton, Ruth Brown, Kitty Wells, Ferlin Huskey, Hank Williams, Coleman Hawkins, big bands, jazz bands, torch singers, crooners and much, much more. Reading the list, you can smell the dust.