Today's catch from around the Web:

•  This whole internet thing was basically invented by Paul Otlet in 1934.

•  '09 moderator, and recent Littoral interviewee, Alan Cheuse releases his latest Summer Reading List for NPR.org. Among others, he's recommending Shadow Country, by Peter Matthiessen and The Invention of Everything Else, by Samantha Hunt, both of whom will join us for '09. He also recommends Language for a New Century, a poetry anthology co-edited by Tina Chang ('08).

•  Gore Vidal continues to "promote" his new book by exhibiting bad manners. At least he's honest. At the conclusion of this New York Times interview, Deborah Solomon offers a platitudinous "Well, it was a great pleasure talking to you." Gore: "I doubt that."

•  Mile Markers is a collaborative digital project involving the Monroe County Public Library, Florida International University, and the Historic Florida Keys Foundation. Use it to search for excellent-quality images from local collections (including that of the angling couple pictured here) and also a treasure-trove of oral histories recorded in the 1970s by the Key West Women's Club and by Dr. Virginia Irving for the Monroe County School Board.

•  Now that everyone knows about it, this whole internet thing is replacing our brains.