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Okay, we are not certain it is the world's largest Half Price Books, but the month-old location on Lamar and Koenig sure feels that way, and it does claim to be the largest new and used bookstore in Central Texas. This new Half Price books is a roomier, more inviting location than that teeny tiny one on Guadalupe, which was cute, but we were kind of frustrated by being run over by over zealous booklovers. Those history buffs can be kinda pushy. And let's not even get into the fantasy fans.

There are so many panels at SXSW Interactive, we hardly know which ones to go to, but we'll do our best in recommending the exciting and/or most relevant ones. 1130: How to Leverage Solipsism - Lead by Peter "I coined the term 'blogger'" Merholz, this will be a panel about tagging and taxonomies -- the stuff that powers Flickr and Delicious. If you're into emerging web tech, which we very sadly are, this is one...

We know that Austin isn't a town that goes bat-shit over celebrities, but it is nice every once in a while to see one of the glamorous, glowing wonderbunnies from heaven wandering our streets, looking for a good place to get BBQ. Yesterday, Austinist bumped into Claire Forlani of the wildly opposite films, "Mallrats" and "Meet Joe Black." Sadly, she did not respond to repeated and desperate screaming of her name, so all we got was a shot of her walking away.