LINK Rumplo, gathering t-shirts from around the world »
Our friends and first participants of the Iridesco Ventures Program [more on this soon] just launched the project they’ve been hard at work on. We’re psyched to see this idea finally out in the wild!
LINK Mt Huashan Hiking Trail »
A place to hike in China. Maybe.
Rolex.
LINK I Met The Walrus »
Amazing short to go along with an John Lennon interview that was conducted by then 14-year old Jerry Levitan. Watch the trailer.
A special gift for Harvest Solo account holders today in honor of a certain Saint.
LINK Three food tips from 37signals »
Never thought I’d be taking food tips from 37signals, but tonight I did just that. Matt’s roll your own soda suggestion is right on good.
LINK A New Venture for Jay-Z, on Madison Avenue »
The man continues his moguling.
MIXED, a music thing with Iridesco and friends. First mix on Tuesday, Feb 11th.
LINK Full Screen Google Maps »
simple.
This line went around the block by our office for the temple down the street. It's the New Year on the Lunar calendar and it's gonna be a good one. Happy New Year to all taking the time out to eat big and wear red!
LINK Guitar Rising »
Guitar Hero-esque game but with real guitars. I’d like to see this succeed, but I think it just won’t be as fun as a simplified version of the guitar which Guitar Hero has done so well. Still, it might have a niche in teaching real guitar playing.
LINK buy buy blacksheep »
drool.
LINK An Ad With Talking Pandas »
In my opinion, these ads don’t add any value by playing on Chinese or Indian stereotypes, but they do ensure I’m never a customer of their service. The controversy stirred, unfortunately, does bring more attention to the creator’s business which I will n
LINK Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic) »
you will be missed. Thanks for providing my friends and I with gobs of good information on building bicycles.
LINK Frozen Grand Central »
The latest mission from ImprovEverywhere is genius.
Giants fans have invaded our work neighborhood. Just when you think it's over... »
Here’s why you should vote: you are going to really love it, the whole strange procedure. You get to walk right into a building that you would never normally be allowed in, often an elementary school. You can pause in the hallway to look at all the weird school-art and feel the eerie vibe of hundreds of kids living their endless kid lives right nearby. Then you follow the arrows to the voting room and look at the faces of the volunteers – who are these people? There is a hush of secrecy, the voting booth is clunky, the whole thing seems fake somehow. You consider filling in all the bubbles, like you did on the SATs. But you don’t. You vote. You walk back outside feeling like you just gave blood or something, lightheaded from citizenry. You are wearing a sticker that says “I Voted” and you wish you could continue to get stickers like this throughout the day: I Ate Dinner, I Went To Sleep, I Got Out Of Bed, I Went To Work. But alas, it is just this one thing that we all do together, savor it.
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pps: non-american subscribers: sorry. for everything. we are working on it.
Newsletter from Miranda July with the subject “And While We’re On The Topic, I Am Voting For Barack Obama.” »
LINK Propaganda »
Funny designs from a funny studio.
I rarely find myself in midtown Manhattan so early in the morning. Turned out to be a peaceful walk with the midtown suits en route to my breakfast event.
At Deitch.
LINK the postcard says »
a new fun project by the fine people at five and a half.
LINK Consumption »
We’re working on a new experiment and it’s going to involve using photos found here.
LINK What Would Obama Say? »
The writer behind the Obama’s oratorical speeches is a 26 year-old by the name of Jon Favreau. He’s delivered some impressively poetic writing so far…
LINK What I Learned Today »
Recently, I started reading this site. You should, too.
The loose tea selection at the food co-op is something to get excited about.