It's only appropriate that this lo-fi sign is sponsored by Sherwin Williams, a paint company. Every update requires new paint.
LINK Wanderlust »
GOOD magazine traces the most famous trips in history.
LINK Skateboarding in slow-mo »
Beautiful.
Bike Gang Light Tour 2008 from Plasticity on Vimeo. »
LINK David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today »
Refreshingly great. And love the fact that this record came together by the two emailing files back and forth between NYC and London.
LINK Word Clock »
Brilliant. [via Shawn via our forthcoming Harvest Co-op service]
LINK YAKKAY - brainwear for smart people »
Bicycle helmets don't have to look dorky any more—at least for women. (thx, Carina!)
Only in NYC. (at Opening Ceremony)
LINK NBCOlymptics.com »
Been catching up on the Olympics with this on-demand video streaming service from NBC. The downside is you have to install Microsoft's Silverlight plug-in, but it all works surprisingly well.
We had handmade noodles for lunch, and it was well worth the mini-trek to East Broadway from the office.
LINK Gothamist: The Mallification of New York in Color by Numbers »
A visualization of NYC chain locations by the Iridesco R&D department.
LINK What Would Don Draper Do? »
Do you watch Mad Men? This tumblr would make more sense if you did. And so would this one.
The kitchen staff at Momofuku are not the usual suspects one typically
finds in a NYC restaurant's kitchen. It was treat to see how they work.
LINK Theres Lots of Money in Those Old iPhones »
Your old iPhone might be worth more than that 3G one… for now.
LINK Man on Wire (documentary) »
In 1974, a young Frenchman stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the Twin Towers (yes, those twin towers). Opens Friday.
LINK GuitarToolkit »
A beautifully-designed iPhone app by my mates over at Agile Partners. A guitar tuner, chord finder, and metronome now all on an iPhone. Amazing.
LINK BrooklynVegan's free NYC show calendar »
Handy.
LINK Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene »
plays a set on WNYC’s Soundcheck.