Gizmodo has an awesome piece by a SR-71 pilot on their page today that I will not copy/paste out of respect for their source and general laziness. Go check it out though, it is worth the read. 
Mark Linkous, the brains behind the electro-alt band Sparklehorse, has committed suicide according to (now numerous) sources throughout the land. Sparklehorse's third album, Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain, was on my Best of 2006 list, and the recently self-released collaboration with Danger Mouse (of Grey Album and Gnarls Barkley fame) was on my list of music to acquire.
GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED.
Purple football boots would, in any other context, be a truly disappointing offering, but the Mercurial Vapor Superfly II happens to be the most technologically advanced football boot in the history of the world. Or so I'm told by Nike:Nike’s design and engineering teams talked with some of the fastest players in the world, who emphasized that acceleration around a defender is just as important as beating him in a straight line. The Nike Sports Research Lab researched the world championship finals in 2006 and found that there were 845 slipping events over 63 games, or roughly 14 per game. Building on these insights, the Nike team collaborated closely with elite athletes including Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexandre Pato to create a boot that enables toe-off acceleration and minimizes slippage in game-changing situations.
Variable field conditions are no match for the hyper-engineered adjustable traction studs on the Superfly II.
A very pretty, very rich, very smug, and very good Cristiano Ronaldo showing off his new booties.
Nora Reed compiles a list of 10 famous logo designers for her blog, aptly titled logoblog. I mean, its no Newrosis, but like industrial design it is simple, easily understood, and to the point. It is the blunt instrument of blog titles, while we are the bitter edge of the scalpel, the avant garde.
Wow. So Newrosis has been around the block once. Here are some pics of the 2010 Band of Outsiders for Sperry Topsider boat shoes. You may recall we broke the news about their 2009 collaboration almost one year ago. Just like last year, probably overpriced, but elevated style makes it a classy buy.
This is the backside of the new penny, and as you can see on the US Mint's website, it is no joke.The 13 vertical stripes of the shield represent the states joined in one compact union to support the federal government, represented by the horizontal bar above. The horizontal bar features the inscription E PLURIBUS UNUM—"out of many, one"—while the inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is depicted along the upper rim of the coin. The union shield, which dates back to the 1780s, was used widely during the Civil War. The shield is also featured on frescoes by Constantino Brumidi throughout the halls of the U.S. Capitol Building completed in the mid-19th century.
Here are some fancy paintings of water/stuff with water on it by Linnea Strid of Sweden. She has a show beginning next friday at Thinkspace in Santa Monica, and there's a brief interview with her over at Juxtapoz that you should check out.
