Issue #24

Current Issue #54 August 31, 2010

Recent Issues

Blast from the
Past

Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu
John Updike, The New Yorker

A tremendous piece of sports writing from 1960.
Clever Ad

Paris Love
Google

Living out a dream, one Google search at a time.
Controversial

Mexican Gangster Museum
Ioan Grillo, Global Post

Guns, jewelry and drug paraphernalia seized from traffickers are displayed in a bizarre exhibit, designed to help educate the Mexican police.
Cool Design

50 Matchbooks
LA Times Magazine

Click on the numbers to the right to scroll through this impressive collection of old matchbooks. Each is like a little piece of pop art.
Funny

Nic Cage As Everyone
The actor's face is Photoshopped onto the heads of everyone from Albert Einstein to Celine Dion.
Good Life

Get Your Portrait Done in Diamonds
Deb West, Luxist

The ultimate form of narcissism?
It Must be Art

50 Incredible Movie Posters from Poland
WellMedicated

Polish artists put their own twist on popular film posters. Maybe Hollywood could take some notes.
Music Video

Ready, Able
Grizzly Bear

Directed by Allison Schulnik.
Strange But
True

iPhone App Saves Life in Haiti
Josh Levs, CNN

With key survival information at his fingertips, a trapped man was able to stabilize his condition as he waited over 60 hours for rescue workers to reach him.
Worth Noting

The Apple iPad Has Arrived
Apple released its latest gadget this week. History would suggest that you'll be seeing it around.
Zeitgeist

At My Wedding Twittering and Facebooking at the Altar
Clearly this couple has a sense of humor, but their joke reflects a broader cultural obsession with documenting everything (even a wedding) right as it happens.
Editor's
Surprise

Faces of Haiti
Boston.com

Warning: Viewers may find some of these photos disturbing.