Scanning for Shapes in Clouds
Established in 2001 in Edinburgh, Scotland and now with offices in Singapore, Skyscanner is an online travel search site that finds the best deals and connects users directly to the airline, hotel,...
View ArticleRaid Him
"My husband is in the habit of buying a quart of wiskey every other day from a Chinese bootlegger named Chin Waugh living at 317-16th near Alder street." A letter to the Seattle Bureau of Prohibition,...
View ArticleLoop Decked
Jim Dalrymple's excellent The Loop has joined our ad network for web, design and creative professionals, The Deck. Jim's reporting on Apple, music and other topics makes it a perfect fit. Here's what...
View Articlesign off
Thanks for letting me contribute awesome things to this ongoing stream of awesome! I hope you'll join me at 2nd Story for a glass of wine, or next month at Story Week or this weekend at one of these...
View ArticleCP Guest Editor for March: Veronica Corzo-Duchardt
A million thanks to our February Guest Editor, Megan Stielstra (mgs), for all her great links. Up next for March is Veronica Corzo-Duchardt (vcd), who runs the design firm Winterbureau here in Chicago...
View ArticleCollection of Airline Ephemera
This site has an awesome collection of Airline ephemera , here is a selection from Cubana Airlines. Including baggage labels.
View ArticleRed Moon
A great short film "chronicling the life and times of famed Soviet submarine commander, and hapless werewolf, Captain Alexei Ovechkin." Red Moon.
View ArticleThe Guardian's 'Three Little Pigs'
BBH London's epic spot for The Guardian, retelling a fairy tale through the eyes of a news outlet: "Three Little Pigs."
View ArticleBeatles Homes
John Lennon and Paul McCartney's childhood homes have received historical site protection status.
View ArticleProject Wisconsin
Project Wisconsin is attempting to create images for 365 towns in 365 days. Via blinks.
View ArticleLight Drive
This stop motion video by Kim Pimmel is stunning. Also, make sure to check out Compressed 01 and 02. Hat tip! (thank you Jonnie)
View ArticleDoing Nothing
“There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one.” — Jerome K. Jerome (via The Happiness Project)
View ArticleExplore
My friend Maria Popova just launched Explore, a discovery engine for meaningful knowledge. A project by Coursekit, with Maria as the editor. Trust me when I say, you better bookmark this one.
View ArticleExplore
Oh my, this is going to be good. Maria Popova is editing Explore, a new "discovery engine" from Coursekit. Expect to see a lot of "via"s from this.
View ArticleArctic Melt
The summer melt of Arctic ice, "the greatest seasonal change on the planet." Via Explore.
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