This x That:
- Happy Binary Day! Also: Happy Palindrome Day!
- “Hi Nikola, Al Gore wants you to change the numeral one in Brioni.”
- “Mike has synecdochically enlarged that concept to denote his entire being: The Situation isn’t only what he calls his abs; it’s also his nickname for himself”: The New Yorker reviews MTV’s Jersey Shore.
- John Kricfalusi’s beyond-thoughtful response to a random fan letter.
- LA artist Richard Ankrom’s legendary guerrilla freeway sign taken down after nine years.
- Ron English x The Simpsons: Jackson Pollock’s “Homer.”
- Geologic Atlas of the Moon, c. 1971. (via.)
- The weird, creepy world of medical simulation models.
- Flowchart: What Should I Get? Vending Machine Edition.
- Tea x Time List: 8 of the Most Ridiculous Sports Losses of All Time.
- Above: “Palindrome Birthday” by Will Bramlett.