This enormous giant disco ball made from 1000 mirrors created by artist Michel de Broin dazzled over Paris in 2009.
Inspired by Hemingway's famously short story that spanned just six words, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." Wired asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers (and one William Shatner) from all media to submit their succinct six word tale. Here's a sampling.
Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket. - William ShatnerGown removed carelessly. Head, less so. - Joss Whedon
His penis snapped off; he’s pregnant! - Rudy Rucker
It cost too much, staying human. - Bruce Sterling
The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly. - Orson Scott Card
Publish. And then he stopped blogging.
When bits and pieces of the space station Skylab fell in Western Australia in July 1979, local authorities fined NASA $400 for littering.
Street art of San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson photographed by Kale idoscope.
Speaking of the uhm, unique, Brian Wilson aka the Andy Kaufman of baseball, here he is sporting the new old Nike Back to the Future sneakers during a game, meeting President Obama while looking like a super villan, and lastly, attending a red carpet event in an interesting tuxedo.
Michele Bachmann 
At the opening of Richard Serra's two new installations on display at the Gagosian, I had my second sighting of 2011 of my art crush, Chuck Close who was so warm and kind enough to pose for a photo. After I snapped this picture, an old couple ran up to me. The wife asked, "Excuse me. Who is that?" I replied "Chuck Close!" "See!" she snapped at her husband. "I told you it was him!"
Why am I so obsessed with him? My answer is here.
GQ finds 94 reasons why New York Fashion Week is pleasing on the eyes.
Speaking of fashion on a serious note, if you haven't seen it yet, I recommend with extremely high cheekbone prejudice that you check out the documentary profile "Bill Cunningham New York," which is now on instant streaming on Netflix.*
*Saying "instant streaming on Netflix" is now redundant I suppose with the company splitting into two silos with "Netflix" reserved for video streaming and the DVD rental as "Qwikster."
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBoNgED1RZE&feature=player_embedded] Authorized alternate music video to Jay Z's "Empire State of Mind" starring my city's leggy denizens:
Selita Ebanks, Karlie Kloss, Constance Jablonski, Jourdan Dunn, Daphne Groeneveld, Edita Vilkeviciute, Hailey Clauson, Josephine Skriver, Zuzanna Bijoch, Shu Pei, Kristina Salinovic, Martha Streck, Toni Garrn, R'el Dade, Andi Muise, Ataui Deng, Chantal Stafford-Abbot, Kelsey Rogers, Ashton Phillips, Fabiana Mayer, Sabrina Nait, Sydney Edmonds, Claire Collins, Brenda Mutoni, Naoumie Ekiko, Sonia Niekrasz, Paris, Kaitlin, Lina, & Tian.
Planking went from being edgy to passé to now couture with cover girl Stella Tennant planking in Italian Vogue.
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Apple's market cap as of right now is 381.6 billion dollars (I bet you totally read 'billion' in the Dr. Evil voice...). Things Apple Is Worth More Than is a website that compares Apple's market cap compared to other indexes. Apple is worth more than...
- The entire projected GDB of Singapore ($318B) by 2016.
- All the illegal drugs in the world ($321B).
- The entire combined franchise value of The Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Stephen King and Twilight series (paltry $49B).
- Denmark's GDP ($337B).
- The combined value of Big 3 pharma companies, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, and Pfizer ($355B).
- My checking, savings, and 401K.
The last bullet point is the only one that really eats at me. No, Matt Damon's character in Good Will Hunting, I definitely do not like them apples.
By the way, my iPod and my new Macbook Air are amazing. I can't wait to get the new iPhone 5 when my contract expires.
I think my friends and I should end this email thread and start a new one.
I think this fishbowl with handblown glass mountains by 
Of course the Vogue and Playboy pillow cases are fitting for my bedroom guests IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. $40 
Yutaka Sone, Little Manhattan, 2007-2009.
Loving this flashlight drawing image by Jeff Hamada.
The Atlantic has this (hysterical) compilation of photographs of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin doing literally every single activity in the world. Here's a sample:
Come on Obama! Step up your game.
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Clever sneakers from Creative Recreation to give the appearance of toe-dipped-in-paint shoes. $90 
Gigantic VW bus spotted at this year's Burning Man festival. Look at how small the people appear on the bus!