In an ongoing search that has been well documented here on this blog, my friend Jeff is still in search for the perfect pair of pants. Well, I think the search is finally over. Here's a pair of jeans with a custom iPhone pocket. Talk about blending style and function. So...Jeff! How about these pants?!
I don't have a citation on this at all but I'm convinced that this photo of "Will Robertson of the Washington Bicycle Club riding an American Star Bicycle down the steps of the United States Capitol in 1885" is also the first photo of a BMX extreme rider.
CUNY's Center for Urban Research launched a project titled Welcome to 1940s New York for which they found the above artifact outlining the cost of rent in the West Village back then which ranged from $30 to $150 per month. I'll wait while your depression sets in.
I made 5,127 prototypes of my vacuum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t mind failure. I’ve always thought that schoolchildren should be marked by the number of failures they’ve had. The child who tries strange things and experiences lots of failures to get there is probably more creative.
- Sir James Dyson
Biggest boom box ever.
Hyde or Die snapped this on Glendale Blvd in Los Angeles.
Thoughts on love and relationships explicated via diagrams and charts.
Tough to think about scarves when it's going to be at least 96 degrees in New York City for the next couple days, but 
I went for a bike ride after work today to enjoy the sunset.
Mike Keith created 
Phil Lanoue caught 
Underground New York Public Library is a fantastic Tumblr devoted to photos of NYC straphangers and their books. All the photos are snapped by Ourit Ben-Haim who does a wonderful job I think of capturing and framing each moment. The thing I miss most about not having to take the subway any more for my commute to work is devouring my books.
Relatedly, celebrities on the subway.
Same floor dorm friends!
Graduating seniors applauding the reunion class of 2002.
On the table at The Standard restaurant.