colour-coding: three young people in the UK invent a condom that changes colours when it detects STDs, sort of like that Elfin dagger that glows in the presence of Orcs
zero, my hero: typoman, a gaming platform where the adventure hinges on switching single letters
snowden effect: majority of Germans no longer believe that USA respects personal freedoms
all gussied-up: interesting and in depth look at the history of cosmetics and glamour maven Helena Rubinstein
way-back: via the inestimable Kottke, an appreciation of the TimeMachine archives from a marketing and design angle