crate & barrel: a glimpse inside the outfitteries that design and deliver prefabricated Irish Pubs around the world, via Boing Boing
la gioconda: researchers, including a relative of the Bishop of Bling, in Germany conclude Mona Lisa’s smile means she happy
inception: more recursive, panoramic landscapes from Aydฤฑn Bรผyรผktaล, via Kottke
pacific rim: demonstration of robots controlled by the hemispheres of two separate volunteers’ brains
ligature: a clever type face that reacts intuitively to the characters that precede and follow