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Boston.

This is a turtle on a turtle’s head. It’s turtles all the way down.

Stainless Steel Sharpie

New project: The Offline Facebook Office

Where I work, we have a small business center where the photocopiers, printers, and office supplies are located.

Located there are paper, envelopes, stamps, assorted stickers, and other office supplies — the usual stuff you might find in any office. There are stamps that say “approved,” stickers that say “signature required,” etc.

I didn’t know what many of these stamps and stickers mean, nor did anyone ever tell me. I just kind of figured it out over time.

Well… what would happen if placed some pseudo-official-looking stickers and stamps alongside the other material, and what if the function of those stamps was familiar from another context?

The only way to find out is to have some stickers and stamps made. So I borrowed the “Like” concept from Facebook, and did just that. See picture above. These were placed alongside the normal office materials in the business center.

Will people intuitively recognize the intended purpose of these materials? Would their presence in the office supply center automatically give them authority? Will someone actually share their approval of a document by slapping a “Like” stamp on it? Or will people just be confused?

Only time will tell. Stay tuned.

In 2009, Austin, Texas photographer Dave Mead traveled to Anchorage, Alaska to capture portraits of the 2009 World Beard and Mustache Championship contestants. The resulting portraits are incredible.

This is a fascinating video of an autistic girl using a computer to communicate with the outside world and provide the rest of us with a little more understanding about what it means to be autistic.

Edit:Some people (here & here) are claiming this as not being remotely possible. Admittedly, this remarkable story deserves a healthy massive dose of skepticism and some hard science to back it up, neither of which the video above provides. I’ll leave it to you to decide its merit.

Here’s Carly’s blog which is mentioned in the video above, for further persual.

Typographic mustaches (err… typestaches)

For as little as $24 a delivery, you can have a big box of various fresh organic fruits and vegetables delivered to your home every other week, courtesy Boston Organics. Awesome.