Remeber those Jordan - Bird Mickey D's Spots?

They could do a new set with Kyle Singer...



I may still have not been to a game, and I'm definitely nonplussed about college sports these days, but that's pretty impressive.

(via LC)

Getting High

I've always liked this info-graphic from the WaPo on DC's height limits and I thought that I had shared it before but couldn't find it after discussing the limits in a class this morning.  So here you go.  I don't want to get into all of the specifics of the arguments that surround maintaining the limits or loosening, especially considering that I doubt any changes are looming due in no small part to the need for congressional legislation to change the rules.

I will say that I grew up in DC (ok, Takoma Park) and I'm a staunch defender of the limits.  I also find it amusing that it's mostly displaced NYC folks who agitate for a change and that the argument that DC is empty in the evening because it doesn't have enough density is laughable at best.

But enjoy the info-graphic before I get caught up in a rant, and if you must know more check out this post from We Love DC.

To Be Or Not To Be

The Lebron Nike commercial was stupid, but the Cleveland response is priceless and pitch perfect and may never be topped...



You can watch the original commercial here.

(via kottke)

Millenium Falcon Gun Turret To Go

Um this makes me want to get one of those phones...



Hint: make sure you pay attention to the game background, yeah that's it.

Story is at MobileCrunch.

How FDR Rolled

I'm not sure what will come of the next couple of years in terms of American governance, but I think that it's safe to say there will only be more time wasting and name calling and obstruction, and that much much less will be accomplished than was in the past two years.

For all of my complaints about the Obama Administration not throwing its weight around as much as I would have liked, it's worth noting how much they did get done.  Ezra Klein (who you should be reading) did a better job of that than I could a couple of days ago, make sure to skim it at least.

In terms of electoral politics and talking points though it's hard to argue with this angry take over on First Draft.  I'll give you the ending but you should check it out, it's short and cathartic and quite blue (in the language sense).

You had majorities. You had power and you told us you were powerless. Why would anyone reward that with more power? Why would anyone think that's a good idea?

It was also interesting to hear Rob Reich talking about whether this was 1994 and Clinton or 1936 and FDR on the radio the other day.  Reich says Obama needs to look at how FDR rolled if he wants to get reelected, and I think he's right. 

The piece also played a great clip from a 1936 speech that FDR made that I had astonishingly never heard before.  The choice bits are below, you can read the prepared text and listen to the whole thing at UVA's archive site.



Reminds a bit of another favorite speech of mine.

(First Draft rant via Dependable Erection)

Go Deep

I was just going to put this link on twitter but it's over capacity, and while the birds lifting the whale is kind of a cute graphic, I don't feel like waiting around for them to get their act together this morning.

Instead I'll tell everyone here that Design Boom has a great set of pics from The Underbelly Project which got a nice mention in the NYT earlier in the week but with less art.

'the underbelly project' by workhorse and PAC
(above) by boxi and ethos
image © luna park

Lots more to see if you click through.

There's probably an interesting reflection to the relative merits of sharing via blog or twitter and how down interfaces affect the relationship buried in all of this...

Best Headline Ever

Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be

The article isn't bad either.

(via EESK)