Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Gaga's PSA, gadget style, Barbara Kruger in NYC and more in this week's web roundup

1. Lady Gaga PSA Lady Gaga recently released a seven-minute homemade PSA speaking out against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” asking fans and local senators to repeal Clinton’s controversial policy toward gays and lesbians in the military. Her timely video comes out as the policy faces senate vote on 21 September 10. 2. Display Ever wanted to know more about midcentury modern graphic design and where …

L’Hydroptère.ch

A new hybrid catamaran with wings from the makers of the world's fastest sailboat

by Meehna Goldsmith The brainchild of French yachtsman Alain Thébault, L’Hydroptère is the fastest sailboat on the planet, breaking world sailing records in 2009 for its ability to reach 50.17 knots over one nautical mile a well as 50.17 knots over 500 meters. I recently had the opportunity to check out its extreme power at the unveiling of the Hydroptère.ch—a hybrid catamaran that serves as …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The textbook of iPads, DVF hospital gowns, getting lost on purpose and more in our look back at the week on the web

1. Kno Of the many iPad rivals popping up recently, the Kno’s dual-screen design makes some of the most exciting promises. The new hardware company, positioning the device as “everything a textbook was and will be,” might just be able to pull it off with a $46 million investment from Netscape founder Marc Andreessen’s firm. 2. Getting Lost Follow Matt Gross, the former New York …