Letterboard for iPad

Weird shoes and swaddled booze meet vintage video games and custom bikes in this week's link round-up

Riffing on the design of a classic felt letterboard, Culture Three Limited’s just-released a iPad app is a simple way to display a message with tons of analog charm. Available for iPod or iPad for $1 from iTunes and with limitless uses, it’s a minuscule price to pay to turn next Thanksgiving into an AA meeting.

Hennessy Very Special Flask Sleeve

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Notcot’s obsession over the new king of all drink cozies, the Hennessy Very Special Flask Sleeve results in a photo essay of the detail and bendiness of the silicon sleeve. Like iPod or phone cases of the same material, it snugly wraps around a flask-sized bottle of Hennessy—a perfect alternative to the sippy cup for the butterfingers out there that still enjoy a good hard …

18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site

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During recent construction for the new World Trade Center, workers and archaeologists alike were shocked to find the remnants of an 18th-century ship “cocooned in ooze” by the urban landscape around it. While the building continues, archaeologists are raacing almost 30 feet below street level to get measurements and data before the remnants begin to deteriorate. City Room of the New York Times has the …