Merci Registry

A new online registry that's as easily customizable as it is good-looking

The joint project of real-life couple David Rager and Cheri Messerli, Merci Registry combines the cottage industry appeal of Etsy with the elegant interface of Tumblr. As a result, the wedding wish list not only looks better than the generic design offered by similar services, but also makes it way easier to add gifts from nearly any online store or a made-up gift—like honeymoon drinks …

Radical Cartography

This week's web round-up: hijacking La Défense, iOS' new AR trick, one upscale smut mag's return and more

The Very Short List points out the strategically overlaid maps on Radical Cartography, which plot everything from “the physical expansion of Boston since 1630” to “what the world needs now.”

A Year at War

This week's web round-up: hijacking La Défense, iOS' new AR trick, one upscale smut mag's return and more

With their non-fiction multimedia feature the The New York Times proves they’ve still got it, combining Grey Lady-calibre reporting with video updates from the front lines. The subject it documents, the First Batallion in the 87th infantry, is part of the new surge in Afghanistan that will be deployed for a year to fulfill a new mission—training local police and strengthening the government.