Naked Wire People Bookmarks

Handmade in Seattle by silversmith Shelli Markee, the Naked Wire People Bookmark can be used to hold your spot in your current book but is also a miniature work of wire art. Each bookmark is a one-of-a-kind item, complete with private parts.

The Sonar System

An illustrated book that introduces kids to the world of sound system culture

Free of typical children’s books motifs, “The Sonar System” is a new illustrated tome that introduces kids to a not-so-typical subject: sound system culture. Set in a fictitious “sonar system” where planets revolve around a “gigantic, pulsating speaker,” the book zooms in an Earth-like planet where music is a central part of the everyone’s lives. It comes a year after the same London-based publishing company …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The history of the leap-second, DIY skateparks, wasabi-making caterpillars and more in this week's look at the web

1. The History of The Leap Second If Tuesday felt like it went by slower than usual, that’s because it did. A leap second was added to Tuesday’s time in order to keep the Earth’s rotation in sync with the atomic clock. As NASA explains it, scientists once analyzed radio waves sent from far off quasars to determine that our planet’s rotation is gradually slowing …