Link About It: This Week’s Picks

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

1. The Weirdest Shoes, Ever From Pokémoon platforms to flipper heels, Refinery29 highlights a collection of 20 of the most out-there shoes they’ve come across. While it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Bette Midler or a Japanese girl wearing the bizarre footwear, the slideshow isn’t a bad way to spend a few minutes of a conference call. 2. Skin Deep: Horiyoshi III Nowness spotlights …

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

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

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 …