2014’s Good Food Award Winners

A Twitter-shaped short story, Google's new Nest, Four Tet's "Thriller" and more in our weekly look at the web

Across pickles and preserves, cheese, chocolate and even beer, the Good Food organization has announced their winners for 2014. Good Food focuses on responsible production, environmental attention, superior quality and taste, and was created by farmers, independent grocers and food journalists. This is their fourth year hosting the awards in San Francisco, and everything from the charcuterie from Nebraska’s The French Bulldog to Tandem Coffee …

Bitcoin ATM

A Twitter-shaped short story, Google's new Nest, Four Tet's "Thriller" and more in our weekly look at the web

The controversial digital currency bitcoin continues to make its way out of cyberspace and into the “real” world. This past December, NYC’s Hester Street Fair holiday market was the first of its kind to accept bitcoins as a valid form of payment; now, prepare for the first bitcoin ATM to hit New York City, which is set for installation in an East Village bubble tea …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

A Twitter-shaped short story, Google's new Nest, Four Tet's "Thriller" and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Hero-Glyphics Designer, illustrator and self-proclaimed nerd, Josh Lane perfectly blends hieroglyphics with mythical superheroes through his series of “hero-glyphics,” in which the likes of Spiderman, the X Men and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get the ancient Egyptian treatment. While the illustrations are visually entertaining, they are also incredibly apt for modern times, in which many people have “left behind the gods and monsters …