Book Madness

Six Point Resin, Dollar Shave Club, Literary Book Madness and more in our look at the web this week

With college basketball poised to take over the month, those into quieter pursuits can delight in Out of Print’s literary riff on the NCAA tournament bracket. Bookworms can fill out their entire bracket with their favorite titles, then submit before the deadline on 12 March. Fan voting then opens, and the most accurate brackets win up to $500 for Out of Print book-themed clothing and …

Forget Your Past

Six Point Resin, Dollar Shave Club, Literary Book Madness and more in our look at the web this week

In this fantastic photo series, photographer Timothy Allen documents the current state of what was once one of the world’s largest monuments to Communism. Buzludha was built in Bulgaria as a celebration of the nation’s ideology under Communist rule. After the revolution in 1989 the epic structure slipped into ruin and Allen’s series documents its current state in what feels like an impenetrable alien wasteland.

The Power of Introverts

Artificial rainbows, giant bugs, a cupcake ATM and more in this week's look at the web

Author Susan Cain touched down at TED 2012 to discuss her new book, “QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking”. Billing the movement as a revolution to unearth the less aggressive but no less significant role of our more reserved peers, Cain used her time to talk wisely—we walked away feeling inspired by the potential of the quieter side.