Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Glassholes, Van Gogh's new ear, exoplanets and more in our weekly look at the web

1. World Cup Tours via Street View In anticipation of next week’s World Cup opening, Google scoured the football-obsessed nation of Brazil for some of the most festive locales, from painted streets to stadiums. The virtual tour is an excellent use of Google’s immersive Street View product. Standing in the center of the pitch offers otherwise inaccessible insight on the scale of what’s to come, …

Access a Lifetime of Photos Anywhere with LyveHome

Wirelessly collect and protect thousands of images and videos from all your devices in one physical place

Since the recent advent of streaming music services, these days most smartphone storage is consumed solely by photos and videos—and the more you take, the more GBs you need. LyveHome—an absolute standout at CES 2014—is changing that with its photo and video hard drive that serves as a personal cloud service. Now that we’ve spent an extensive amount of time with the device, it’s safe …

Conventional Wisdom: International Santa Celebration

Beards, boots, sleighs and plenty of cheer at the annual gathering, explored by photographer Arthur Drooker

For over a year now, photographer Arthur Drooker has traveled the US, stepping into the wondrous world of conventions and meeting their passionate, engaged attendees. Drooker invited CH along, to peer inside every stop through his lens as he constructs a new book appropriately titled Conventional Wisdom. With stops at a Fetish Con, the World Clown Association and even Bronycon, we’ve gained a little insight …