It’s a new year and time to mix things up. Over on Dark Roast blend is a collection of completely innovative bicycle designs that will make you twice about saying anything is just like riding a bicycle again. Here are some of my favorites: More on cycling.

Since it was rocked by a devastating earthquake, Haiti has been on the forefront of public consciousness. But the fact is, the island nation has suffered from poverty, malnutrition, and high food prices long before any hurricane or quake. Here are ten hunger facts about Haiti. 2. Even before the earthquake, nearly two million people …

Towering at 8”1’, the world’s tallest man, Sultan Kosen, welcomed the world’s shortest man, 2’5” He Pingping, to his home country of Turkey for a Guinness World Records event. Kosen and Pingping posed for photographers at the promotional event in Istanbul, creating quite the interesting photo op. Oodles of oddities.

Though a swanky interior could never quite inspire someone to ride in the Hindenburg again, 80 years after the infamous disaster, Airships gives an impressive photo tour of the air balloon’s insides. I never knew anything about the aircraft aside from its awful ending, but this blog guides us through the Hindenburg’s promenades, dining room, …

A few years back Garr Reynolds asked me to write the foreword for his book, Presentation Zen. Such a book, of course, merited more than the usual all-text, blah foreword, so we created a PowerPoint-slides foreword. It’s a first in the history of publishing (I think). Hope you enjoy it and that you buy the …

The worst thing about airplane boarding passes is not only that they can be confusing—they’re also ugly. So Tyler Thompson and a bunch of other designers on Boarding Pass/Fail took a shot at rebooting the thing. Some of them are pretty cool: More on creative design.

Compared to these 10 futuristic phone concepts collected by Toxel, the Android and iPhones seem like dinosaurs. I like these the best: How about more on the iPhone or gadgets?

I’m pretty indifferent when it comes to plastic surgery; it’s a person’s preference and wallet size that really matter. However, I just cannot keep my mouth shut after reading about these 10 crazy plastic surgeries to look like someone else. For example, the twins who had plastic surgery to look more identical or the lady …

It’s after the holidays, so the office kitchen has been cleaned of any leftovers and your stomach is rumbling louder than the loose change in your pocket. You walk down the hall, stopping to splash your mouth with a drink from the water cooler and so begins your dilemma. What do you choose from the …

A camera in the hands of talented photographer can produce some jaw-dropping images and, if that photog boasts some digital editing skills, then the end result can be truly stunning. Little Box of Ideas collected 61 of the most awesome photo manipulations and put them in one place for your viewing pleasure. Here’s a little …

Forget the Apple tablet, could the iCar be the next big thing from Steve Jobs and crew? Not likely, but Bono (and his infinite wisdom regarding the auto industry) would like to see Jobs and Jonny Ive, Apple’s Senior VP of Industrial Design, dive into the driver’s seat of car design. In a New York …

Let’s face it, Disney would not want any child to see Winnie the Pooh blasting an AK-47 or their beloved Snow White getting arrested. But, this is what happens when adults take their fetishes too far. A few of the banned Disney photos are NSFW, so click through when you have some privacy. Return to …