It was a fantastic run, but after a year of excellent online television, ESS shut down this weekend. As of Sunday afternoon, the streams were being taken offline one by one. Pressure from the owners of the content and the threat of unimaginable legal bills meant that it had to go. But ESS did prove that IPTV is viable, delivering 51 channels of solid programming for $5 a month.
Too much choice can make us unhappy and indecisive. It can also frustrate us. Check out the comparison between Yahoo's calendar and Basecamp's.
This chick rides a bike like nobody's business. [thanks Allyson]
Weatherbonk is a mashup with maps, local forecasts, and weather webcams. [via waxy]
Hundreds (thousands?) of these HAM radio cards are at the Ham Gallery QSL Museum.
There's a generational divide in digital culture, not only in use and influence, but in the way our brains process information. Are you a Digital Native? [via Eyebeam]
KitKat bars sell $1.6 billion annually. When they offered more variety of flavors in the UK, sales dropped 18% over two years.
Remains of interior walls once attached to buildings still standing make for surreal exteriors displayed on their former neighbors.
The Leo Burnett agency designed this sundial billboard for McDonald's in Chicago. [thanks Allyson]
In my Drawing II class at SCAD with the inspiring Avantika Bawa, our first assignment was the hellish task of using a new BIC pen to draw until it was empty. I wish my final product was as amazing as these ballpoint pen drawings. [via digg]
Seurat's "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" was recreated along the riverfront in Beloit, Wisconsin. [via Towleroad]
The most recent web zen on chaoskitty is lighting. [via BB]
An anti-abortion nut mistook an Onion article for a real one. Hilarity ensued, as one can imagine.
Two women were shot inside Crobar in NYC. Is this what we have to look forward to as dance music goes more mainstream?
Censorship is good for sales. The refusal of Indigo Music & Books in Canada to sell the June issue of Harper's made it a bestseller in the country.
Weird Al interviews Eminem from his show AlTV. [via waxy]
Speak Up has a roundtable discussion of the redesign of Design Observer.
Fashion, filmmaking, online shopping, and hardcore sex have never looked more stunning, in every sense of the word. Sexpacking is Shai's new interactive clothing catalog. Absolutely not safe for work. [via Protein]
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