• How mobile phones are making cash obsolete in Africa - The Globe and Mail: The system is impressively simple and secure. Subscribers give an occasional lump-sum payment to Telesom and then use this balance to pay merchants digitally. To make a purchase, they dial a three-digit number, enter a four-digit PIN and then enter the merchant's Zaad number and the amount of the payment. Every merchant - even street vendors - keeps their Zaad numbers prominently displayed. Within moments, the customer and the merchant both receive text messages to confirm the payment and the transaction is done. I've heard about Zaad and M-Pesa before, but never known the specifics of the interaction. It's amazing really - quick, easy, with confirmation for both sides of the transaction.
• The Offline Glass on Vimeo - beer glasses that only stand when placed on your mobile phone.
• Rick Rubin on Crashing Kanye's Album in 15 Days - Newsweek and The Daily Beast: Rick Rubin got Black Sabbath to return to its roots. He crashed Kanye's new album in 15 days. From Def Jam to Adele, the hit-maker gets intimate about his last 30 years%u2014and how he's about to make history.
• Obvious Winner - Magical American Soldiers Playing Quidditch in the Deserts of Afghanistan: Bonus points for dropping the snitch with an AR-15.
• Architizer Blog » Artist Captures The Ruins Of Stars Wars
• This Guy Reinvented the Wheel ... by Turning It Into a Cube - Megan Garber - The Atlantic

And lastly... I feel the world is a better place because someone made this happen:

I just like to think of the night he turned around to his girlfriend or flatmates or whoever and said "hey I've got an idea..."

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