Article from March about the benefits of and taboo on napping during the workday. I wish we had siestas in the States.

Damien Cave’s harrowing account of an Army unit’ fatal run-in with a road bomb in Mahmudiya, Iraq.

An information design lens on the sport.

Companion site to the book by James Sanders.

“d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those designing and building the latest generation of web-based applications.” A production of Clearleft, with some great speakers planned.

Luc Besson and the success of recent French cinema.

Slick photographs of street dancers caught in mid-air.

“While the duo want their films to have the reality of live-action, they felt it would not ‘honor the distinctive look of the characters and world that Hergé created,’ which led to their decision to use digital 3D performance capture technology.”

Visual representation of parts of the country where there are more men or women.