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The human body as a subway map. Fab.

So you know, 24 fast food restaurant secret menu items revealed.

"Airlocks provide a buffer zone between incompatible environments and are a perfect example of how architecture can function as a spatial interface." YOU SUCK: An Airlock Lexicon.

Very cool, vinyl record grooves under an electron microscope.

Masterpieces of minimalism or cheap furniture? An artist or an ape? Familiar-looking online quizzes as art satire.

Silence Television, illustrations and prints by Gianmarco Magnani. Sweet lines and machines. Love the "Forgotten Monarchy" series. Via Netdiver.

Two photographers in two cities shooting and posting a photographic dialogue live while a musician creates a sound track. That was Week #3's Exhibition Match #3 of live Layer Tennis. Man, that was some fun. Here's the back story from the shooters. Match #2 was amazing, two expert typographers created and modified a new typeface in real time. Check Mark Simonson's recap, Beneath the Volley of the Fonts. The Season Opener was Khoi Vinh and Nicholas Felton with comments by John Nack and the guys have posted a terrific recap of what they did during the game, and why. It should be required reading for future players.

Naz and Sam Peeling Back the Layers on last Friday's amazing photographic and musical live Layer Tennis Match. No Tennis this week by the way, we'll be back live on the 19th.

Gruber just posted this great piece of historical nerdery by Tandy Trower, "The Secret Origin of Windows," which lead me to hunt for the tale of IBM's TopView and the complete OS/2 timeline. I'm going to stop now before the rest of my afternoon is consumed with something like AmigaOS.

The history of proposals for moving sidewalks in New York from around the turn of the last century.

Everything is Terrible announces their pick for World's Most Action Packed Action Movie, 1987's Deadly Prey.

Here's what was going on in Italy in 1979: Stefania Rotolo Goldrake Live Appearance.

The commercial work of director Joachim Back, who just won an Oscar for his short film The New Tenants. Scroll down and start with "Milkman."

The NESynth in action. Via Peachfuzz.

We're getting The Spring Exhibitions ready. In the meantime take a last look through Winter at The Museum of Online Museums. Enjoy the collected collections and then please consider joining the Museum Board of Directors and receive some nice swag, including a DVD of our soon-to-be-released MoOMumentary, The Curators, and also that warm, smug feeling that comes with knowing you're much more generous than your low-rent friends.

Real doctors review each episode of the medical drama tv show House.

James Patrick Gibson's New Type York, a daily archive of images of typographic artifacts. Via @H_FJ.

Just in time for spring, bike lanes on Google Maps.

At Last- the full story on how Facebook was founded. Via MeFi.