I’ll be gone in Hawaii for the next week until the 25th, so the blog will be on hiatus until I get back. Call it a “Hawaiiatus”.

I’ll be thinking of all my loyal readers while I’m spelunking down an active volcano, paragliding at 200 feet, and doing other dangerous things I won’t actually be doing.

I’ll be out the next three days, as I will be in the woods of northern Nebraska performing an important male rite of passage (you know, killing an entire family of black bears using only my hands).  Thought District Art Director Kevin Fitzgerald will capably fill in until then, or permanently should this whole bear thing not work out.

Is it an iPad killer? Not quite, nor does it aim to be. Positioned as a digital textbook, the Kno (with the support of numerous textbook publishers) aims to entirely replace the sordid world of textbook buying, carrying, and buying back. Packed with productivity apps, the Kno allows for the dragging of images and text from digital textbooks to be saved into notes. These notes can be synced to a server for access even if the Kno isn’t available.

I’d bludgeon a freshman with a backpack full of science textbooks to get one of these. And I’m not even a student anymore.

A true man of the world travels by land, sea, and air in this wonderful extended spot by Wieden + Kennedy. The spot is meant to showcase the future of the Honda brand without forgetting its storied past.

It’s official. Let it be known. I’m talking to you, “woman who pays with a check at the grocery store”. And you too, “man who will only drive a mid- to late-model Buick, Oldsmobile, or Crown Victoria”. And don’t think I forgot you either, “man who owns the entire run of Perry Mason on VHS”.

Of course if you’re actually on IE6, you probably can’t read this.

This has nothing to do with advertising or design, but everything to do with awesome. Click to zoom in.

Pulled from Geekologie.

World Press Photo announced the winners of their 53rd annual World Press Photo Contest. Some of the photos are inspiring, some are disturbing. All of them are amazing.

Take a look at the Winner’s Gallery. Scooped from Creative Review.

If you enjoy the work of Kevin Cyr (featured on this blog earlier), then you probably love vans. Well, there’s another man out there (in what appears to be a very limited club) also attempting to preserve their stoic, boxy, multiple passenger beauty. See more of Joe Stevens work at his website.