Just the latest in a string of asshat "starchitects" who risibly equate being "different" with good architecture. The roof of Frank "Needs More Crumpling" Gehry's building on the MIT campus has similarly sieve-like qualities.

going from high school to college is totally different

I used to be in the business. The signature and inscription are good—i.e., authentic—and that's where most of the value lies. I'd say it'd bring around $3,000 at auction. Not enough to retire on, but a hell of a windfall courtesy of an extremely careless bookseller.

Normally, I'd say that only an asshole would use Helvetica for a letter of such gravity. But he definitely earns a pass on this one. Still, I bet the NRA uses that shareware version peppered with bullet holes for their official correspondence.

Jesus. TV shows + internet + desperate for attention = these idiots.

A nice thought, but the FBI is more than aware of this kind of stuff. Say what you will about them, but they have the resources to often track a charred little fragment of nothing to the actual store where it was bought.

We're saving it for Nancy.

It will be a great day when smug New Yorkers stop referring to the high-and-dry heartland as "flyover country" and will be forced to pay ridiculous prices for the privilege of living in a non-submerged, non-rent-controlled apartment (without doorman) owned by a sweet cookie-baking, vegetable-gardening couple in, say,…

Once again, Apple's Tim Cook has topped Out's annual Power List.... Nick Denton is No. 39

F U.