Ultra wide, ultra mail-able, and ultra unlike any envelope you’ve used before.

At just 11×17 inches this envelope this is truly a breakthrough design.

Are you a huge nerd with a sharp sense of style? Then these ASCII art curtains by Dutch designer Nienke Sybrandy would the perfect addition to your abode. ASCII art is like geek impressionist painting: from afar you see a complete image, but up close you see all the tiny strokes (in this case printable characters) that make up the image. If the term hasn’t been coined already, I’d like to call this “geek chic.”

I came in this morning craving a steak served black and blue style and although this dosen’t exactly meet the definition, this custom sandwich sure did satisfy the craving. Big thanks to the Deli sandwich line! Beef brisket, beautifully grilled onions and melted blue cheese served on a BH hoagie roll.

The human body as an alternative energy source? Here’s a method with huge potential for capturing the energy expended by our muscles: an energy harvesting knee brace.

Some new ornaments on the roaster at Coffee Co.

Esquire magazine has a feature this month about the best sandwiches in America. Zingerman’s own #97, Lisa C’s Boisterous Brisket made the list (as did the McRib and Chik-Fil-A…???). Here’s how Esquire described the sandwich:

Gold Angus-beef brisket, dry-rubbed with sea salt, pungent Tellicherry black pepper, garlic, and marjoram, is left to sit in a mixture of butter-sautéed onions, caramelly demerara sugar, ketchup, molasses, garlic, and cayenne. Later it’s hand-pulled and layered into a bun that’s basically challah baked in hot-dog-roll form. On the side you get molasses-baked beans with applewood-smoked bacon, best added to the sandwich…

D$ had this to share: “Laura recalls their visit and Kleen’s request to ‘make this one pretty’ (no small feat with unadorned meat on an ungrilled bun)…whatever English she put on it must have worked. Dave and I have no idea how they whiffed on the #74 and the double-aught but, hey, we’ll take whatever richly-deserved, international recognition we can get.”

1. Would someone’s bonsai go missing.. 2. does the owner make a such a nice little poster for it.