STYLE BUZZ – MOMA’s cute collection of lifestyle products from Japan. Here’s a roundup of cute yet slightly pointless favorites from the collection.

The Best Links:

1. A Treasure Trove of Useless but Cute Things - See Lots of Pics
2. Some Picks Include the Hands-Free Umbrella and a Ramen Dish Set
3. Mochi, the New Mascot of Cuteness
4. Some of Our Favorite Picks
5. Those Japanese Are So Creative!
6. Get Some of the Stuff Online
7. Ooh, a Color-Changing Scarf

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SPORTS BUZZ – As New York and other large cities prepare to construct (or at least mark off) more bike lanes, a debate is brewing about their efficacy. Lax enforcement and a slew of fatal accidents are leading many cyclists to the conclusion that bike lanes are merely a token effort on the part of urban planners and city officials.

The Best Links:

1. Good Intentions, Questionable Results
2. The Case For Physically-Seperated Bike Lanes
3. Bike Lane of Death
4. An Unofficial Violator Database
5. “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz Says Lane Seperation is a Must
6. 22 Year Old is Struck and Dies on the West Side Highway Bike Path
7. Nice Ad, Idiots
8. There Are Some Who Disagree…
9. The Original Promise
10. A Sixth Avenue Bike Lane Death
11. A Double-Parking Fatality

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CULTURE BUZZ – The New Yorker delves into the secret lives of elevators, including the story of a man who was stuck inside one for 41 hours (and it was all caught on tape!). We don’t know about you, but after reading this piece, we’ll take the stairs. See you in the lobby.

The Best Links:

1. The New Yorker’s Nick Paumgarten Tackles Elevators
2. Michelle Collins Interviews the Guy Who Got Stuck in an Elevator for 41 Hours
3. Security Camera Footage: 41 Hours Stuck In An Elevator
4. “Let This Be a Cautionary Tale to All of You Who May Find Yourself Similarly Ensared in This Most Primal of New York Office Drone Nightmares!”
5. Listen to an Interview With “New Yorker” Writer Nick Paumgarten
6. An Illustrated Retelling, With Video
7. The Art and Science of ‘elevatoring’ - an Analytics Point of View.
8. Max Silvestri, Trapped in an Elevator
9. 41 Hours and Not One Bathroom Break?
10. Excellent Flickr Collection Of Elevators

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MOVIE BUZZ – With a new trailer, a new official site (plus several new viral marketing sites), buzz for the secret J.J. Abrams Movie is building steadily. As long as it’s better than Snakes On A Plane, we’ll all be happy. Update: Cloverfield reviews have been great so far!

The Best Links:

1. Watch 5 Minutes of “Cloverfield”
2. LAist Interview: Matt Reeves, Director of Cloverfield
3. Secrets of the SNAFU Behind the Name “Cloverfield”
4. The Cloverfield Teaser
5. CLOVERFIELD: 1-18-08
6. Early, Possibly Planted Cloverfield Reviews (Slight Spoilers)
7. One Cast Member: The Speculation Is Way Off…
8. Rearrange the Photos (And Try Flipping Them…)
9. Trolling The Teaser For Clues
10. Tracking All the Cloverfield Clues
11. TAGRUATO CORP.
12. Slusho! You Can’t Drink Just Six
13. T.I.D.O. WAVE
14. Massive Fan Forum on All Things Cloverfield
15. The Cloverfield Monster Is…Manhattan?
16. Cloverfield Reviews on Mahalo
17. Will her role in Cloverfield make Odette Yustman a star?
18. “They Have Created a Classic”
19. Theories on the Whisper at the End of Cloverfield
20. ‘Cloverfield’ Monster Gets its Own Toy - Cinematical
21. 25 Production Photos
22. Nevermind the Monster - Cloverfield Is All About 9/11
23. Interview With Cloverfield Star TJ Miller
24. Cameraman T.J. Miller Talks Monsters, Manohla Dargis, Underpants

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