The Empire State Building Printed with Bicycle Tires

Could you ride straight up the side of the Empire State Builiding in New York City? Probably not, but you could use the tires to print an image of it. Thomas Yang, a creative director in Singapore, designed this clever print. It's called "The Cyclist's Empire."

Yang runs 100 Copies, an art studio that produces precisely 100 copies of every print that it designs, including this one.

-via Colossal

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The water fountain map is interesting. Both Rhode Island and the Green Bay region call it a bubbler. I wonder if there's some cultural connection between those two areas.

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I spent quite a bit of time with the interactive maps. The deeper one travels into Wisconsin, the stranger the language becomes. Having vacationed there for a decade, all I can suggest is to load up your iPod with head-banging music and practice water skiing.

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I've always found it interesting how the Chicago area is this weird amalgam of American language dialects. It's sort-of an anything goes place. You can do something like call a midday meal lunch but call an evening meal dinner or supper and no one thinks you odd for doing such. I'm guessing its the southern migratory influence that creates a weird dual terminology.

Same goes for trash/garbage can or slaw/coleslaw. You'll hear both terms used interchangeably, often by the same individual.
Another good example is yard/garage/rubbish sale, all three are used on signage and in reference to having a sale of your old junk on your front lawn.