•   A design for a sustainable dance club, where the vibrations created by the dancers actually power the club. I wonder if it would feel like a sprung dance floor or if you would even notice the difference in the rebound.

• Addicted2Salsa digs the Latin iPod ad. Salsa dancers on profile– so cool! A practical note from me: I would never dance with a guy listening to an iPod because (a) I wouldn’t be able to hear the music, and (b) I would most certainly get tangled up in the headset cord.

• Dana Gioia, president of the National Endowment for the Arts delivers a lovely commencement address on the importance of arts education for a civil society. Worth reading all the way through [sent to me by printperson].