the internet explorer | treat yo self

Huzzah! The inaugural edition of I N T E R N E T || E X P L O R E R. Thank you all for taking this weird journey with me.

In the world of currency redesigns (Norway announced theirs a few weeks back and it's beautiful), we have a new proposed design for the US. I think it's a bit too science focused, but man is it pretty. Obviously it will never get made because we will never change our currency ever.

There is a new study about Why We Gossip but it can be boiled down to this: "Individuals need evaluative information about others to evaluate themselves." As a serial gossiper, I can confirm that we pretty much already knew this.

The Eight Types of People You Meet In Every Office is brilliant. Are you all reading the Toast? You should be.

Everyone at NPR was sharing their embarrassing AIM screennames, and I have already forced everyone in the office to share theirs. Mine was Chica1914, which manages to encompass both my age and my love of Titanic, and I know you all thought that wasn't possible.

If you Angelenos were wondering how to pronounce "Los Angeles," the LA Times from forever ago has a helpful guide. I actually can't even figure out if I'm pronouncing it correctly.

All right. That is all for now, my friends.

--Emily