links for 2008-10-12

America the Banana Republic: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

(tags: politics christopherhitchens bush america economics finance usa economy republicans)
Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn

(tags: VC economy economics finance interesting venturecapital market startups sequoia)
Tweethearts: blogger proposes to nerd girlfriend over Twitter, she tweets back acceptance. – Boing Boing

(tags: twitter communication social seanbonner tarabrown love)
OpenStreetMap – Shibuya, Tokyo

(tags: maps map tokyo)
Armadillo Scooter Wear: Webpages

Really digging some of these coats

(tags: cool bike gear clothing motorcycle protection WANT)
Big Blogger Pay Cuts At b5Media

(tags: blogging blogs business advertising b5media compensation ads revenue)
Freeman Transport

Super bad ass folding bikes. holy crap so much lust.

(tags: bikes bike WANT)
d3o products

Cool stuff using d3o tech

(tags: cool technology science stuff gifts clothing motorcycle protection interesting)