All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks can run as much as they want, but not before they make a total mess of their footwear.

Not you, standing safe and clean in these Converse-style Festival Feet. That'll show 'em.

[incrediblethings]

For PBR, it should probably be an ironic moustache.

[geekosystem]

In the early 19th century, French political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville visited America to observe its political system in action.

In the early 21st century, French journalism student Lorena Galliot visited Williamsburg, Brooklyn to observe... its hipsters.

"The Hipster Hunt" chronicles her attempts to pin down the elusive definition of "hipster," much to the chagrin of the actual hipsters she's interviewing.

[kottke.]

Sign Of The Times of the Day: Hipster photo/text combo IRL, spotted in Exeter.

[reddit.]

This Is Funny, You Should Watch It of the Day: I liked this Harvard Sailing Team skit before it was on YouTube.

[hst / thanks billy!]

Headline of the Day: You had me at "blame the hipsters."

[@supergalaxy / perpetua / theawl.]

Lights Out: Whatever hope I may have yet harbored for humanity's viability after viewing Rachael Sequoia's air-headed VC pitch was unceremoniously squelched by the "Forts & The Inbetween" project.

See Also: Cody Johnston's alternate ending