The Exploding iPhone, con't.

This is the day we dread: too much summer. When we dream of summer in the middle of winter, it's the warm dry days with a slight breeze. Lakeside perfection. We know we'll get 90s & humidity, but hey, it's part of the deal. Then it comes and we start to think: it would be nice if it was cooler. Just a bit. Makes you think of fall as just a short crawl from the oven to the fridge.

Here's what's not happening on the web today. If it's happening, you know about it; why bother you with the obvious?

ART Fly vomit: you have to admit, it's a medium rich with metaphoric possibilities. Taxi mag says:

Pictures of the tension-drawing and society-mirroring here.

EDITOR'S NOTE WATCH The Washington Post has a shocking story on a shocking video about shocking behavior:

The video shows two Western guys humiliating a Korean woman. Sounds bad. The still frame in the piece looks bad. Second-to-the-last comment on the page says it's from a movie. Korean Herald says:

A comment at 9:14:

FOLLOW-UP The iPhone Electrocution story is in its second and final day. Quartz says it reminds people - meaning, writers looking to invest the story with more meaning than it actually has - that there was the incident of the Exploding iPhone. It's recounted here by Storm Williams, a UK "technology enthusiast" who presumably has experience with the English language he is holding in reserve for some reason:

Well, that's news you can use. Charge your phone outdoor. And please, please! do not put the pillow.

PORTABLE MEATS I have been a guinea pig for several months, it seems. This article discusses REV, a new Hormel product that wraps various varieties of meat and cheese inside bread-like substances. They are marketed towards the AXE crowd, obviously, being RADICAL in their appearance - to use a word so old it dates me and makes me unfit to comment further, really - but the company says they're popular with everyone. The article states that they've been available locally since May, but will be going wide soon.

May? I've seen them for a lot longer than that. I swear I've seen them at Target for a year, since I considered buying one as a plane snack, only to think "nah," because it didn't look particularly satisfying. So it's possible that the Target where I shop contains all sorts of secret products that aren't available elsewhere, and they're performing highly-targeted marketing experiments based on the choice demographics of the area.

OUCH X2 Today's dashcam video reminds you how to be safe on a scooter in city traffic. It's simple. Don't ride one. Make kids who want a scooter see this, just so they know the drill.

Speaking of which: