Hey sailor! This week marks New York City's annual Fleet Week, when our nation's brave and honorable boys and girls get to partay. City establishments have always been welcoming to visiting sailors with deals, sales, and free drinks. And with this year's historic repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, some of the Navy's newly out and proud enlistees can really do it up in NYC. Here is a list of fun bars, nightclubs and to-dos to hit up this weekend for some beefcake fun. (And, for the ladies, we also recommend Henrietta Hudson's, The Cubby Hole, the Wild and Free Boat Ride, Hot Rabbit at Nowhere Bar, Plan B at One Last Shag, Girlnation at Bread and Tulips and Fusion at Club Insomnia.)

Friday night:

XL's Fleet Week Party (512 West 42nd St.)

This Hells Kitchen super club is having its very own Fleet Week celebration. This party will surely give these Navy boys the gay disco experience they certainly don't get at sea.  

Do Ask, Do Tell at La Bottega (363 West 16th St.)

The Maritime Hotel's La Bottega is serving up special Do Ask, Do Tell Cocktails (stoli peach and orange juice) all weekend (and the hotel has specials, too. Rooms are $99 for any active duty sailors in uniform during Fleet Week -- marked down from their usual $375-a-night rate. Hot damn!)

Top Gun screening on the Intrepid. (700 West 46th Street)

The gayest military movie of all time shown on New York's mightiest vessel? Yes.Please. Info here.

Saturday night:

East Village Bar-Hopping

Is there anything better than a good old fashioned bar crawl? Especially when it includes packs of young studs in tight uniforms roaming the street? Our suggestions: Eastern Bloc, Boiler Room, and of course The Cock!

Sunday night:

The Eagle Beer Blast (554 West 28th St.)

For the sailor who is also a leather enthusiast, a visit to The Eagle's legendary beer bust on their roof top is a must. Military guys may get a chance to give some orders for a change.  Eagle patrons really do love a man in uniform. 

Head over to the High Line to check out the new gigantic mural, "Brandon Many Ribs," by French artist JR. You'll spot it up around 29th Street. Then walk up to 46th Street and Eighth Avenue where the Art Production Fund is hosting an installation by Kiki Smith called "Chorus." It's made up of stained-glass stars spread throughout an empty lot and Kiki says the piece is "a tribute to Josephine Baker."

On the Upper East Side, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Avenue @ 82nd Street) has a cool new temporary-architecture work by Tomas Saraceno called "Cloud City." The rooftop installation is composed of lots of interlocking geodesic pods that can can walk around in and get a great view of Central Park. Also, if you haven't already gone, Tom Sachs "Space Program: Mars" over at the Park Avenue Armory on Lexington and 67th Street is a must-see.

Over in Long Island City, PAPER's Monica LoCascio -- along with Daria Brit Shapiro -- curated a group show, "Cosmic Architecture," that's up at Artists Wanted Gallery (25-25 44th Drive, LIC, Queens). The show has works by Maya Hayuk, Matt Jones, Max Gleason and more and it's up until June 17. Unfortunatly, MoMa PS1 won't be starting their Saturday Warm Up series of parties until July 7, but you still have a chance to check out the works by Lara Favaretto, Max Brand, Rania Stephan and Francis Stark, all of which are up until the end of May.

Finally, head to the Museum of Sex (233 Fifth Avenue) for the interesting group show "F*ck Art." The museum invited 20 international street artists to show their existing work or to create new works on their third floor. You'll find several NSFW pieces by artists including AIKO, Mode 2, Rostarr, JMR and Miss Van.

Apple's domination of and influence on the communications, technology and entertainment industry is fairly obvious, but some of the statistics stated below are quite staggering. Apple recently overtook Enron as the largest company by market capital, and they recently announced that they will be issuing a dividend to it's stockholders, which is expected to generate roughly $10 Billion in it's first year. The infographics below identify just how big this Apple is in real world terms.

Apple's total sales in 2011 were $128 Billion, which is more than the GDP of about 160 nations around the world;

So MasterNath, AKA The Instant Classic, AKA Urban Articulations [in his words, 'the man who's had more name changes than Prince'], is going to be working at the Olympics this summer, well done him... He approached us about the possibility of writing about his experience over the summer, so here it is, and there he goes... Wish our boy luck...

So, this summer I'll be diving into the pool of Olympic spirit by working at the centre of all the action, the Olympic Village. And I am going to be sharing my experiences with you. Yes, you. Aren't you fortunate? Oh look, you're excited. I'm flattered. I'm supposedly working in a big canteen in the Village, exclusively for the atheletes. I use the word supposedly because after recieving conformation that I got the job way back in February, I've not heard from them since, apart from a text message to tell me there was 100 days left until the opening ceremony. What I do remember from my interview (which I aced) is that this is a 24/7 job, as the atheletes are hungry people. So that means I'll be working eight hour shifts day or night. And because I enthusiastically mentioned I am within walking distance from the Village, I'll probably be working nights. Joy. So that's literally all the information I have at the moment. I do hope you'll keep reading my entries over the next couple of months, think of them as the antidote to the Evening Standard's gushy articles about the Olympics. And also this will be a new experience for me as I'm not sporty and I've never had a job that involves food and standing for eight hours. Let's just hope I don't get the sack. Until next time...

It was, of course, with sadness that we had to hear the news about Maurice Sedank this week, but if there are people in this world who - when leaving it - are adamant to leave you in turn with a smile on your face, he was one of them... I love the idea of doing something so darn well that it makes people want to eat it. And, on a bit of a boring business note, it of course reiterates the value people, consumers, and fans place on being replied to... Bless.

As part of the launch of TFL’s March road safety campaign, they have partnered with Live Magazine to save thousands of teenagers, through an innovative game that will engage over 300,000 Live readers.The game has proven highly effective in improving road safety. 

The game is hosted directly on Live Magazine’s website and is aimed at getting 11-14-year-olds to look out for their mates on the road. By playing the game, users are taught essential road survival skills, and due to the addictive nature of it, core messages are inherently embedded in the user's mind. Users also have a chance to win tickets to this year’s Underage Festival including freebies from Cineworld and other prizes from We7.com, Nickelodeon and MTV. 

258 young people are killed or injured on London’s road every year than any other type of injury, making this game the first of it’s kind to make a huge and rewarding impact on young lives.
Of the research on conducted by Live, 92% of interviewees said that the game ‘made them think differently about crossing the road when with mates’ and 85% said they ‘were more likely to consider using a zebra crossing next time they cross the road’.

-  Live Magazine is hosting the game until Sunday 6th May in a dedicated microsite .

-  Users who complete the game will 100% win a prize. It takes roughly 20 minutes on average to get to the end of the game.

I have spent many an afternoon bored out of my mind in a queue at the post office. Whilst I would never consider 'going postal', the never-ending queue frustrates me greatly. I can appreciate this solution devised by the agency Dare and some students in Manchester.

They love a billboard in Shinjuku and Shibuya. We recently had the pleasure of seeing the big bright lights of Tokyo, and the hordes of hoarding that are ubiquitous there got us thinking about how effective these means of advertising can be. A billboard can have a big impact. Ostensibly equipped with witty slogans or striking visuals, some stand out more than others, striking a chord with passers by. We've picked out some of the most provocative and interesting billboards from across the globe.