This Week in Awesome (3/9/13)

I know we've been doing this for several years now, but it still feels very strange to switch to Daylight Saving Time so early in the year. For those of you who don't like the lack of sun in the winter months, today's sunset will be at 6:45 pm in Boston.

This appeals to me on multiple levels: a greyhound named after a Patriots player is tearing it up down in Palm Beach. (The Roosevelts)

Sometimes movie and TV show creators make up products (like the Morley cigarettes in The X-Files). And sometimes these made-up brands end up being celebrated in unusual ways. (Laughing Squid)

Really retro: there was a time when charge account holders at department stores were issued "coins" marked with their account numbers. (Shopping Days in Retro Boston)

And for a corresponding bit of retro-futurism: looking back at past visions of what the future would be like is always interesting. Here's a bit of corporate propaganda produced by General Motors for the 1964 World's Fair. (LS)

And finally this week, National Geographic has started a blog to showcase images from their vast photo archive. (The Verge)