Boo, banks? Shake up the status quo with this new paradigm: social lending which sidesteps the banks. Without the middleman, lenders and borrowers alike get better rates. One Zopa, please.

Have you ever come across such a nice solution that you want to invent a problem for it? Have a look at Big Cartel and you will start concocting what to sell online. Once you’ve invented something, let us know and we’ll customise your shopfront!

This internet Tardis will take you right back, nearly to the dinosaurs — at least it will feel like that when you see Google’s 1998 beta. Pre-Twitter, pre-Facebook: was that the Age of Innocence? Type your favourite website into the Wayback Machine and find out for yourself.

Typefoundry explores the history of type through single examples. It has been going for a few years now, but it’s only updated every few months, so each new post has become something of an event. It’s unashamedly academic too, which is actually somehow refreshing.