Paper just got a little more obsolete. A week after Orange and UK ad agency The Alternative debuted a much buzzed about no touch interactive phone menu in the window of its Carnaby Street store, NYC's legendary St. Regis Hotel has taken the new-age menu up a notch.

The St. Regis is home to celebrated chef Alain Ducasse's Adour Restaurant and, despite the opulent old-skool feel of the sheepskin covered gold wine bar, ordering a drink is decidedly high tech. Created by Potion Design, an electronic touch sensitive menu is displayed onto the bar from a built-in projection system in the ceiling. Foodies can check out Adour's extensive wine list just by tapping their hands on the interactive menu before them. Once you've narrowed it down to a specific wine, a flower icon appears displaying info about the bottle on each of its petals; country, vineyard, grape varietals, and all that fancy sommelier stuff is displayed, literally, right at your fingertips.

Are you a currently unattached singular being? Maybe you've got your eye on someone but you're a little too shy to ask them out? Have you thought about being a secret admirer? Sure, we know that sounds a little fifth grade, but the act of cherishing covertly has just grown up and entered the information age. The new site HadToSay modernizes the secret admirer letter by allowing stalkers potential mates to create an anonymous message of mutilation adoration online and print out a notification card, which can then be discretely given to the object of obsession affection in question. Once your target sweetie gets the card, they then have the choice of logging on to the site where they can receive and reply to the threat message or just plain ignore it. If the latter happens, don't be sad, they weren't good enough for you anyway.

Erin Loechner over at Design for Mankind launched her new monthly ezine yesterday — a beautifully compiled offering you can download it (for free!) directly right here. This month’s issue focuses on inspiration, calling upon dozens of writers and bloggers to share what inspires them in terms of design, coupled with some truly gorgeous still-life photography. I’m looking forward to the months ahead…gorgeous work, Erin!

New York-based photographer Yusuke Nishimura may be just out of art school, but he has already accomplished a great deal in his brief career. His unique brand of cinematic photography has already garnered him plenty of praise and prestigious awards; CMYK Magazine named him number forty on their list of aspiring creatives. He also won the Mac on Campus photo contest while at the Art Center College of Design and took home the award of American Photo of the Year for 2007. The majority of Nishimura's personal projects explore his inner vision, relying on a lifetime of memories to find beauty in the world around him, whether that world is under his desk or on an airport runway. The Japan-born shutterbug's narrative portraits tend to make strong statements that embed ideas and create messages that can communicate with the world over. We think that message is loud and clear…it says an extraordinary talent has arrived.

Trying to figure out if you're all set for your big Super Bowl party this Sunday? Alright, well lets run through the checklist: Chips? Check. Queso dip? Check. Big Screen HDTV and crystal clear sound system? Of course. Well, what about the Hi Definition Napkins. Huh? What? You heard us, Hi-Definition napkins. The guerrilla marketing geniuses at JI Worldwide have come up with Napkin 2.0, the next great marketing tool aimed at those who can't keep food on their plate or off their face. Their innovative new billboard displays crystal-clear visually stunning images on delicate tissue paper that's ideal for wiping that milk mustache off your upper lip with a “Got Milk?” ad. What's next, musical potato chips that play Mellencamp songs?