Sunday, November 08, 2026

Sunday Links

Fiat’s new Multiplay concept car transforms from SUV to pickup (image above) The design takes inspiration from the original Fiat 600 Multipla from 1956. I think it looks like a toy.

 Baby Cuban crocodiles are so cute. Who knew? Via Memo Of The Air

 Audio, video, disco

Swipeblocked: The iPhone keyboard carries a hidden list of thousands of phrases it will never suggest or let you swipe.

Xylophonist

Earth Noises: Live earthquakes, solar wind, ocean swell, tides and the space station, played as sound and sent as MIDI. Via Web Curios

Martin Scorsese’s list of 39 essential foreign films for a young filmmaker

Poulette is a new potato that tastes like roast chicken. Sadly it is not yet available in Canada.

The TinyTanic

The Restroom Archive has published 3D scans of 221 public bathrooms in 99 cities across 15 countries. Some are nice and others are, shall I say, not so nice. (Kraftfuttermischwerk)

Where do the world's whales live? 

Life Is Funny: NYT readers submitted single-panel cartoons in the spirit of P.C. Vey, the longtime New Yorker cartoonist who died recently. NYT Gift Link

TheWitness - A very short story by Jorge Luis Borges

Meet the winners of the 2026 Good Dog Photo Contest. 

Falling Down If I were to fall in public I’d probably be so embarrassed I’d just play dead.

The inventor of the electrical bulb has a question

The Crocfather: “I partied with Fleetwood Mac, delivered pizza to Joe Montana, kidded around with Robin Williams. I have three-star generals on speed dial. I raced cars at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. I was in the witness-protection program, more or less.”

Keep an eye on visitors to your property with these.

Borderline is an online daily game where more than 300,000 people collectively draw borders of countries, states, provinces, and other official territories. (Kottke)

Socialist Hotels

Music For Sunday Morning

ZoƩ Basha - Dublin Street Corners

 

Saturday, November 07, 2026

Everyday Chemistry

Everyday Chemistry is the Beatles album that doesn’t exist. It came into the possession of a person identified only by the pseudonym "James Richards",  after he crossed into a parallel world where the Beatles never broke up. It’s a fascinating alternate universe story. Read about it at the URL thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com

Happy Caturday!

Charming Cats by Dutch printmaker Julie de Graag (18 July 1877 – 2 February 1924)



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Friday, November 06, 2026

Jesse Welles Has Something To Say About The Midterms

Tiny maps

I really like these tiny pixelmaps of different cities around the world. I zoomed in on the house where we lived in Toronto a very long time ago.


Hyperburn

In this comedy sci-fi short a hero finds himself stranded in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Fortunately he has a recent AI implant to help him survive on his journey across the unforgiving terrain, searching for civilization.