Swiss brand On showcased its trainer-spraying robot on the London leg of its world tour. To create each trainer, the robotic arm sprays almost a mile of filament directly onto the midsole. Within three minutes, the trainer is fully formed.
Monday, May 18, 2026
Palette Inspiration
Palette Inspiration lets you to explore colour palettes extracted from thousands of masterworks - from Renaissance elegance to Impressionist light. I entered Vanessa Bell of the Bloomsbury Group and this is what came up:
I could live with those colours.
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Sunday Links
CATALOGUE: “I photographed, indexed and classified my entire house. Absolutely everything: from my daughters torn sock to my sons Lego, but also my vibrator, my anxiolytics... absolutely everything.” Via Kottke (image above)
There was a skeleton under the heavy grey stones of the floor of the Dutch chapel. Could the bones be those of Charles de Batz de Castelmore, aka Count d’Artagnan the Fourth Musketeer? NYT gift article
The Society for the Prevention of Unnecessary Tuesdays, The Ministry of Slightly Wrong Maps, Armund the River Mapper… Halupedia is “ an infinite, hallucinated encyclopedia. Every link leads to an entry that does not exist yet — until you click it.” Via Metafilter
If your husband had to cook
The Nibmeisters: Who They Are & Why They Matter Via Kottke
“Me being curious and tipsy, I was like 'yep, I'm definitely crawling through that hole'.” A Brooklyn urban spelunking mystery Via Things Magazine
These gorgeous Goldfish Dumplings are not actually stuffed with goldfish. That’s a good thing.
Sled Dog PuppyCam Four of these sweet pups will become Denali canine rangers.
'YMCA' but make it a sad ballad. I felt compelled to watch the whole thing. Weird.
Whichbook Recommendations for books rated by readers, not robots. (Webcurios)
Neanderthal Dentistry Ouch!
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Happy Caturday
Take a Nap - Qin Tianzhu (Chinese, b. 1952, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China) Hanging Scroll, Ink and Color on Paper
A Letter from King Charles
King Charles enlisted the help of some very special couriers to deliver his 100th birthday greetings to Sir David Attenborough.
Friday, May 15, 2026
Sad Artwork of The Day
This print evokes the horrific loneliness of being the last of one’s species. I am posting it on Endangered Species Day to raise awareness of threatened and endangered species.
De-Extinction? The Tasmanian Tiger. A drypoint intaglio print by Faith Chevannes. Selected for the RA Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025
(This film clip of Benjamin, the world’s last thylacine, pacing in its small cage on 7 September 1936 at the Hobart Zoo, Tasmania, Australia breaks my heart.)
Amazing Everywhere
Alexander Zatsepin - Main Theme from the soviet cult classic cartoon "The Mystery of the Third Planet"
The Do-Nothing Machine
In 1957, industrial designers Charles and Ray Eames designed the SOLAR DO-NOTHING MACHINE. True to the Eameses' belief that toys are not as innocent as they appear, the machine was one of the first uses of solar power to produce electricity.
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