Belgian artist Anton Van Hertbruggen’s work has an appealing retro vibe
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| Image: Anton Van Hertbruggen |
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Artist Of The Day
Beavers AreThe Best Landscape Architects
How beavers are transforming the environment, building beaver dam structures that reshape landscapes and bring back biodiversity in Scotland.
Monday, April 06, 2026
Ripple - Playing For Change
"Let there be songs to fill the air..." - Jerry Garcia
This song is performed in support of the Playing For Change Foundation's music schools and programs for children worldwide.
Photograph Of The Day
This beautiful photograph of pink cherry blossoms reflected in a canal at Kitaasaba Sakura堤 Park was taken by the photographer @number_shiiix. Link
How To Escape Professional Handcuffs
The catch is that you need a paperclip. I'm not sure a felon on the run (or in the back of a cop car) would have quick access to one. I have trouble finding one in my desk drawer when I need it. Perhaps a seasoned criminal always has one up his sleeve?
Via Memo Of The Air
Sunday, April 05, 2026
Sunday Links
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| Whale Bus |
France in the Year 2000, as Envisioned in 1899 Too bad the whale bus didn’t work out. (image above)
A fascinating chronicle of the rhythms of daily life on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote inhabited island.
Some Pysanky for Easter.
This ad shows how to transport a body in a Toyota trunk. If you need this information, I urge you to turn yourself in. Via Memo Of The Air
Silent Sunday: Leanne Cole’s gorgeous images taken around Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne. Via Tacky Raccoons
Infinite Digest: 30 years after the publication of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest an interactive companion to the book by Christian Swinehart of Samizdat Drafting Co. has been released. I have tried three times to read the novel and had to put it down - too much tennis, so many philosophical conversations and way too many footnotes. Maybe I need this guide to navigate it? I’ll let you know how it goes.
Slowjamastan: The new 'nation' where Crocs and reply-all emails are forbidden.
The apéritif dînatoire, a cocktail-and-dinner-party hybrid, looks like a sensible way to entertain. (NYT gift article)
Things you can actually buy: A David Byrne 'Jumping Jack' Puppet Via Blort
A Radio That Tunes to the Past The project was developed with one of Japan’s largest elderly care operators, and is rooted in Reminiscence Therapy, a well-documented approach in cognitive health research. What a great idea!
A testimonial to man’s best friend: Theodorus Gaza, Laudatio Canis, 1482
Brilliant British illustrator Glen Baxter has died at 82. His drawings featured cowboys, gangsters, explorers and schoolchildren with sly references to social issues. (image below)
After a diet of crape from doorbells the lace and smilax were good. Via Miss Cellania
The name is Panther, Pink Panther. Listen to music from the era of playboy espionage at Spy Vibe Radio: Pink Panther Via PfRC
Vancouver looks like it’s floating on clouds.
This was news to me: Funeral Bread
Designing in the Glitch: Anton Elfilter blends collage, digital tools, and AI to create surreal compositions.
Last but not least: Watch out for the frillies
Saturday, April 04, 2026
The Perfect English Rabbit
“The image above details the aesthetic requirements for achieving the "Ideal English Rabbit", the benchmark of perfect markings for a particular breed of rabbit first developed in the middle of the nineteenth century.”
Strandbeest Evolution
Theo Jansen has been building his PVC wind powered beach beasts since 1990. The strandbeests come from twelve periods, each period being characterized by its own developments.
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