Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Crossing Africa and the Sahara by Truck
Colour slides are used to document a journey made across Africa and the Sahara Desert in 1959/60. It's really good.
Via MeFi
Via MeFi
Little Free Library converted into a "Peep Show"
Cristie Kearny of Seattle has removed books from her Little Free Library to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and has turned it into a Peep Show, featuring Mary Peepins.
It's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
More: Boing Boing
It's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
More: Boing Boing
Restaging Famous Paintings During COVID-19
“Choose your favorite artwork; Find three things lying around your house; Recreate the artwork with those items; And share with us.”The Getty Museum in Los Angeles launched a challenge to help people overcome the ennui of the COVID-19 quarantine and the internet has responded.
Madonna and child.https://t.co/ZbnVeToUPE pic.twitter.com/7Vkl91CF6D— Getty (@GettyMuseum) March 25, 2020
More here
Tweet Of The Day
Homemade garbage bag and recorder bagpipes as seen on my Sunday Links.
— Tabby LaRasa (@LarasaTabby) March 30, 2020
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Houston's A.S.S. With Chris Bakos, Traci Lavois Thiebaud, and Jennifer Wood. Shot in isolation in Houston, Texas and Bangalore, India. This is lovely.
Dancing with Joey Ramone
My friend Alan posted this on Facebook a few days ago and it's been running through my head ever since. Perhaps posting it will purge the earworm.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Some Good News with John Krasinski
The news we need: John Krasinski highlights some good news from around the world.
The Girl on the Magazine Cover
What went into creating a magazine cover back in the late 1940s? The company that produced this spot was called Jam Handy and was a PR company for Chevrolet. The objectification of women is so blatant.
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Tweet Of The Day
Romance in the time of COVID-19.
Via Neatorama
I can’t believe this actually worked and yes this is a real story pic.twitter.com/X5KbBl0qIe— Jeremy Cohen (@jerm_cohen) March 22, 2020
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All The Feelings
How do you feel? Sometimes it's not easy to put the emotions you are feeling into words.
The Feeling Wheel was designed in 1982 by Dr. Gloria Wilcox to help people recognize and communicate their feelings. It consists of an inner circle with 5 sectors and two outer concentric circles. The outer rings contain names of secondary feelings related to the primary ones.
Thanks Bruce!
The Feeling Wheel was designed in 1982 by Dr. Gloria Wilcox to help people recognize and communicate their feelings. It consists of an inner circle with 5 sectors and two outer concentric circles. The outer rings contain names of secondary feelings related to the primary ones.
Thanks Bruce!
Cream's White Room, Baroque Lute Version
Daniel Estrem playing White Room (Cream-1968) by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown arranged for baroque lute by Daniel Estrem
Via Memo Of The Air
Via Memo Of The Air
Quilt Fever
A sweet documentary short film by Olivia Loomis Merrion about the Academy Awards of quilting in Paducah, Kentucky.
Quilt Fever from Olivia Loomis Merrion on Vimeo.
Quilt Fever from Olivia Loomis Merrion on Vimeo.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Tilt-shift Azerbaijan
Joerg Daiber of Little Big World presents a tilt-shift video of the deserts and hills of Azerbaijan, which sits at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Via Memo of the Air (a treasure trove for link lovers)
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Via Memo of the Air (a treasure trove for link lovers)
Catface!
DIY feline quarantine couture. Keep COVID-19 at bay with this N95 mask.
Instructions here Go ahead, you know you want one.
Via BoingBoing
Instructions here Go ahead, you know you want one.
Via BoingBoing
Sunday Links
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| 1935 Auburn 851 Supercharged Speedster |
Some People - a beautiful and powerful message from Jason Kottke. Read it right now.
Gardens You Can Virtually Tour Right Now
Photographs Of Native Americans In Ceremonial Masks, 1905-1915
How to Build Your Own Airplane This should keep me busy while I'm confined to quarters. Thanks Bruce!
Bottoms up! Actor-filmmaker Paul Feig shows how to make his perfect martini.
Hey kids! Want to drive your parents bonkers during self-quarantine? How to Make Bagpipes Out of a Garbage Bag and Recorders
Watch SXSW shorts for free courtesy of new Mailchimp platform #SupportTheShorts
The Atlantis of Wales? How a storm revealed a Welsh kingdom
The N95 mask: The untold origin story Thanks Bruce!
“The Roads Not Taken”: A Robert Frost Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Poem
How to Revive Stale Bread: This easy tip for refreshing day-old bread will make a stale loaf taste freshly baked. You're welcome!
The Moment the Myth of Alien Abduction Was Born It began with a trip to Niagara Falls…
Coronavirus: Jamie Oliver teaches us how to make pasta with only one item
Collectors Weekly brings us a lovely collection of Vintage Costume Brooches on E-Bay.
London's Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665)
Why the World Overlooked Canadian Whisky My tipple of choice was Bourbon until 2016 when I decided to hold my nose and go Canadian. 3-1/2 years later I've grown fond of the stuff.
New York City Quarantine Colouring Activity Page
Surgical masks are scarce and should be reserved for health professionals. Cynthia Korzekwa reminds us that this virus is likely to stick around for awhile and shares some videos on how to make your own masks.
At Home With My Mother: Anthropologist and writer Delwar Hussain's account of recent weeks of self-isolating, alone with his mother in the family house in Spitalfields. A nice story.
Cooking from the pantry: 15-Minute Stovetop Mac and Cheese uses canned milk. I haven't tried it yet but they describe it as "ultra gooey" so it must be good! (I had to Google "American Cheese". In Canada we call it "processed cheese ".)
So pretty! The candy pastel perfection of old Russian houses. Via
Virtually Tour the Winchester Mystery House Constructed in 1884, the San Jose mansion is said to be haunted by the ghosts of people killed with Winchester rifles, which were the creation of its original owner’s widow Sarah Winchester. Free while it's closed due to the COVID-19 virus. Via Facebook.
Catscapes
Malaysian illustrator Lim Heng Swee turns landscapes into catscapes
See more on his Instagram account.
Via Why Evolution Is True
See more on his Instagram account.
Via Why Evolution Is True
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Done With Those Days
"And oh yes my brothers
We are gonna lean on each other
If we're gonna turn this situation 'round"
Via Boing Boing
View Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Room Online
Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room--The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away is now available to view online through The Broad Museum's Instagram feed.
Via Boing Boing
Via Boing Boing
All The Songs Named In Bob Dylan's 'Murder Most Foul'
Yesterday I posted Bob Dylan's new song "Murder Most Foul". In it he makes references to dozens of songs from the 60s. NPR has made a playlist that roughly follows this lesson in music history.
Read more: NPR
Read more: NPR
The Foster Portfolio
Based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The Foster Portfolio is the story of a rookie investment counselor who discovers that his penniless client is hiding a huge inheritance in order to conceal a double life.
The Foster Portfolio from Danielle Katvan on Vimeo.
The Foster Portfolio from Danielle Katvan on Vimeo.
Friday, March 27, 2020
AI Weirdness Takes On The Great British Bakeoff
Janelle Shane of AI Weirdness decided we could all use a bit of comfort these days and what could be more comforting than the Great British Bakeoff? She trained a neural net to create baked goods and human faces using 55,000 screenshots from the show. Unfortunately the results they generated were not comforting. In fact they were kind of terrifying. The baked goods were terrible. (Would you like voidcake, floating dough, or terror blueberry?) The human faces are indescribable.
Learn more about this project (and others) at AI Weirdness
Learn more about this project (and others) at AI Weirdness
Empty Streets Of Rotterdam
Yesterday I posted a video of Amsterdam during quarantine. Today I am posting a similarly eerie video of Rotterdam.
Via TMN
Via TMN
Bob Dylan Releases Epic New Song,
Bob Dylan surprised fans late Thursday night with the release of the epic "Murder Most Foul," a long, delicate song about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
More: NPR
More: NPR
Quarantine Jukebox
Here's something to keep you from going stir crazy while you're housebound.
2strokebuzz has provided a pdf file so you can make your own as well as a Jukebox playlist on Spotify:
Via
2strokebuzz has provided a pdf file so you can make your own as well as a Jukebox playlist on Spotify:
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Thursday, March 26, 2020
Tweet Of The Day
This one made me tear up.
Three generations of social distancing as my dad meets his grandson for the first time 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/uyHHgBBXxb— Emma (@emmabethgall) March 21, 2020
DIY Miniature Leica Camera Fits on a Fingernail
Miniature model maker Hoo’s mini world built an itty bitty version of a Leica M10 camera, complete with a removable lens.
Via The Awesomer
Via The Awesomer
Meanwhile in Amsterdam
An eerie social distance walk through the almost empty streets of Amsterdam during the Covid-19 outbreak. Click on the caption to watch on Vimeo.
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Watch Cyprus Avenue
Cyprus Avenue is a black comedy about a man struggling with the past and terrified of the future. It was awarded Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards and the James Tait Black Prize for Drama in 2017. For his portrayal of Eric, Stephen Rea won Best Actor at the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017. Here is the trailer:
The Royal Court Theatre is making it available to watch on March 27 from 12noon for free on their website, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages for one month.
Watch Cyprus Avenue
The Royal Court Theatre is making it available to watch on March 27 from 12noon for free on their website, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages for one month.
Watch Cyprus Avenue
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Tweet Of The Day
In Niagara Falls, Canada, this is how Canadians are sending messages to Americans on the other side of the border.— Muhammad Lila (@MuhammadLila) March 24, 2020
(🎥 @jimdiodati)pic.twitter.com/WGY2iUhmoE
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
An Astronaut's Guide to Self Isolation
Canadian astronaut has spent more time in isolation than the average person. He has a few tips on dealing with Covid-19 self-isolation.
Orville Peck “Queen of the Rodeo”
This video by Canadian country music artist, Orville Peck, is "for all the LGBTQ+ and two-spirit community members working and performing in rodeos, ranches, and roadhouses across North America.”
Orville Peck "Queen of the Rodeo" from Austin Peters on Vimeo.
Orville Peck "Queen of the Rodeo" from Austin Peters on Vimeo.
Tweet Of The Day
Day one of lockdown; besieged. pic.twitter.com/TRu5ji4Yut— Dick King-Smith HQ (@DickKingSmith) March 24, 2020
Maps Show the Oldest Running Businesses of (Almost) Every Country
Business Financing UK created maps that show the oldest company of different countries around the world, some that have been in operation for nearly 1,500 years.
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李子柒 Liziqi
LiZiqi is a popular food and country-life blogger who lives in the mountains of rural China. She makes impossibly beautiful videos and I have been following her YouTube channel for a couple of years. It occurred to me that you might enjoy a bit of serenity right now. In her most recent video she demonstrates the art of hand dyeing:
Previously: Riding a Horse to Find Magnolia Blossoms (I think this one is my favourite)
Previously: Riding a Horse to Find Magnolia Blossoms (I think this one is my favourite)
Monday, March 23, 2020
This Is Why We Must Wash Our Hands
"The virus that causes COVID-19 remains for several hours to days on surfaces and in aerosols, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found.Read more: ScienceDaily
The study suggests that people may acquire the coronavirus through the air and after touching contaminated objects. Scientists discovered the virus is detectable for up to three hours in aerosols, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel."
The Great Toilet-Paper Panic of 1973
As people fight for toilet paper in the aisles of Costco, I'm experiencing deja vu. “You can laugh now,” said Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in 1973, “but there is an acute shortage of toilet paper.” There wasn’t— but it didn’t matter.
Via Everlasting Blort
Via Everlasting Blort
Tweet Of The Day
"I stopped him and said, 'Look, this isn't a movie. You are not Will Smith in I Am Legend. Go home."— 🌈 (@protectheflames) March 22, 2020
This is the updated compilation of Italian Mayors losing it at people violating #Covid19 quarantine. Yes, subtitles are accurate. pic.twitter.com/60V4Csuonb
The World's Smallest Bird
The bee hummingbird is only found in Cuba. They lay their eggs in nests the size of a quarter. If I'd known about these little birds I would have made an effort to look for them when I've visited Cuba.
Via bookofjoe
Via bookofjoe
The Tattoo Dragon
Chinese tattoo artist, Liu Wenlong, has developed a unique tattooing style that fuses his deep appreciation of traditional Chinese culture with modern tattoo design.
The Tattoo Dragon from Neocha on Vimeo.
More here
Via Everlasting Blort
The Tattoo Dragon from Neocha on Vimeo.
More here
Via Everlasting Blort
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Sunday Links
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| Sticks in a cylindrical experiment at the Goodyear Polymer Center at the University of Akron in Ohio, where Hunter King investigates the engineering of birds’ nests. Credit:Andrew Spear for The New York Times |
Their nests have been described as "disordered stick bombs" but are birds actually the best engineers?
Eyam plague: The village of the damned An entire village made the remarkable decision to quarantine itself in an heroic attempt to halt the spread of the Great Plague. This is the story of the villagers who refused to run.
This is amazing: Coalition of 5 Cheetahs Crossing Crocodile-Infested River
Do you feel like you need some comic relief? Here's a reading list for you. Two less contemporary books that made me laugh out loud years ago are Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis and A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
'It's a journey into slowness'. Swiss author and automotive historian Bernhard Brägger takes Lizzie, his Ford Model T on a trip through Europe in winter. Aeon Videos
Playlists for the pandemic
This is terrifying. If you don't want to be freaked out, don't read it. How the Coronavirus Could Take Over Your Body
Japanese Chef Has Filled Notebooks with Delectable Illustrations of All of His Meals for 32 Years Nice to look at.
Take a walk around Pompeii Via Everlasting Blort
Lovely! ARCHI/MAPS Via
Cargo Socks, they'll look nice with your cargo shorts.
How to Unmarry Your Wife After moving from a state that recognizes same-sex marriage to one that doesn’t, a couple’s marriage becomes a partnership, and they are suddenly forced into new roles.
10 Perfect Films to Watch While Stuck at Home
This week's house envy is a dreamy Arts and Crafts island cottage in Maine
The Strange Sarcophagi of the Chachapoya
40 unique places to stay in the UK that won't bankrupt you. We stayed at one of these properties (Eden Locke in Edinburgh) a couple of years ago and liked it very much.
TikTok in the time of quarantine As China enters its eighth week in quarantine, citizens across the country are seeking new ways to amuse themselves.
Does self-isolation have you feeling confined? Here are some travel books to help keep cabin fever at bay.
If you have a pessimistic bent you might be thinking about writing your own eulogy Via Rusty
Corgi Butts
East Ended: Gentrification and graffiti in London’s east end
I hope you never have to do this but, if you have to, here it is: How to Trim Your Own Bangs
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Tweet Of The Day
Yesterday we buried a lovely woman. Due to #Covid19 there was no wake & our community couldn’t enter the church.— Seán Mac an tSíthigh (@Buailtin) March 20, 2020
But the entire parish came out & lined the 2km road to graveyard to say goodbye to Betty Ryan.
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine #WestKerry pic.twitter.com/Sns99qUSad
Creating While Quarantined.
As people around the world continue to self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic, many are looking for tips on how to avoid cabin fever. How about giving the Japanese art of tangerine peel carving a try?
More: if it's hip, it's here
See more videos on Yoshihiro Okada’s YouTube channel
More: if it's hip, it's here
See more videos on Yoshihiro Okada’s YouTube channel
Taste Testing A 50 Year Old Ham Dinner
Brave YouTuber Steve1989MREInfo tested a Vietnam War era C Ration fried ham dinner and lived to tell the tale.
Via FB pal Hal
Via FB pal Hal
Friday, March 20, 2020
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