Sunday, August 16, 2020

Sunday Links

 KAREN CHAI/KITCHEN CONFIDANTE
Wow! The Mesmerizing Geometry of Malaysia's Most Complex Cakes (above)

Charming photos of Hong Kong Shop Cats Via Everlasting Blort

From My Home To Yours Bruce Springsteen plays records from his personal collection and shares his thoughts about the times we're living in, direct from his home in New Jersey.

Colouring London is a free knowledge exchange platform, designed by University College London to collate, collect, generate, visualise, and make accessible, statistical data for every building in London. Via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese

This week's house envy is this small perfect house in Nova Scotia. If it were an hour closer to Halifax I would have snatched it right up.

Water Women: South Korea’s Iconic Female Divers Are Captured in Life-Size Portraits by Hyung S. Kim Via everlasting blort

Underwater Italian Town  submerged in an artificial lake near Tuscany, Italy may soon reemerge.

When We All Have Pocket Telephones (1923)

Inside a Michigan prison, an elaborate meal to honor George Floyd using flimsy plastic knives, a single microwave and empty popcorn bags.

Thames Tunnel: The World’s First Tunnel Under a River An interesting story via Miss Cellania

I've discovered a new sport: competitive lockpicking Thanks Bruce!

Denmark’s seaweed thatching is being revived : An average eelgrass roof is more than 1m thick and weighs 35 to 40 tonnes. It won't burn because there's so much salt in the straw.

Alinea Made A Coronavirus-Themed Dish. It’s Not Going Over Well 

Times art critic, Jason Farago, leads a guided tour through his favorite woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai, the most famous Japanese artist of the 19th century.

Look at these lovely convertibles!

The Curve is a National Film Board collection of approximately 30 projects by more than 40 Canadian creators that will give voice to those touched by the pandemic, in communities from west to east and far into the North. Read more: NFB Blog

Get Lost in a Tardigrade Corn Maze 

Feeling crafty? Paperdiorama is a free website with very cool models that you can download, print and assemble. Via PasaBon

Explore NYC in the 1930s and 1940s with this street view photo map

Social robots are here to manage our emotions Robin is an emotional-support robot for hospitalized children. Thanks Bruce!

Thomas Jefferson’s renowned dinners were the work of legions of enslaved chefs and kitchen hands. Here is a rare recipe from one of them

Queen Mary’s Dolls' House was built by the leading British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and includes contributions from over 1,500 of the finest artists, craftsmen and manufacturers of the early twentieth century. I saw it a few years ago and it was truly impressive.

Cat Furniture Designed by an Architect I love these but they will have to remain the stuff of dreams until I win a lottery.

5 Months of the Virus in New York City: A photographic timeline of a historic half-year.

There Actually WAS a Sweeney Todd Barbershop On Fleet Street 

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