Monday, November 30, 2020
Animation + Music
Social Harmony
Tweet Of The Day
Click the image to see the thread. It's a good one:
This tree from Nova Scotia is now in Boston Common.
— Canadian Forces in 🇺🇸 (@CAFinUS) November 29, 2020
The Nova Scotians send one every year.
Why? pic.twitter.com/T0iCbPoEh5
Pic Of The Day
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Giovanni Strazza's Veiled Virgin Presentation Convent, Cathedral Square, St. John's, NL. Photo by J.E. FitzGerald |
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Tweet Of The Day
This art installation in Canada transmits the sounds of the Bow Glacier as it melts to remind city residents of the impacts of climate change pic.twitter.com/3XROgaHykF
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 29, 2020
Buster Keaton Rides Again
Patty Are You Bringing Weed In From Jamaica?
Sunday Links
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image: © Wayne Thiebaud |
American artist Wayne Thiebaud recently celebrated his 100th birthday. He is best known for his colourful works depicting everyday objects like the tasty arrangement of confections above. (I was familiar with his work but always thought it was more recent)
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Street Piano : Instrument of Change
Tweet Of The Day
Sagyeong: Korean art of transcribing and illuminating Buddhist scriptures.
— Natee ~A drift of dust~ (@Himmapaan) November 27, 2020
Longer clip here: https://t.co/2qq6K5eCPN.
Read more about Sagyeong: https://t.co/IoOxo67VeR. https://t.co/bwio4QFK0k
Packaging Guru
Pic Of the Day
Xavi Bou’s starlings leaving a pre-roost assembly tree in winter Catalonia. Truly one of the greatest bird photos I’ve ever seen - scientifically and artistically. Read a bit about in @GrantaMag pic.twitter.com/2sYWg2xJLG
— Tim Dee (@TimDee4) November 27, 2020
Thorgellen
Spikken Scots
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Find The Traps in The 'Home Alone' House
The Real-Life Queen's Gambit
Friday, November 27, 2020
Schitt's Creek Motel For Sale
Want to live in Schitt's Creek? Now you can. The real-life motel from the cult Emmy-winning CBC show is now for sale in a small town just north of Toronto for CAD 2m.
This is how a geologist collects lava samples from a volcano
Shamisen Girls Ki&Ki
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Mikhail Gorbachev's Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Miracle
Tweet Of The Day
Italian singer Adriano Celentano released a song in the 70s with nonsense lyrics meant to sound like American English, apparently to prove Italians would like any English song. It was a hit, and resulted in this: THE GREATEST VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN. pic.twitter.com/B3mQWmQgXq
— Harry (@HarrietMould) November 26, 2020
South of the Circle's vintage screenprint world
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Raising Baby Grey
Miniature Art Nouveau Palace for Sale
This kit from True2Scale Miniatures might seem pricey at $545 but it's a lot less expensive than a real Art Nouveau mansion.
"This item is a bundle of 44 kits which includes all of the furniture and accessories used in the Joie de Vivre Bookshop. It includes the furniture and accessories for all 3 floors, as well as the items used on the exterior of the structure."
Pic Of The Day
Turn Of Mind
Raising Cane
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Marilyn Monroe's White Dress Moment (1901)
Sick Kids - Unseen
SickKids - Unseen from Mark Zibert on Vimeo.
Visit BuildtheNewSickKids.ca to learn more about the campaign.Monday, November 23, 2020
Time For A Haircut?
I haven't had a haircut since January and I'm sick of my ponytail. Maybe I should take matters in hand.
Lotus Silk
Tweet Of The Day
Via Everlasting BlortIf you reckon you’re too busy these days (or not busy enough), check out these items from Leonardo da Vinci’s rather challenging “to-do” lists, as recorded in his notebooks ~ thx https://t.co/OYVrl8Ly5H pic.twitter.com/8abqnBCj6W
— Journal of Art in Society (@artinsociety) November 22, 2020
The Office Christmas Party
Playing Piano for Macaques
Thursday Appointment
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Cat Landscapes
Four Beatles In One
I used face app to merge all the beatles together and it created this
— Super Mary Advance 2: Super Mary World 💖 (@MaryInTheStars) November 20, 2020
behold
the beatle. pic.twitter.com/nM4zgTgcXg
Sunday Links
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Carl Holsøe (Danish, 1863-1935), The Sunlit Room, 1922. |
The beautiful interiors of Danish painter Carl Holsøe
I Guess I Just Expected A Little More From This Country by Andrew Singleton
141 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena h/t Memo of The Air
Breaking the boundaries of human flight: World's first electrified wingsuit reaches 186 mph on first manned flight
How Much Do Our Houseplants Move in a Day?
The images in Crystal McBrayer's Where Mountains Once Were come from endless hours of watching nature documentaries.
What's Wrong With Jeb's Brain? BASE-jumping pioneer Jeb Corliss has survived multiple crash landings in a sport that rarely allows second chances. Now, at 44, with a self-diagnosed psychological disorder, he's embarking on his most fraught journey yet: into the depths of his own mind. Thanks Bruce!
Celtic Knots Via Memo Of The Air
It's like deep fried grilled cheese! I put on a pound or two just reading this but it looks delish.
A dated and credited photographic record of Vintage Las Vegas Via Everlasting Blort
Meet Olivia The COVID-19-Era American Girl Doll
Who's in the Crossword? Do the people in crossword clues and answers represent the people who could be solving them? (with some playable puzzles)
I'm bookmarking this: Footways is a network of quiet and interesting streets for walking in central London.
Chuck Ramirez, Heartfelt Trash Photographer Via Perfect For Roquefort Cheese
Watch an AI-recolorized version of the 50s sci-fi classic "Teenagers From Outer Space"
This week's house envy is Woolland House. It is a magnificent property set on 17 idyllic acres in Dorset.
Learn to cook from Jacques Pépin's videos on Facebook
Robbie Fulks Dives Headfirst into the Strangely Messy World of Gordon Lightfoot And 236 songs later, our writer nearly drowns. An interesting read via Metafilter
How Japanese People Stay Fit for Life, Without Ever Visiting a Gym
BBC Motion Graphics Archive is a showcase of the history and development of motion graphics across the BBC and includes examples of opening titles, promotion trailers, stings, idents and programme content sequences.
The pizza rat is out and about again in NYC.
Harmony Square is a "game about fake news." You are the town's Chief Disinformation Officer, and it's your job to sow dissent and stoke the tensions in town through the use of social media, troll bot farms, and deceptive news sources. Read more at BoingBoing
100-year-old carrier pigeon message found in France
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. Aphorisms and witticisms collected by TYWKIWDBI
Why the Most Promising Covid-19 Vaccines Require Super-Cold Storage
Alfred Wertheimer's Photos of Elvis On The Cusp Of Greatness “He permitted closeness. Without that I wouldn’t have gotten my intimate photographs."
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Quiznos Commercial With Spongmonkies
Popular Memes in Ukiyo-e Style
Blob About Town
I love Tisha Pitkin's adorable Instagram account. It features 'anthropomorphic blobs talking rubbish'
Friday, November 20, 2020
Tweet Of The Day
Happy International Men’s Day pic.twitter.com/NmMgYnCF89
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) November 20, 2020
Driverless KFC Food Trucks
The Table of Physiological Colours (1686)
I'm Sure They Have A Good Excuse.
The Parading Shrimp of Northeastern Thailand
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Gianni Berengo Gardin's Tale of Two Cities
Chair Girl, IKEA Monkey and Chainsaw Bros Trading Cards
No Ball Games
Prince's Purple Rain Tour Bus Goes On The Block
Skydiver Almost Hits a Mountain At Terminal Velocity
Early Camera Made of Mahogany, Brass, and Bone Up For Sale
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Tweet Of The Day
The generation of patterns on shells of molluscs follows different possible models and also, similar patterns can be found on unrelated molluscs shells. Liconcha hyerogliphica and olivia porphyria are two examples of similar algorithmic beauty https://t.co/k9APB2Wuhe pic.twitter.com/PpslC5VawY
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 18, 2020
The Manhoff Archives
Food Blogger Turns Tables On Trolls
Food blogger Amanda Rettke received lots of mean comments on her posts over the years so she decided to use the trolling as inspiration for her video series, "Your Content Is Terrible Hotline." As Shirley, a customer service rep, she efficiently handles complaints about food blogs.