Monday, November 30, 2020
Animation + Music
AnimusicLLC is a computer animation company with the singular focus of animating music. This piece is called Resonant Chamber:
Via Everlasting Blort
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
The Railrodder was Buster Keaton's last silent film. Buster Keaton Rides Again, documents the making of The Railrodder, containing the only known behind-the-scenes footage of Keaton working on a movie.
Via MetaFilter
Patty Are You Bringing Weed In From Jamaica?
In 1968, a flight attendant bought 900 lbs of marijuana in Jamaica and tried to smuggle it out. This leads to unexpected consequences.
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)
Wakey wakey! 18 minutes of music about coffee
Watch this video: Hans Zimmer performs Time Soundtrack from Inception live mixed with a film by Bashir Abu Shakra shot in the Dolomite mountains of Italy. It took him 2 years to make the film and it is absolutely stunning. Thanks Bruce!
This X Does Not Exist Is it real or is it a GAN image?
Architecture For The Apocalypse In her 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged, right-libertarian philosopher Ayn Rand introduced "Galt's Gulch", a utopian society which has striking echoes in the despicable actions of today's billionaire doomsday preppers.
Crazy Optical Illusion (Honestly, the circles don't move)
The amazing adventures of Bridget The Cat.
The futuristic cargo ship made of wood It will have one of the largest marine electric engines of her kind in the world and will be shipping cargo between Costa Rica and Canada.
The Marion Stokes Project: The woman who taped 33 years of TV news.
From the "nice place but I wouldn't want to live there" files: This Vancouver home is shaped like the pancake of the sea.
Impress your colleagues by taking your Zoom meeting from Vita Sackville-West's reading room.
Five hearty cocktails that evoke the holiday spirit.
A Woman Called Hey: Thirty-five years ago, a Bouyei ethnic minority member was trafficked across China to a faraway village where nobody spoke her language. This year, she miraculously found her way home.
Goats In Trees calendar. You know you want it.
Have a very merry Mandalorian Christmas! And here's some music to fit the mood.
Gallery of 43 Illustrated Homes Celebrate the Work of Paul R. Williams in California Thanks Bruce!
You saw it on "The Crown," now here's the real story of Princess Diana's visit to a Lower East Side homeless shelter during her 1989 visit to NYC.
This 2021 Social Justice Kittens Calendar is the perfect gift for your cat loving socialist friend.
The secret space where your 787 pilots and attendants sleep In most cases, they’re on a second level above the passenger seats — even on planes that don’t feature two floors.
The Chilling, Little Known History of Nuclear Experiments in the US Southwest Cara Despain’s From Dust addresses the nuclear testing program which rained down on the American West for four decades.
They had one job…Architecture of Doom
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Street Piano : Instrument of Change
Street pianos change cities and street pianos change lives, bringing life to dull urban spaces.
Frequent contributor Bruce sent me this great clip which led me to the entire documentary.
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
Have you ever wondered who comes up with these? It's this guy.
Via perfect for roquefort cheese
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
Damn! I missed Thorgellen. I'll put it on my calendar for next year.
Thanks to Marco from Memo Of The Air for sending me the link.
Spikken Scots
Spikkin Scots is an interactive map that lets you listen to different dialects of Scotland.
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| Cick here to see interactive map |
Via Maps Mania
Find The Traps in The 'Home Alone' House
Can you believe that Home Alone turns 30 this year? As a tribute to the film, Groundworks Home Services put together this 3D model of the McCallister family home and challenge you to find all the traps Kevin used to foil the Wet Bandits.
I hope you do better at this than I did. I haven't seen the movie in three decades so I failed miserably.
Via Mental Floss
The Real-Life Queen's Gambit
Before Queen's Gambit there was Nona Gaprindashvili, a chess player from Georgia who won the Women’s Georgian Chess Championship title in 1956, (followed by three more victories in 1959, 1960, and 1961). She went on to become the Women’s World Chess Champion five times. There were four women who made up Georgia’s legendary female chess druzhina. Gaprindashvili is the only one who is still participating in tournaments. The story of Georgia’s renowned female players is now the subject of the film, Glory to the Queen. Here is the trailer:
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
In this video researchers with the United States Geological Survey collect samples to monitor volcanoes in Hawaii.
Shamisen Girls Ki&Ki
Hikari Shirafuji and Kanami Takeda playing the three-stringed traditional Japanese instrument the shamisen.
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Mikhail Gorbachev's Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Miracle
In 1997, the former Soviet leader needed money and Pizza Hut needed a spokesman. Then they found each other.
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
South Of The Circle is a game set between Cambridge (UK) and Antarctica during the 1960's Cold War. The vintage screenprint images are gorgeous. Here is the trailer:
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Raising Baby Grey
Can parents protect their children from the potentially detrimental influence of the gender binary? These parents are raising their child in a gender-neutral way until they make a decision for themselves. No single gender wardrobes or toy collections and they/them pronouns.
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
The river Eisack flowing fast through Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in October of 2020 - 3 Quarks Daily
Turn Of Mind
"Going up on a splitboard, slow by nature, you start to gaze around. With not much to do, your mind wanders freely.” In Patagonia's new ski movie Nicholas Wolken, a psychologist and Patagonia ambassador, shares his story.
Raising Cane
And there's even a sweet playlist:
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Marilyn Monroe's White Dress Moment (1901)
Here's the 1901 film inspiration for Marilyn Monroe's white dress moment in the 1955 movie The Seven Year Itch. Enhanced using AI neural networks.
Sick Kids - Unseen
This fundraising campaign video by Mark Zibert for Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto is a real tearjerker.
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
It's a vegan alternative to silkworm silk, but it requires skill and a lot of time to create.
Via: Boing Boing
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
American artist Alex Prager pays tribute to the office Christmas party with15 hyperreal human sculptures.
Playing Piano for Macaques
I love this so much! Emilie is 5 years old. As part of her homeschool activities she has made a video of her dad playing piano for wild macaques that live in an abandoned cinema in Lopburi, Thailand.
Thursday Appointment
This short film, made by 20-year-old Iranian filmmaker Syed Mohammad Reza Kheradmand, won an award at the Luxor African Film Festival, a non-profit organization that celebrates film-making from Africa.
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Cat Landscapes
These illustrations by Lim Heng Swee, a self-taught artist from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, blend cats into 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
I don't understand. Was this supposed to make people buy their food?
Popular Memes in Ukiyo-e Style
Memes Of The Floating World has recreated some popular memes in classical Japanese woodblock style. Woman Yelling at Cat is my favourite:
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
Kentucky Fried Chicken is using driverless food trucks in Shanghai that allow people to social distance when buying food. You can place an order on the screen and it accepts payment via QR-code. After payment is made, the door will open for you to collect your order (although the photo shows the customer touching the door, so I don't know).
Via Neatorama
The Table of Physiological Colours (1686)
English naturalist and illustrator Richard Waller's colour chart, presented at the Royal Society in 1686, divided colour discretely, named and categorized it, and mapped the natural world by means of colour theory. His“‘Table of Physiological Colors Both Mixt and Simple’ would permit unambiguous descriptions of the colors of natural bodies.
I'm Sure They Have A Good Excuse.
Have you ever driven with an expired license plate sticker? I bet it didn't expire 31 years ago. A person just got busted driving in Toronto with a license plate sticker from August of 1989 displayed on their vehicle. The cost of updating the sticker is $240 every two years,which is a little steep, so people sometimes drive around with expired plates longer than they should. Usually not this long though. I wonder why he/she wasn't pulled over sooner.
The Parading Shrimp of Northeastern Thailand
During the rainy season, between late August and early October, tourists crowd the riverbanks with flashlights to watch the shrimp walk in Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani province. Members of the Macrobrachium species parade from sundown to sunup, travelling up to 65 feet upstream. Some individual shrimp stay out of the water for 10 minutes or more.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Gianni Berengo Gardin's Tale of Two Cities
The film, Gianni Berengo Gardin's Tale of Two Cities, will be streaming from 18.30 to 24.00 on Thursday 19 November (tonight) on the Streen.org platform. Here is a trailer:
Chair Girl, IKEA Monkey and Chainsaw Bros Trading Cards
No Ball Games
Shot before Covid-19, London-based filmmaker Charlotte Regan’s documentary No Ball Games celebrates the imagination and resourcefulness of young children across the UK by understanding the outdoor games they invent, inherit and play.
Prince's Purple Rain Tour Bus Goes On The Block
In 1984 Prince and the Revolution hopped onto this Eagle Model 10 Motorcoach and set out on their Purple Rain tour.
You don't have to have a top selling album to recreate the tour. The custom-made 1983 tour bus has mostly been in storage since the '80s but will be available for auction December 3rd – 5th.
Via BoingBoing
Skydiver Almost Hits a Mountain At Terminal Velocity
A group of skydivers lost altitude awareness and narrowly avoided hitting the side of a mountain. Their safety gear (AADs, audible altimeters, etc.) was set for ground level.
More: Geekologie
Early Camera Made of Mahogany, Brass, and Bone Up For Sale
This early experimental “mousetrap” camera may be the oldest ever to be sold. Made around 1840, it is expected to sell for between $65,000 and $91,000.
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
Major Martin Manhoff spent more than two years in Moscow in the early 1950s as a US army attaché. His post off Red Square gave him an excellent vantage point to capture hundreds of images of everyday life in the U.S.S.R., as well as the only known independent footage of Stalin's funeral procession.
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.
Found Object Animals
London-based artist Barbara Franc creates adorable animal figures from papier-mâché, wire, fabric, and other found items.
What Happens When You Spend Weeks, Months, or Years in Solitary Confinement
Former inmate Five Mualimm-Ak describes the five years he spent in solitary during a 12-year prison sentence.
Read more: Open Culture
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Marzhan Kapsamat On Dombra
Via Everlasting BlortA dombra performance by Marzhan Kapsamat of Nursultan, Kazakhstan. The 23-year-old musician is playing in Lake Köbeituz, a salt lake in Kazakhstan that turns pink every several years. pic.twitter.com/qAnHqIXrAq
— Dust-to-Digital (@dusttodigital) November 5, 2020
Tasty Looking Christmas Decorations
British felt artist Lucy Sparrow's cute and colourful christmas decorations resemble items you might find at your local grocery store. They can be purchased individually or as a set.
I also liked an earlier installation of hers that was a full-size Convenience Store stocked with felt food items.
A day in the Anne Frank House
This 2019 video from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam chronicles a day in the lives of the Frank family, the Van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeffer as they hid from the Nazis during World War II.
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