+A dazzling first floor
— Scott T. Miller (@byscottmiller) January 30, 2021
(I mean, look at that living room) pic.twitter.com/HFF0unW5Fr
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Tweet Of The Day
R.I.P Henri
I just learned that Henri, the French cat who oozed ennui, passed away in October. I posted his videos many times over the years. Here is one that perfectly expresses the angst of the Pauvre Petit Chat:
Sunday Links
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| View from the Centre Pompidou - Marilyn Bellamy |
Zinc: One could argue that zinc roofs say “Paris” every bit as much as the Eiffel Tower.
When I saw QAnon, I knew exactly what it was and what it was doing. I had seen it before. I had almost built it before. It was gaming’s evil twin. A game that plays people. (cue ominous music) A Game Designer's Analysis Of QAnon Thanks Bruce!
NYT Haikus (@nythaikus): the output of a bot that scans the NYT for Haiku.
Would you like to get away from it all? 17 of these 1960s midcentury modern holiday chalets in Ponte Cremenaga, Switzerland are for sale. Via Things
What the World Looked Like in the 1950s Nostalgic photos.
The woman who read Hank Aaron's's hate mail. In 1973, the baseball legend got 900,000 letters. It was Carla Koplin Cohn’s job to report the threats to the FBI.
They are strangers, arms outstretched, waiting for the boy to fall. If you read only one story this week read The Catch.
The reported extinction of this Tasmanian tiger has always made me feel sad because they looked a lot like my dog, Liz. I was glad to read this news. New sighting of a thylacine, a thought-to-be-extinct carnivorous marsupial
Climbing up Europe's tallest chimney in Slovenia Thanks Bruce!
Marathon Typographer Lorenzo Petrantoni crams more type in a square centimeter than a warning label or phone directory. Via Perfect For Roquefort Cheese.
Panoramas and city views of Russia.
The Playground Jungle examines the "Folk Process" in playground jokes, songs and customs. Thanks Bruce!
Documentaries of the Decade with links to where you can watch them.
Where unsold items end up after Oakland's huge White Elephant Sale I really don't need any more white elephants but I couldn't resist subscribing to their mailing list.
This Mirror Selfie from Japan circa 1920 looks very modern.
I have found the car of my dreams. The auction is in May, just in time for my birthday (hint, hint): 1954 Swallow Doretti Roadster
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Franziska, the hospital-cleaning singing robot
Franziska can clean floors, chat about her day, sing a song or tell a joke. She works at a hospital in Munich, where she cheers up staff and patients.
Tweet Of The Day
in the 1980s i never pictured this is what the 2020s would be https://t.co/51jYMu11Ec
— Earthling (@ziyatong) January 26, 2021
Mountain of Hell
In the world's biggest mountain bike race you can begin in 1000th place and end up winning.
Thanks Bruce!
Skier meets a capercaillie
I didn't know that there are ski hills in Scotland nor had I heard of this type of gamebird.They are the size of a turkey and live in the forests of Scotland. This one looks friendlier than the vicious wild turkeys we have in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Thanks Bruce!
Jacques Pepin Makes Fried Eggs
I thought I knew how to make fried eggs but evidently I was doing it wrong.
Want more? See how he makes scrambled eggs and two different omelets here
Friday, January 29, 2021
Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers
Six drummers participate in a well planned musical attack in the suburbs.
Tweet Of The Day
uh did anyone have “nickelback turns their own song rockstar into a sea shanty and frankly it’s really good” on their 2021 bingo card? pic.twitter.com/G2htQdnJTw
— buttonbeard the pirate 🧜🏻♀️❄️ (@rainbowslinky) January 23, 2021
Holy Ghost People
This 1967 documentary gives us a glimpse into the snake-handling churches of Appalachia.
Via Boing Boing
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Why Different Parts of a Coffee Mug Produce Different Pitches
The Stanford mathematician Tadashi Tokieda demonstrates one of his physics “toys”: the curious higher and lower notes you hear when tapping a coffee mug with a spoon.
Via TMNBittu
“Bittu” tells the story of a close friendship between two girls (played by Rani Kumari and Renu Kumari) that is eclipsed by an accidental poisoning. The film is based on a real life incident in July 2013 where 23 students died, and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Saran district of the Indian state of Bihar after eating a midday meal contaminated with pesticide.
BITTU from Karishma Dube on Vimeo.
A.I. Brings Historical Paintings to Life
Nathan Shipley uses artificial intelligence to make figures in historical paintings photorealistic. In the examples below we see Marie Antoinette and William Shakespeare as persons we might know today.
Scraping, Scraping, Scraping Or A Slow Descent Into Madness
Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago demonstrates the skill and patience that goes into conserving a painting that has seen better days. This small oil on canvas by Mathias J. Alten had been glued onto plywood and coated with a very thick and yellowed surface layer which obscured the delicate brushwork and true colors.
Via 3 Quarks Daily
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
A 9-Year-Old Dancer Clocks 10,000 Steps in Three Minutes
I wish I had the energy this little girl has! This campaign by the Swedish nonprofit Generation Pep aims to get young people on their feet. This music video features a choreographed dance with the 10.000 steps often referred to as the daily recommendation for physical activity.
Via Colossal
Putin's Crib
Images made by Aleksei Navalny's anti-corruption team reveal the astonishing scale and luxury of a property on Russia's Black Sea coast purportedly used by Vladimir Putin as his personal "palace."
Pic Of The Day
This is what the Velociraptors looked like during filming on Jurassic World before CGI was added.
Via Reddit
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
This is hypnotic
I don't know how I thought chicken wire was made but I sure didn't think it was like this.
It’s a just a jump to the left, and a twist to the right!
— Tool Of The Day (@toolotheday) December 25, 2018
A wire mesh or “chicken wire” making machine! pic.twitter.com/H3VeDeJips
Who In The US Is Against Vaccinations?
Read more: Maps Mania
"Who's Yellen Now?"
A hip hop tribute to Janet Yellen, new Secretary of the Treasury Via Boing Boing
Pic Of The Day
Is this "The Most Intelligent Photo Ever Taken"? Taken in 1927 at the Solvay Council Conference, it includes Einstein, Bohr, Curie, Heisenberg, Schrodinger & more.
A COVID-19 SOUND MAP
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| Photo: Rahme Veziroglu/iStock |
Covid-19 has brought many changes to our way of life including a changing soundscape. Pete Stollery, a British composer specializing in electroacoustic music, has been creating sound installations or online sound maps since 2005. During the pandemic he has developed a crowd-sourced sound map, built in the Google Earth Web environment, containing more than 230 sounds from 24 countries around the world that illustrate what life sounds like under lockdown.
With no planes in the air and hardly any traffic on the roads, we began to hear more and more natural sounds, even in cities.
Cocktails with a Curator
First Fridays at the Frick Collection in New York City offered free admission, mini lectures, live performances and open sketching in the beautiful Garden Court. During this period of pandemic restrictions the museum is presenting weekly episodes of Cocktails with a Curator. A Frick curator gives insights into a selection from their wonderful collection matched with recipes for make-at-home themed drinks, with or without alcohol.
More: Open Culture
Gorilla Treated For Covid-19
Some of the gorillas at the San Diego including Winston, an older gorilla with underlying health conditions, got Covid-19 . He received monoclonal antibody therapy that is not intended for human use and is now recovering.
Great news: Our gorilla troop is eating, drinking, interacting and on their way to a full recovery after the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Full update: https://t.co/jb9pKVirTq pic.twitter.com/TuVGmlNtjl
— San Diego Zoo Safari Park (@sdzsafaripark) January 25, 2021
Monday, January 25, 2021
Repurposing The Scarves Of Margaret Thatcher
Berlin-based artist Simon Denny repurposed scarves from the estate of Margaret Thatcher and secondhand down from garments sourced in San Francisco to create custom versions of sleeping bags and puffy vests for a show last year. Denny describes them as "individual Bay Area insulation units".
Read more: If It's Hip It's Here
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Tweet Of The Day
There was a time when cycling was a challeging, 'boneshaking' thing. This is a men race 'Penny Farthing' bikes, aka 'boneshakers', around a track in this quirky footage from 90 years ago in Herne Hill, London [source, video: https://t.co/QrYEjKUMQA] pic.twitter.com/oAjeewM77q
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) January 24, 2021
Sunday Links
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| Image: Wil Sands |
A View From Washington's Streets On Inauguration Day (image above)
Sweet: Two groups of penguins meet and exchange information
Science Museum Group Collection: Explore over 350,000 objects and Science and Industry Museum, National Science and Media Museum, National Railway Museum and Locomotion. Via Things Magazine
Bruce, a frequent contributor to this blog, sent me this video. It made me laugh.
The year a railway ran inside Westminster Abbey
Is your house too small? Do you need more space? Check out these Additions Made From Vehicles
The Tiny Doors in the U.S. Capitol
Canadian political cartoonist Michael de Adder wrote this obituary for his mum.
Warren Craghead drew more than 1500 pictures of Trump on his Tumblr over four-and-a-half years: TRUMPTRUMP
The Holiday Inn in Perrysburg, Ohio is being demolished. It is one of the nicest hotels in the chain and has flourished for more than a half century. Nice photos.The Painting Thieves Love : What is it about a painting housed at a tiny Dutch museum that has made it so popular with thieves, who have stolen it three times since 1988?
Wagashi Maker Creates Pandemic-Themed Sweets Via Everlasting Blort
52 Places to Love in 2021 I have visited 6 of these - so many more to go!
Dr. Walter Freeman travelled the country in his lobotomobile performing a crude procedure he touted as "a cure for mental illness". He performed over 3500 operations before the lobotomy was discredited. Via MeFi
The Three Stooges Drilling Company
Crowden and Keeves Sheet Metal Workers and Hardware Merchants A catalogue from 1930.
Who wants to move to Wales with me? I have roots there. My mother was born in Wales and I remember my grandmother singing to me in Welsh when I was a little girl. This entire village on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park is up for sale for the price of a London flat.
This Instagram account is kind of unusual.
How to make a Spherical Cake Containing the Earth's Layers Via MeFi
Can you guess what it is? Sony's First Product (1946)
This week's house envy: A private island where the Thames meets the Wey
Monarch fostering: After missing migration, Freddy the monarch butterfly settles in for winter with Manitoba family
How To Make Laser Cut Maps Of Your City
The Rainbowt is a clear kayak with lights. Via Perfect For Roquefort Cheese
This seems insane to me: America's largest and priciest home is a Los Angeles estate with 105,000 square feet of living space and a nearly $350 million price tag. Thanks Bruce!
American girl behind the camera: The photography of Ruth Orkin
Have you got the time and energy to give your house a facelift? Here are 35 Never-Fail Wall Paint Colors recommended by interior designers.
Everything Your Coconut Milk Can Do I use it often in a quick and easy Brazilian fish stew.
Saturday, January 23, 2021
The Earliest Colour Films Were Hand-Painted by Female Artists
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| Frame scan from nitrate film print of Voyage sur Jupiter, 1909, from Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema, 2015. Published by Eye / Amsterdam University Press |
Friday, January 22, 2021
Tweet Of The Day
Arguing on Twitter.
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) January 21, 2021
📹: Imgur user mmick7 pic.twitter.com/E5faM4LJef
"Light a Candle"
Light a Candle is a song from Neil Young's 2009 album, Fork in the Road. It seems appropriate right now.
Via Boing Boing
Vaquero
Director Blake Myers crafts a portrait of the Spanish and Mexican cowboys of California, known as vaqueros.
Off-Grid Tiny House Made From A Shipping Container
Design studio Pin-Up Houses has designed a tiny house that measures in at just 20ft x 8ft and is made from a small shipping container. It is equipped with solar panels, as well as a wind turbine, ensuring that the batteries can be charged at all times of the day and year-round. There’s also equipment to retain rainwater, which is then filtered and distributed through to the bathroom and kitchen.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Tweet Of The Day
Brilliant work! pic.twitter.com/1q0snHtt6K
— Hampstead Village Voice (@SebastianWocker) January 21, 2021
A Tribute to Urban Horsemen
A Tribute to Urban Horsemen, a Philadelphia mural by Jason Slowik, melds contemporary society with themes of the Old West.
"A team of horses and riders move through old Philadelphia streets, while a mythic Buffalo Soldier figure gallops through the sky, haloed in a golden sunset. Modern-day children enjoy the scene from trompe l’oeil windows, while others play in the old-fashioned cobblestone street lined with tracks for horse-drawn trolleys."
Actual Philly Cowboys have been known to ride by the mural. They are part of a century-long tradition of black urban cowboys and horsemanship in Philadelphia, local horsemen maintain and care for horses and teach neighborhood youth to do so.
The Otherworldly Photography Of Teresa Freitas
Portuguese photographer Teresa Freitas mixes pastel hues with vibrant and bolder tones, creating a paradox for our eyes and mind.
More: Creative Boom
Burned dog inspires other burn victims
Taka, a dog who was trapped on a burning porch in a house fire, has become an inspiration to others.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
I Need One Of These So Bad!
I'm so fed up with fogged-up glasses when I go indoors with my mask on.
@sleevzmask SLEEVZ made it to Canada 🇨🇦 thank u @makeupbeanmua ##sleevzmask ##sleevz ##wearamask ##maskup ##winterfashion ##winterfashiontrends ##makeupartist ##mystyle
♬ original sound - SLEEVZ Mask
The Grateful Dead on 'Playboy After Dark' in 1969
The Grateful Dead Performed Live on 'Playboy After Dark' after the band and several Playboy After Dark employees had been surreptitiously dosed with LSD that was added to the coffee pot on set. They did a much better job than I would have done.
Grateful Dead on "Playboy After Dark" * 1969 from moontroll on Vimeo.
Hef apparently liked the performance:
Midcentury Trailer Is The Cadillac Of Mobile Homes
This 1959 travel trailer is a Spartan Imperial Mansion model, created by the Spartan Trailer Company and recognised as the top end of midcentury trailers. The 47-foot long trailer comes with period furniture and details including an Eames rocker, walnut cabinets and a wooden bathtub.
It is coming up for auction on 22 January 2021 at RM Sotheby’s.
Via The Spaces
Folklore Generator
Michael Reeve created a folklore generator inspired by The Loremen Podcast, which covers local legends.
Grooming Transforms Dog's Appearance
@catherrera Saving dogs one groom at a time ❤️ #fyp #fypシ #InLove #catthedoggroomer #doggrooming #matteddog #doglove #transformation #foryoupage #foryou
♬ Steven Universe - L.Dre
Via Digg
Mountain Talk
This documentary illustrates the variety of language and culture of Southern Appalachia.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Covid From Space
The humans furthest from the global pandemic watch it unfold from orbit.
The Guardian on Vimeo.
Bubbles In a Bubble
Chang Yu-Te blew 783 individual soap bubbles into the middle of one larger soap bubble before it eventually popped, setting a Guinness World Record.
Via The Awesomer
The Painting Process of Kazuo Oga
Background artist Kazuo Oga demonstrates the inspired work that goes into the paintings of Studio Ghibli anime films.
A Very Close Look At Vermeer's Girl With A Pearl Earring
Thanks Bruce!
Tweet Of The Day
Baby bat 🦇 is the only thing you need to see right now pic.twitter.com/cIZGIfgWUH
— Ceres 💙 (@ceresisaplanet) December 2, 2020
Monday, January 18, 2021
Tweet Of The Day
This bloke spent £300 on vets fees and X-rays and it turned out nothing was wrong with the dog, was just copying him out of sympathy 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/CJ8pPqxJqH
— Tom Francis (@TFrancis20) January 17, 2021
DIY Donald J. Trump Presidential Pardon
Everyone's getting one, now you can too!
Download and save the PDF. Open your downloaded Pardon with a PDF program that allows editing. Change the name to your name and save the pdf.
The Westinghouse Home of The Future
A midcentury all-electric home for Westinghouse presented by Betty Furness.
Via MetaFilter
The Strange World Of Outsider Music
These musicians and artists aren't the most polished in the world, but they make up for it with passion and creativity.
Via Boing Boing
Human Murmuration
This dance, choreographed by Sadeck Waff, is like an avian murmuration forming waves in the sky.
The Line
The Line is a city of a million residents with a length of 170 km that preserves 95% of nature, with zero cars, zero streets and zero carbon emissions.
Via Things Magazine
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Space Oddity
Stanley Kubrick asked a young publicist to write a track for his movie,2001, but didn’t use it. Now it's been released after 52 years and we can all hear it. Actually I can see why Kubrick rejected it.
K’NEX Full-Sized Pinball Machine!
This pinball machine made out of parts from a children's construction toy system is pretty cool.
Via Digg
Sunday Links
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The underground reservoir protecting Tokyo from floods (above) looks like an underground cathedral and is an amazing feat of engineering. Official studies have credited the facility with having saved ¥148 billion in disaster clean-up costs so far.
Very cute: Hedgehog Mobile Home Lets You Carry Your Pet Pygmy Wherever You Go
Britain from the Air: 1945-2009 Unique archive capturing 70 years of change to UK's cities and landscapes.
SHOOTFACTORY provides some quirky and unusual film locations in London. Via Things Magazine.
Presidents Who Skipped Their Successors' Inaugurations Via Miss Cellania
This week's house envy: A Modern House In A Floating Village In The Netherlands
Feeling crafty? Here's a way to use up leftover wallpaper scraps: How to Wallpaper a Lampshade - Step by step guide
Here's a list of everything Murakami has compared to writing
Revisiting Frank Lloyd Wright's Vision for "Broadacre City" This new democratic city would take advantage of modern technology and communications to decentralize the old city and create an environment in which the individual would flourish. Via Things Magazine
'Not that good': Montreal restaurant's brutally honest menu pulls in the customers
The people whose homes are portals to the past Five people explain why they made their home into the perfect replica of an earlier era.
Here's your chance to become a real hotdogger
The Pigs of Celebrities In 1899 Strand magazine asked famous Victorians to draw a picture of a pig while blindfolded.
Magical Ice Bubbles Appear on the Surface of Lake Nukabira in Hokkaido
This is Lanie Gardner, a 21 year old singer from Nashville. She's pretty good. Thanks Bruce!
David Lynch's Projection Instructions for Mulholland Drive (2001)
A Long, Lonesome Look at America Photographer Stephen Hiltner shares a collection of images from across the United States.
I'm not sure if this is lovely or creepy: Beauties Of The Past Brought To Life Via Memo of the Air
'Float houses' are popping up all over New Orleans for Mardi Gras 2021 Via
The Men Who Eat Like Boys I know men like this and I have to admit I get very impatient with them. Mr. Nag has never met a food he won't eat and I like that about him.
The Magnificent Beauty of Different Owls at Various Stages of Life Via Memo Of The Air
I like this artful Ikea hack kitchen
The Art Of Whaling
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| A whale chase depicted in the log of the ship Washington kept by James G. Coffin (1842–1844) — Source |
Prior to the arrival of the pilgrims Nantucket, whose name in Wampanoag means “sandy, sterile soil tempting no one”, was home to a small and sustainable population of Native Americans but was too infertile to support the agriculture necessary for a growing population. So the settlers turned to the sea and the brutal business of whale hunting. During their downtime the whalers created some lovely art. Public Domain Review brings us researcher Jessica Boyall's exploration of illustrations from the logbooks and journals of Nantucket whaleships.
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| More drawings of whales in the log of the ship Indian Chief kept by Thomas R. Bloomfield (1842–1844) — Source |
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