Sunday, October 10, 2021

Sunday Links

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Yemen's ancient, soaring skyscraper cities  Constructed using natural materials, Yemeni high-rises are superbly sustainable and perfectly suited to the hot and dry Arabian desert climate. (photo above)

Make some gorgeous Black Cat Pumpkin Cupcakes 


Cornell Lab of Ornithology's live bird migration maps  (Thanks Bruce)

Did you ever wonder where Brick Lane got its name? A glimpse into the life of a Suffolk  Brick Maker,

"This opportunity comes once in a lifetime." Visiting Eminem's Detroit spaghetti restaurant on opening day. (The 'sghetti sandwich looks good)

Just the Punctuation is a free web tool where you can paste in any piece of text and receive the punctuation.

I'm glad that LBJ never gave me a gift

In East Yemen, researchers have for the first time climbed to the bottom of the Barhouts Well. Video from Yemeni "Wall Of Hell"

Did you think they came from long chickens? Long Egg Production in the 1970s

A scary story: The Ship That Became a Bomb  (Thanks Bruce)

No Dogs Allowed: a show of cat art in L.A. (via everlasting blort)

This Halloween, Step Into a Mannequin Graveyard 

How to spend a weekend in Edinburgh, one of my favourite cities.

Has anyone else watched Squid Game? It's a brutally violent Korean movie that is poised to become the biggest Netflix show of all time  but are the subtitles accurately translated? 

How to make James Bond scrambled eggs.

Foraged Mushroom Collages Lovely!

The unofficial flavour of fall: The History of Pumpkin Spice

Hilarious Boston Accent Trailer (via Everlasting Blort)

Endling - a poem by Sara Burnett

We got a new garage door.: A five-act garage door story. (via Miss Cellania)

Maestro of more than music: Look into the secret world of numerology and puzzles in Bach

Real Life Tokyo Streets Merge With Manga

Mashup featuring Pee-wee Herman with Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"!!! 

In the midst of a hiring crisis Raising Cane's will deploy half of its corporate staff to work the fryers. In other words: the general premise of Undercover Boss just became part of the company’s working business model.

How to Do Your Laundry Better (NYT link) You're welcome!

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