Via Miss Cellania
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Lisa Loeb's "Stay" by Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin
This is the second year Grohl and Kurstin are covering eight Jewish composers/artists for eight nights during Hanukkah. This was Night One.
Maze Master
Adrian Fisher has devoted the past four decades to bringing back mazes, long regarded as historical curiosities.
The Blenheim Palace maze (above), which Adrian Fisher co-designed in the eighties, is now featured on Britain’s five-pound note.
See his incredible portfolio here
Monday, November 29, 2021
Amelia Earhart takes a spin in Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Car (1933)
On July 12, 1933 Amelia Earhart was one of the dignitaries invited to the unveiling of the Buckminster Fuller - designed Dymaxion at his Bridgeport, Connecticut factory. Amelia was so impressed that she asked Fuller for permission to use the car as her official vehicle during festivities at the White House.
Via bookofjoe
Vertigo A.I.
Hitchcock's classic film reimagined by an artificial intelligence (A.I.) computer. Directed by Chris Peters
If I fits, I sits...
— National Park Service (@NatlParkService) November 29, 2021
Check out this “catcus!”Perched on a saguaro (suh-wah-roe), this bobcat finds itself in a sticky situation. Perhaps it's scanning the landscape for dinner or maybe just enjoys lookin' sharp?
📸 Bobcat sits in the arms of a cactus @organpipenps. 🌵 pic.twitter.com/1vXOlwKDJB
The Guoliang Tunnel (Chinese: éƒäº®æ´ž) is carved along the side of and through a mountain in China. The tunnel links the village of Guoliang to the outside through the Taihang Mountains [read more: https://t.co/KgezPrgvyU] [source of the gif: https://t.co/OugPrj8WuU] pic.twitter.com/mJBE1OLu86
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 26, 2021
This squirrel always brings dried seed to trade for some nuts.. pic.twitter.com/aoXRwZXLz6
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) November 28, 2021
Sunday, November 28, 2021
The Coded Changi Quilts
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| Photograph: British Red Cross Museum & Archives (via The Guardian) |
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| Honora Crawshaw and Mary Lowe's squares from the quilt. Photograph: British Red Cross Museum & Archives |
One quilt now hangs at the British Red Cross museum in London and another two quilts at the Australian War Memorial Museum, Canberra.
Sunday Links
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| Image credit: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images |
Salisbury Cathedral (above) illuminated by trails of 1,300 candles carried by choristers during the annual "Darkness to Light" advent procession.
Zen Cat (Thanks Bruce)
Click that hood How well do you know the world's cities? I aced Paris but didn't know others as well as I thought I might. (via Web Curios)
The forced perspective photographs of Lisbon-based photographer Hugo Suissas.
To one large turkey add one gallon of vermouth and a demijohn of angostura bitters. Shake F. Scott Fitzgerald's turkey leftovers
The ingenious living bridges of India (Thanks Bruce)
Sinkies: I'm not a member, are you?
Harry Weese-designed woodland home is this week's house envy - it is on a 4.45-acre riverside plot and has a huge 1970's conversation pit!
Stay at the Villa Balbiano, the House of Gucci villa on Lake Como ($1,125/night)
Amuse yourselves with these Short Films of US National Parks
MST3K put their wacky spin on The Beatniks which is pretty wacky to begin with.(via perfect for roquefort cheese)
The lady or the tiger? Bedtime Stories for Adults
The fry universe I am a curly fry girl. How about you?
The Waldorf at 90 Cocktail celebrates the 90th anniversary of the Waldorf Astoria. Bottoms up!
“When it rains, it pours” History of The Morton Salt Girl (Umbrella And All) (via Miss Cellania)
“When it rains, it pours” History of The Morton Salt Girl (Umbrella And All) (via Miss Cellania)
My friend Kate has written a short story. Give it a view.
The River Cafe has been a West London food institution for more than three decades. River Cafe Table 4 is a podcast where owner Ruthie Rogers sits down with some of her famous customers to talk about food memories. (Pete Davidson tells us how to cook Cup O' Noodles)
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Wood Quilts
LauraPetrovich-Cheney makes quilts out of discarded wood.
See her work at The New England Quilt Museum until December 31.
The Bats
This short film was drawn and animated by Jim Trainor in 1999. It tells the story of the life cycle of a bat.
Via Boing Boing
Sculpt The World
Jon Foreman creates land art with stones or leaves, inland or on beaches.
His work is ephemeral, designed to swept away by the sea or it might be interfered with by others.
She Folds Paper
Paper sculptor Polly Verity creates intricate, three-dimensional works of art using mainly plain, white paper.
Friday, November 26, 2021
1930 - the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90 degrees at 15 inches an hour - all 600 employees continued to work inside pic.twitter.com/cdMoFD7nkZ
— Flashbak.com (@aflashbak) November 26, 2021
RIP Margo Guryan
Singer-songwriter Margo Guryan passed away earlier this month at the age of 84. She recorded “Take a Picture” in 1968, but it died when she declined to tour. Three decades later, listeners discovered the album and gave it a new life. She was perhaps best known for writing "Sunday Morning", a hit for Spanky and Our Gang in the 60s. She had a very sweet voice.
Treetop Hot Wheels Track
There's jumps, loopty loops, boosters, tunnels, and even a close call with a shark!
Radical Love
Michael and Eleanora Kennedy were a husband-and-wife legal team who represented a who’s who of the 1960s’ politically subversive class. In this film Eleanora shares her memories as she prepares to sell their historic oceanfront estate after her husband's death.**Language warning**
Radical Love from William Kirkley on Vimeo.
Thursday, November 25, 2021
1955 Lindblad Pictorial Map of Africa:#pictorialmaps #maps #cartography #mapping #gischat pic.twitter.com/QD56jT2LIa
— cartogeek (@cartogeek) November 25, 2021
The Coin
This short stop motion film by Siqi Song is about the importance of family traditions in the kitchen and how they create bonds that remain with us no matter where we are.
Via Cultura Inquieta
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
The cost to be a decent person is $0.00.
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) November 24, 2021
Always seek to encourage and root for others.
Credit: Imgur/vladrichdemaclant pic.twitter.com/d0hTJoIocb
Chicks' cheeks are landing strips
In the dark nest cavities where Gouldian finches breed, the luminous
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) November 24, 2021
mouth markings of their chicks act as a beacon to help the parents feed them.
As the chicks grow, no longer needing assistance to feed, the markings slowly disappear
🎥Full video https://t.co/12yAnqTXcb pic.twitter.com/AE6d6tecnt
Vintage Snow Goggles
Generations of snow-bound Arctic Circle people have been protecting their eyes from photokeratitis (aka snow blindness) with snow goggles for over 4,000 years. The goggles below have their own wooden case with hunting scenes and sailing ship.
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See more:Vintage Everyday
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Flamenco!
Via Everlasting BlortRemembering flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya, born on this day in 1918 in Barcelona. Here she is performing in the 1944 film “Follow the Boys.” pic.twitter.com/8ZSUIwTWrj
— dusttoodigital (@dusttoodigital) November 2, 2021
Preserved Soviet Mosaics
There is no explanatory detail provided. Many are political propaganda but there are others as well.
Monday, November 22, 2021
Tante Marie Talks Turkey
Mary Risley of San Francisco's 'Food Runners' gives down-to-earth advice on how to roast a Thanksgiving turkey and gravy without losing your mind. (A very tiny bit of NSFW language)
My Found Object is a shopping list
Deanna Kreisel (Doctor Waffle Blog) explains how, during the course of a lifetime, everyone gets one fabulous found item. This is hers:
Medium: Blue ball-point ink on wide-margin 3-ring notebook paper
Location: Shopping cart bottom, Save-On Foods, Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC
Finders: Doctor Waffle and Mr. Waffle, while grocery shopping
Date: 7 August 2010
"Who are these people? What is their relationship? Why did the list’s original addressee not get to the grocery store (and did he ever)? Why are they so obsessed with eating healthfully, yet also stock their cart with fatty meats and cheeses? What is the meaning of the mysterious addendum BEANS?"
Read more: 3 Quarks Daily
Toddler Tamers
Where were these a few decades ago when I could have used them?
Via perfect for roquefort cheese
Lmaaaoooo pic.twitter.com/naM8F4A6Jb
— Audrey Renée Bentley (@BentleyAudrey) November 12, 2021
May have been drunk?
17 cars in Honolulu were damaged by a speeding car. Driver may have been drunk. pic.twitter.com/triMcAnAqX
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) November 15, 2021
The better to hear you with
This 4-month old Russian blue mix cat is Midas and she was born with an extra pair of ears on her head, she looks awesome! pic.twitter.com/zHV91d3W7B
— Rob N Roll (@thegallowboob) November 13, 2021
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Running Up That Hill
A great cover of Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill by Meg Myers (2019)
These are the Colouring Artists:
Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA)
Albert Lacombe Catholic School
École Champs Vallée School
Elmer S. Gish School
St. Joseph Catholic School
Keenooshayo Elementary School
École Marie Poburan
Neil M. Ross Catholic Elementary School
Northmount School
Vital Grandin Catholic School
St. Albert Daycare Society
Bailey and Hudson King
Anaiya Beauregard
Anonymous
Every year since we first met, my wife and I have taken a photobooth photo, today we did No.22!! pic.twitter.com/088AA95hTz
— Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) November 20, 2021
Sunday Links
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Man with Rickshaw on Tree-lined Road Anonymous (Herbert Geddes Collection), ca. 1900 |
I love the image above from The Public Domain Review
From a vegetarian dog to a walking piece of kitchen equipment: The eccentric dog breeds that vanished
London Pub Details I have graced more than a few of these with my presence over the years (via FB pal Hal)
Blunder, Thunder, Fop, Smoker, Smooch and more lost and found dogs in Regency era England (via Strange Company)
Food Timeline Ever wonder how the ancient Romans fed their armies? What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip...and why?
Have you tried this? (Thanks Bruce!)
Pollinator Pathmaker is a campaign to make art for pollinators, planted and cared for by humans. (via Web Curios)
What aliens would think if they watched us play golf (or as Furio on the Sopranos called it 'Stupid-a-fucking game')
The World's Most Expensive Private Residence is located on 'Billionaires Road' in Mumbai, India. The 400,000 square foot home even has a ‘snow room’ that produces snowflakes!
This week's house envy is an Arts and Crafts restoration in charming Dulwich Village, South London.
No more ridiculous than today's anti-vax conspiracy theories: The World’s First Anti-Vax Movement Started with the First Vaccine for Smallpox in 1796, and Spread Fears of People Getting Turned into Half-Cow Babies.
'I sense you know where this conversation is going, so I won’t pussyfoot any longer: the mice, Sylv. We thought you would take care of the mice.' An annual performance review with the dog
This Jello mold has more brainwave activity than many people I see on social media.
On March 9, 2016, the worlds of Go and artificial intelligence collided in South Korea for an extraordinary best-of-five-game competition, coined The DeepMind Challenge Match. If you are interested and have 90 minutes here's The award-winning documentary
If you're hungry Babushka will feed you: The Book Of Tasty and Healthy Food , the story of an iconic Soviet cookbook.
I've always wanted to visit Japan but in the meantime I have subscribed to Tiny Barber, Post Office, a pop-up newsletter by Craig Mod about his 500km+ walk through ten cities in Japan.
At a loss for words? This might help: OneLook Reverse Dictionary and Thesaurus (via TMN)
Font is a cutlery set that uses design and technology to create an inclusive dining experience for users with different abilities.
A birthday buffet for an otter Those wee squeals of appreciation!
Music For Sunday Morning
This oldie by Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith has been running around my brain.
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Wrappin' With Coolio
Chef Coolio takes you to bacon-wrapping schoolio. Apparently it even smells like bacon…
Turning a small bolt into a work of art
Pablo Cimadevila is a former Paralympic Spanish swimming champion and designer and manufacturer of jewellery. This video shows how he creates a Cupid's bow with a brass screw and rubies.
Umbrellas Opening
Good morning! In Medina (Al Madinah Al Munawwarah), Saudi Arabia the umbrellas open at 4am.
Via bookofjoe
Friday, November 19, 2021
Buffy Gets Her Own Stamp
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Common Sands
Sand is cheap and difficult to recycle but carbon-heavy sand mining is marked by both material scarcity and ecological disaster. The Common Sands project makes tiles using glass from discarded ovens and microwaves. The project was initiated by Studio Plastique and continued in collaboration with Norwegian studio Snøhetta. The tiles do not have the perfect factory finish we have grown to expect but, rather than trying to standardise something that could not be standardised, the project is transforming e-waste glass into a sustainable and unique product.
Snøhetta plans to use the tiles in its architecture, landscape and interior projects.Planktonium
This short film by Jan van IJken shows the multitude of diverse organisms that exist beneath the surface of the waters around us. They are too small to be seen by the naked eye but they are of vital importance for all life on earth.
Via Colossal
Don't Rub Your Eyes!
This dynamic MRI provides evidence that some ocular conditions are caused by excessive eye rubbing.
A Short History Of The Highrise
Highrise is an Emmy-winning multi-year documentary experiment produced by the National Film Board of Canada and the New York Times about the human experience in vertical suburbs around the world. I'm sure I posted it a long time ago but can't find it now. Here's Part 1:
How period movies turn back the clock on city streets.
Set decorator Rena DeAngelo explains how she would transform a contemporary New York City street to look like a 1957 time capsule.
(Via Facebook pal Hal)
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Musical Train
model train plays music over a 211-meter track using 2,840 glasses tuned with water by Miniatur Wunderland (Guiness World Records). pic.twitter.com/lbnfnkic0j
— cartogeek (@cartogeek) November 17, 2021
51 year ago #Today, a U.S. patent was issued for the first computer mouse, invented by Douglas Engelbart https://t.co/C1xYa1cXEP #HappyBirthdayMouse pic.twitter.com/GMzhUcXarH
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 17, 2021
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Mid-century Modern Laser Cut Christmas
See More: Sweet Escape Creative
(via my friend Emily)
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