Sunday Links

Buckminster Fuller and Shoji Sadao, Project for Floating Cloud Structures (Cloud Nine), c. 1960

Cloud Nine  Could Buckminster Fuller's airborne habitats (above) provide a solution to a housing crisis?

Bunny Heaven inWilliamsburg: A couple transformed an ugly New York City rooftop terrace into a garden oasis for family, friends, birds, beehives, crickets, and … bunnies. (I'd like to see the before pictures.)

Baseten is a free photo restoration application.

Beautiful:30 years of exoplanet discoveries

From a multi-day trek tracing the routes of a Japanese poet, to a classic clamber in the Argentinian Lake District 23 of the world's best hiking trails 

A video about Japanese art restorer Mayuyama Koji who restores objects in a way that minimizes the repaired damage. It is long (50mins) but I found it fascinating. (via BoingBoing)

Emoji Kitchen Browser (good for when you have mixed feelings)

This battlefield is on fire and exploding 100-year-old ordnance: The First World War ended 104 years ago, but thanks to wildfires burning the European continent, echoes of the Great War are being heard. (via FB pal Hal)

 

A Book of Color Shades Depicted on Feathers (Circa 1915) 

John Einarsen's photos of  small buildings of Kyoto (via everlasting blort)

One of Australia’s greatest mysteries may finally be solved, after a professor came forward claiming to have identified a body found on a beach nearly 75 years ago. (via Metafilter)

I envy many things about Europe, one of them being the availability and ease of train travel. How far can you travel in Europe by train in 5 hours?

A Medieval Graphic Novel carved on a 14th century ivory box (not the religious scenes usually depicted in that era).

The portable oasis is heavier than a mask but it gets more attention.

Swan Upping on the River Thames The ancient custom of making a census of the swans.

Futuristic paradise or dystopia? Saudi Arabia is building The Line, a new city enclosed by mirrored walls 

Let us adore and drink! A toast to the elbow, the joint that allows us to drink at our ease.

Recipes Etched on Gravestone for All Eternity (NYT unlocked article)

The Book of St Albans, One of the Finest Medieval Manuscripts, Gets Digitized and Put Online

The Proust Questionnaire: David Bowie, Murder And The President Dies During Sex

This is lovely: An Alphabet of Celebrities by Oliver Herford - 1899