Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Feline Nobility
Einstein's Twin Paradox
They survived nuclear testing. Now they call for justice.
Animated Map of the Berlin Subway
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Africa by Kayak
Tuesday Afternoon
Directed by Pete Quandt and co-produced by Solitary Watch.
I Need You To Listen
The Painter's House - Chris Thompson
Monday, August 29, 2022
Gucci sets up shop in Detroit
Image: Brian Berkowitz |
Image: Gucci |
Terrace House
Image: Derek Swalwell |
A Rare Look at Paris in Colour A Century Ago
Animated Currency
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Sunday Links
Image: Lac Blanc, Chamonix, France, August 2021 - Natacha de Mahieu |
Saturday, August 27, 2022
New Orleans Jazz Landmark Lost
Friday, August 26, 2022
Moshe Safdie donates his Habitat 67 apartment to McGill University
The World's Oldest Known Song
Casa Katana
Pete Davidson Explained with a Sandwich
Thursday, August 25, 2022
"Marmot Homes"
The World's Most Remote Camera Store?
When Glaciers Go: Life Without Water
How Insects Become Airborne
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
The Sound Of a Black Hole.
Why Japanese Iron Kettles Cost So Much
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
210 films sing MIA's "Paper Planes"
Monday, August 22, 2022
Venice Through the Eyes of Monet
Mercury as a Cookie |
Space and astronomy journalist Fraser Cain imagines the Solar System as food in this Twitter thread.
Jupiter as a Sandwich |
Venus as Soup |
(via everlasting blort)
The Weirdest, Frigging Carrot You'll Ever Seen
Land's End by Christopher Grabowski
Ancient Buddhist Statues Revealed
Sunday, August 21, 2022
On This Day
Sunday Links
The macabre story of 16th Century Rocket Cats (image above) via everlasting blort
My garden is lacking one thing: This Fountain
Oh my! Cinetimes has free movies from YouTube, Archive.org, DailyMotion and Vimeo with a Netflix like interface.
They didn't always look so glamorous: Giving the Kardashians their old faces back
I'd like to do this: The island walk is a new 700km route that circles Prince Edward Island, Canada's smallest province.
Here are the meanest lines from the Times review of Jared Kushner's book.
Ways to reduce waste: these shoes dissolve in boiling water when baby has outgrown them
This is magnificent: One of the most important church buildings of the 20th century, The Mariendom in the pilgrimage town of Neviges in Germany, is one of the most famous works of architect Gottfried Böhm.
OneLook Reverse Dictionary and Thesaurus Enter a word, phrase, description, or pattern to find synonyms, related words, and much more. (Thanks Bruce!)
Video essay: What Made Better Call Saul a Master Class in Visual Storytelling
Against the Tide is a short documentary about Gill who decided to move to a small Scottish island after a relationship breakup.There is a Japanese belief that people who are destined to meet are united by a red thread tied with an indivisible knot to the little finger. A married couple discovers they were photographed together 10 years before they met.
Foods we like now that were once considered gross (via Miss Cellania)
Walter Crane's lovely children's book illustrations (Thanks Bruce!)
I'm loving this old home in Somerset, UK.
The heat of summer always makes me more aware of the trees around me as I seek a bit of cooling shade. Mona Chalabi’s site-specific installation at the entrance to the Brooklyn Museum brings a smile to my face.
Seal breaks into New Zealand home, traumatises cat and hangs out on couch
Tears Of A Cloud A short video that mocks the use of designer water. (Previously posted here in 2008)
Saturday, August 20, 2022
Props From 'Better Call Saul'
Allison Russell on “You’re Not Alone” featuring Brandi Carlile
Orinoco Flow (Bardcore Version)
Friday, August 19, 2022
An Abandoned Florida Resort
Matchstick Cookies
Stop-Motion Vegetables
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Human-Sized Dog Bed
Image source |
Tokyo's Do-Nothing Guy
Ai Weiwei covers historic Quebec City rampart in refugee life jackets
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has fastened 2000 life jackets to a 17th-century stone fortification in central Quebec City for Passages Insolites, an annual art festival in the city. The jackets were used by Syrian refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Having been a refugee himself, the artist has produced many works that illustrate the refugee experience as part of our shared humanity.