Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Stunning 3D Flyover of Mars
Nostalgia In Everyday Moments
"Youth & Aging" Tales Of Mere Existence
Pup Brings Old Deaf Dog In From Outside
Info you will probably never use
Pretty cool…now just need 2 plungers handy in a parking lot pic.twitter.com/DtsojKc7Oo
— Wu-Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) January 23, 2023
Monday, January 30, 2023
The Corkscrew
Miss Thailand's Soda Tab Dress
World's Longest Wingsuit Proximity Flight
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Sunday Links
"Drumthwacket," Moses Taylor Pyne House, 354 Stockton Road, Princeton, New Jersey. Temple at upper pond, 1911 |
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Illustrated People
Special effects of bygone days
How special effects were done in the past pic.twitter.com/zmH0oqfFgb
— Imjustculture (@imjustculture_) January 21, 2023
Love from George of England
George Harrison letters to Bob Dylan. <3 pic.twitter.com/7yBOVmLXpM
— ramblin' rose 🍂 (@beatleboot) January 23, 2023
Man Frees Trapped Moose
Friday, January 27, 2023
Wearable Bean Bag Pillow
A Tour of Grand Central Terminal (2018)
Canadian Colour
Canadian Colour is a collection of digitally colourized historical Canadian photographs. Each photo has a write-up.
Sour-Dough Alley, Rossland, B.C. c.1895 |
Member of the Ku Klux Klan outside their headquarters, Vancouver, Nov. 1925 |
Dominion Tires Studebaker |
NIAGARA MOON
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Marlowe Film Trailer
Popsicle Stick Queen Anne
YouTuber, Guldies, demonstrates how popsicle sticks, a few tools, and some attention to detail can build a charming home, influenced by Queen Anne-style architecture.
Masstransiscope
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Kodak Sound 8 For Your Personal Movies (1961)
Claude's Story
The Story of R32
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Eugene Levy's The Reluctant Traveler - Official Trailer
Burberry brands volcano and meadow with iconic check pattern land art
Burberry collaborated with Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada to create an installation in the Canary Islands |
Proust Text Turned Into Images by Human Photographers and AI
They later extended the project by “feeding” the same textual descriptions that had inspired their images to an AI image generator (DALL-E 2), to see how its results would differ from their own photographs. Who did it better?
In this paragraph, Proust describes fleeting views of “old and wobbly” traditional Normandy houses that he glimpses from his moving car. He goes into some detail about the rose bushes and trees that grow alongside them.
Surprisingly DALL-E 2’s flowers are not roses, but gladiolas. The trees which feature prominently in Proust’s description are a very minor part of this image. The architectural style of the house however is fairly convincing.
Tentacle Earbuds
Turning Aluminum Cans Into a Guitar
Monday, January 23, 2023
Beautiful Oregon
Canadian Artwork of the Day
HELEN KONEK UNTITLED (CAMP SCENE) before 1994 (National Gallery Of Canada) |
Materials: felt, printed cotton cloth, glass beads, cotton embroidery floss, cotton thread, animal skin, animal bone, and polyester quilt batting
19th Century Japanese Pregnancy Dolls
The Greatest Batusi Ever
Sometimes I am nostalgic for the days when peak television was Batman dancing the Batusi after being tortured to insanity by King Tut.
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Photo Of The Day
Sunday Links
The Paris that we know and love today was born from the vision of just two men and the City of Light was smart enough to know not to mess with a good thing. Via Things Magazine (Image above)
The Day After Trinity This 1981 documentary follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a gentle and eloquent physicist and the head of the Manhattan Project. (full documentary via Facebook pal Hal Prentice)Elephant Trunk Hill, the protector of Guilin, China.
This is real: Husband-calling contest at the Iowa State Fair
My friend Alan Parker posted this story on Facebook about a dog in Buenos Aires: "He is between eight and nine years old, and has lived in the bar for four years ... He used to live on Paso street, because he had some owners who moved and abandoned him. Later a lady adopted him, but Corchito did not feel comfortable with the other pets and returned to the street. The dog is very affectionate and is part of the bar. Every time a person goes alone for breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner, Corchito gets on a chair next to him and keeps company." He looks a lot like our Liz. (See photos of Corchito here)
Sometimes we can all use a little reassurance that things are going to be okay. Supportive cat comics
Calling all spellers! 10 Typos is a proofreading game. (via Webcurios)
Satellite Images Discover a New Emperor Penguin Colony in Antarctica The colony of 500 birds were discovered thanks to the guano stains they leave which stand out against the ice.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic circular sun house hits the market. It was his(via perfect for roquefort cheese)
While I spend my time posting snarky tweets my friend Sally has been doing some real writing: The thrill of performing (and a strapless bra) was all we needed at 14. Her new contemporary romance novel, So Hard To Do, is also launching this month.
Book lover Benedict Cumberbatch reads Kurt Vonnegut’s 1973 response to a book burning school board chairman.The World's Oldest Restaurant has served Christopher Columbus, Mozart, and Clint Eastwood (but not all at once).
The community of sled dogs on British bases in Antarctica began when 25 huskies from Labrador, Canada, arrived at Hope Bay in 1945. The Intrepid, Furry Explorers Who Mapped Antarctica
Our dog is 18 years old and people keep telling me she is 126 in human years. This is incorrect. She's bloody old but not that old. (She's only 88) Dog Years is to Human Years as 7 is to 1 = Wrong
Belleville: A Working Class Parisian Village Lost to the Wrecking Ball
The villa from White Lotus is a decadent Airbnb rental. Villa Tasca, located in Sicily, dates from the 1500s and sits within 20 acres of formal gardens. (Lots of nice pictures)
Eleven accessible designs for people with disabilities
UK artist Jane Booth creates photo-realistic portraits of animals and people. Take a look
I swore I wouldn't follow yet another Instagram account but I couldn't resist GallicaBnF, the digital library of the National Library of France and its partners.
Music For Sunday Morning
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Rescue beavers building a pond
On This Day
Friday, January 20, 2023
Moose Sheds Its Antlers
Woodsman Derek Burgoyne captured rare footage of a bull moose shedding its antlers near Juniper, New Brunswick.
Photograph of the Day
[Helen Konek. Between 1949-1950]PHOTO RICHARD HARRINGTON Library and Archives of Canada |
What's Happening Under The Pier?
Photographer Makes Infrared Filter from a Floppy Disk
Mr. Plant's Shoes
This footwear series by Monsieur Plant shows shoes growing with forest plants like mushrooms, moss, leaves and bark.
Pop Culture Woodcuts
Thursday, January 19, 2023
House Looks Like It Came Straight From Lord Of The Rings
The Goggomobil Dart
Battles of the Sexes
Illustration from a 1467 manuscript of Hans Talhoffer's fight book. |
Duels often begin with the man in a pit or a tub, equipped with a wooden mace, while the woman circles above, slinging a stone wrapped in a veil or “loaded” into the sleeve of her chemise. The difference in height is meant to level any physical advantage of biological sex.
Alta Moda
VIII, Male costume in the Wallatas dance, communities of Willoq and Patacancha, district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamba, Cusco, Peru 2010 |
XXII, Women’s costume in the Mestiza Qoyacha dance, San Jerónimo, San Sebastián and Saylla districts, province of Cusco, Cusco, Peru 2010 |
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Renderings of Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt buildings
Rendering of the Gordon Strong automobile objective (unbuilt). |
The Lake Tahoe Summer Colony was to have "floating" cabins |
Unheard Bob Dylan Track Released
Psychedelic AI Generated Video for 'Dark Side of the Moon'
via Memo Of The Air