Read more: Boing Boing
Friday, March 31, 2023
106-year-old tattoo artist is Vogue's new cover model
Apo Whang-Od, 106 years old, is the oldest person ever to be on the cover of Vogue. Whang-Od is a master of an indigenous "hand-tapped" tattoo technique using a bamboo stick, a thorn, water, and coal.
Françoise Hardy - Tous les garçons et les filles
I went through a stage where I listened to a lot of music by French chanteuses. This lighthearted chanson from 1962 was a favourite.
Early 20th Century Autochromes
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| Portrait de Jean in Paris, 1907 © Collection AN |
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| La maison Paquin, 3 rue de la Paix à Paris lors de la visite du roi George V (1914) |
Edo, the Ancient Green City of Japan
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Diary Of A Snakebite Death
When herpetologist Dr. Karl P. Schmidt was bitten by a snake he made an account of the effect of the venom on his body.
via 3 Quarks Daily
Nalujuit Night
Nalujuk Night by Inuk filmmaker Jennie Williams takes us inside a terrifying tradition celebrated by the Labrador Inuit communities of Canada.
RIP Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Ethiopian nun, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, was one of history’s most distinctive pianists. Guèbrou died in Jerusalem in March 2023, at the age of 99.
Howdy!
This octopus was captured on camera waving back to his keeper at London's Sea Life Aquarium in March 2019. The wave was captured on camera behind the scenes at the Sea Life centre, during one of the octopus' twice-daily "playtimes"
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 28, 2023
[full story: https://t.co/InIUUympMn] pic.twitter.com/lWOUFasmn1
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
One Second = One Hour
The Slow Mo Guys shot high-speed footage at 90,000 frames per second and then played the footage back at 25 fps.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Magic
I demonstrate the 10 types of magic ✨ pic.twitter.com/Wl8MPzZRpF
— Kevin Parry (@kevinbparry) March 20, 2023
My Mulholland
A video essay by Jessica McGoff about watching David Lynch's Mulholland Drive when she was thirteen.
Every Documentary About Edinburgh's History
Subterranean mole people who crawled through the dirt searching for rats to eat… and more!
via FB pal Hal
Monday, March 27, 2023
Just Look At These Kids!
"Wow, the power of violin is truly amazing and can bring so much joy through music!" pic.twitter.com/f7452dlMai
— Tansu YEĞEN (@TansuYegen) March 26, 2023
The Coat Before The Storm
The discussion we have every year at this time.
The coat before the storm. 🌨️ pic.twitter.com/pWprIPUW2M
— 22Minutes (@22_Minutes) March 22, 2023
Colour Illustrations From Marvels Of The Universe - c. 1911
Via Flashbak
Bee-witching
A bee riding a tiny broomstick is featured in Richard Attenborough's Wild Isles BBC series.
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| Photograph: John Walters/Silverback Films/BBC/PA |
Read More: The Guardian
When Do Cherry Trees Bloom in Japan?
Mom asked, "I wonder when cherries bloom in Japan?" So I found 1200 years of data online and made her a plot. pic.twitter.com/89ln6oftMh
— Robin Rohwer (@RobinRohwer) March 24, 2023
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Sally Ride's Makeup Kit
What might women in space need? Well-fitting spacesuits? According to NASA engineers, they needed makeup.
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| (Image credit: NASA) |
Sunday Links
This might be the prettiest street in Ontario (photo above) My windows look out on the rear of the Court House and the clocktower. I never tire of the view, even after 37 years.
My mother, the troll A tragic tale of mythomania.
Keanumycins are named after actor Keanu Reeves, because of their ability to evade predatory amoeba and slay harmful enemies.
Get Slim Slippers 'I never went over the 2-1/2-hour limit, and I tried to "respect the slippers" in spite of jeers from my office mates.'
Yesterday marked the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NYC. 146 people, mostly immigrant women were killed, many of whom jumped to the ground below in their desperate attempt to flee. In October of that year New York passed a law requiring factory owners to install sprinkler systems, established the New York City Fire Prevention Bureau, and expanded the powers of the fire commissioner. Read an eyewitness account of the disaster (disturbing)
While doing renovation work at his flat in York, England, Luke Budworth discovered rare 400 year old wall paintings that could unlock more information about the development of a famous street.
I cannot get this eggplant involtini recipe out of my head. I guess I'm going to have to make it.
The very attributes that make small dogs cute and popular are slowly strangling their ability to function as real animals Read more
The Arctic Balloon Expedition In 1897, S. A. Andrée had the bright idea to just fly to the North Pole using the only available air vehicle of the time, a balloon.
If you've always wanted a minstrels' gallery this 15th century watermill might be the house for you.
In the 102 years Nancy Gifford has lived in her terraced house in Somerset, the world has witnessed World War Two, the invention of TV and the moon landings. On her 104th birthday she has put it on the market.
Aspics have long been the subject of derision and morbid fascination but this Gastro Obscura article indicates that edible gelatinous blobs are making a comeback. I think this movement should be hashtagged MAGA (Make Aspic Great Again).
This Hidden Beach at Islas Marietas in Mexico looks like paradise.
The transfusion affair: 'A blood race between England and France, instigated by two kings at a moment when the “scientific community” was being built across political boundaries.'
A nice collection of vintage photographs of my hometown Views of Montreal - Vues de Montréal 1863-1925 (a repost from 14 years ago)
Calling all film freaks, movie misfits and cinema aficionados: This YouTube channel has more cult film classics than you can shake a stick at. (via Web Curios)
What made Beethoven sick? Locks of hair compose a symphony of genetic information
Wilting greens? Your soda maker can help with that
"Locals" and "Tourists" on iNaturalist is an interactive map that shows where nature lovers are posting either as tourists or as locals. (via Maps Mania)
Saturday, March 25, 2023
70 Million by Hold Your Horses !
This 2010 video by Franco-American band, Hold Your Horses! playfully reconstructed famous paintings.
(This video provides the names of the paintings)
via FB pal Hal
A Painting Provided Inspiration For Award Winning Film
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| Foretoken (2008) by Manabu Ikeda |
However it provided inspiration to Daniel Kwan when he was writing the script for the Oscar winning Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Manabu’s painting] became a guiding light two years into the writing process when I was feeling overwhelmed by the script, feeling worthless and stupid for trying to tackle something so big. - Daniel Kwan
Read more: Spoon & Tamago
Best Movie Closing Shots
A good closing shot leaves you with a lasting memory of a film. CLS Videos has compiled a montage of 120 of the best. How many do you recognize?
See the complete list here
How an 18th Century Sailing Battleship Works
They go through each deck's contents and purpose then explain how the sails are rigged and operated.
Thanks Bruce!
The Prisoner Renault 21 Commercial
In The Prisoner tv series a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a prison. Despite many attempts he never manages to escape. Too bad he didn't have a Renault.
via FB pal Hal
Friday, March 24, 2023
Cat Royale: Day One
For the next 12 days, three cats - Clover, Pumpkin and Ghostbuster - will spend 6 hours a day relaxing in a feline utopia. The system attempts to measure which games the cats like in order to increase their happiness.
Via Web Curios
Stairway Shootout
In this 1987 clip from The Untouchables Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) and George Stone (Andy Garcia) trade fire with gangsters while chasing a runaway baby carriage.
Blind Kittens Can Always Find Each Other
Ginger kittens George and Hamilton use echolocation to find one another when separated.
via Laughing Squid
The Everlasting Storm
In Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo electrical storms occur almost 300 days each year. They are caused by warm air and water from the Caribbean Sea meeting cold air flowing down from the Andes.
Architecture for the Anthropocene
The structure is inspired by Qarmaq, a type of inter-seasonal, single-room family dwelling long used by the Central Inuit of Northern Canada. The pavilion will be hermetically sealed with its gently grooved exterior designed to collect snow to create natural insulation similar to the traditional igloo.
See more: Design Milk
Thursday, March 23, 2023
A Cup of Jupiter
It's out of this world!
via everlasting blort
I asked Midjourney AI to make me a cup of Jupiter pic.twitter.com/cGTGB4Jqg1
— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) August 8, 2022
Remembering Sudan - trailer
via PetaPixel
Harmonium In California (full documentary)
Harmonium was once one of the most influential bands in Quebec. In the mid 1970s the band toured California with then-Premier René Lévesque in an effort to promote the province.
Chunky
This compilation of vintage dance movies by YouTuber Trampsta is excellent. I have two left feet but it made me want to dance.
Films are named in the captions
Via Memo Of The Air
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Hyperrealistic art of the day
This pencil drawing by Kohei Ohmori resembles a high-resolution photograph.
Tweet Of The Day
Quite the photo https://t.co/V5RFt5BGiI
— madamjujujive (@madamjujujive) March 19, 2023
Image Of The Day
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| Marshall Islands stick chart, Meddo type via Wikimedia Commons |
This is a wave chart, a navigation tool used by master navigators of the Marshall Islands.
Read more: JSTOR Daily
Radioman (documentary)
Craig Castaldo is the New York film set mascot who overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the New York film industry, with over 100 small parts to his name.
Read more: NYT article
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
The Horse Has a Voice
British electronic musician Matthew Herbert's new album, “The Horse,” uses instruments made from a horse’s skeleton and hair, along with the London Contemporary Orchestra, jazz musicians and sampled horse sounds.
Artwork Of The Day
You encounter the idealized framing of a fishing stage that is actually an elaborate rig for a weather station. First seeing it on top of a headland as something that is potential rather than final. Something that reveals information about its own construction and is not permanent in appearance.
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| A Variability Quantifier installed 6 October 2022, Fogo Island (Newfoundland and Labrador), by Liam Gillick |
Rollerman
Rollerman, Jean-Yves Blondeau, wears a suit of full-body armor, equipped with 32 wheels placed on the hands, feet, knees, torso, arms, and back.
via Memo Of The Air
'Myth of Sisyphus' Wooden Automaton
Artist Ross McSweeney made this hand-cranked automaton of Sisyphus who was condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity only to have it roll down again every time he got it to the top.
Monday, March 20, 2023
The Future Of Package Delivery?
Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones which deliver anything from phone chargers to pepperoni pizza, in minutes.
Thanks Bruce!
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Hiroshi Kondo's Multiverse
Hiroshi Kondo's Multiverse shows multilayered shots of people on motorbikes, in cars, and crowds of pedestrians making their way through the streets of Taiwan.
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Amelie - The Real Story
A great short film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet based on the movie Amelie. When the original was released I was embroiled in an intense love affair with Paris that lasted several years. I visited the City Of Light at least 15 times during that period and watched the film over and over.
Via Memo Of The Air
Sunday Links
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| (Photograph courtesy of Saunders Architecture) |
Labrador's striking new cultural centre Newfoundland-born Todd Saunders, who is the architect behind Newfoundland’s Fogo Island Inn, took inspiration from Inuit sod house shelters on nearby Rose Island (image above)
His unfocussed stare peered at the world—or scowled at it—through a blue haze of cigarette smoke and alcohol fumes. He was usually alone, but if he had company, you would hear him periodically grouch out pessimistic comments on the human condition. Low Life and High Style (a good story)
One billionaire at a time: Inside the Swiss clinics where the super-rich go for rehab.
Mr. Electrico, the magician who inspired Ray Bradbury - then vanished.
Many animal species are near extinction with some in endling stage where just one individual remains. There is occasional good news though.
Like. Flirt. Ghost. A journey into the social media lives of teens.
Standing Room Only: Canada's smallest bar is just 144 square feet.
Big shoes to fill The photo manipulation art of Carlos Jiménez Varela.
The Civicus Monitor annual report ranks 197 countries based on local threats to civil society. (via Maps Mania)
Selling Polaroids in the Bars of Amsterdam, 1980 "Our Polaroid camera was a money machine fueled by alcohol; each photo sold for 6 guilders (approx. $3) and we usually took more than 50 pictures a night." (Via Memo Of The Air)
The 15-minute city brouhaha confirms that the lunatic right can turn the most benign of planning concepts into a conspiracy theory.
Ian Urbina, Director and Founder of The Outlaw Ocean Project, had a beachside fortress built and transported to an oceanfront lot on Prince Edward Island despite never having set foot in the province.
Artist shows how she made a video of herself jumping into a coffee cup.
'Roger's Blue World' is a mother's photographic project that brings us into the world of her autistic son.
The mystery of Alice in Wonderland syndrome A surprising number of people experience symptoms of this curious condition, which is named after Lewis Carroll's heroine, who changed size after eating and drinking.
A Student Rejects Rejection: "Having reviewed the many rejection letters I have received in the last few weeks, it is with great regret that I must inform you I am unable to accept your rejection at this time."
I'll have a third leg and, while you're at it, bring me an extra pair of hands.
Quentin Tarantino will be 60 years old in a few days and he is saying that his next film will be his last. Do you believe him?
A veterinarian weighs in on the ethics of preserving and ending the life of a pet.
The Leaning Tower of … New York City? (via FB pal Hal)
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Stop Making Sense - Rerelease
David Byrne has picked up his c1984 big suit at the dry cleaners. This can mean only one thing: The iconic concert film Stop Making Sense is getting a 4K restoration and will be out sometime later this year. Yay!
via Kottke
Reconfigurable cabin in Dutch park
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| Image: Caspar Schols |
Mister Rogers Theme Song as 'House of the Rising Sun'
A musical mashup of the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood theme song and the less than cheerful “House of the Rising Sun” as sung by The Animals
via Laughing Squid
Concrete kicking, fist bumping, longest canine conga line and more…
Here are the Guinness World Records set in February, 2023.
Happy Caturday
Cats working out pic.twitter.com/6RGG5JnKED
— UOldGuy🇨🇦 (@UOldguy) February 28, 2023
Friday, March 17, 2023
Bound To Lose
The Dropkick Murphys enlist the support of Woody Guthrie (posthumously) to fight the good fight against the elitist UK Tory political party.
Via Boing Boing
Wheel
I have a hoard of ancient vinyl but no longer have a turntable. The Wheel2 would be be the ideal solution if it weren't so pricey (€1,999.00 EUR).
Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
In this 2003 film by Daniel O'Hara, Yu Ming prepares for his trip to Ireland by learning the local language only to find that, while Irish is technically one of the national languages of Ireland, it's hard to find a Gaeilgeoir in Dublin.
via Boing Boing
The Roots Of Rap
The gospel song Noah (1946) by the Jubalaires showcases a style of spoken-singing that was a predecessor to modern day hip hop or rap.
Read more: Moss and Fog
Woodcut Of The Day
The Provincetown Printmakers is a new exhibition exploring the leading role women played in the creative explosion that occurred in Provincetown in the first half of the 20th century.
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| Blanche Lazzell, "Provincetown Back Yards" (1926) |
Can a "boneless chicken wing" truly be called a wing?
Buffalo Wild Wings responds to a lawsuit:
It’s true.
— Buffalo Wild Wings (@BWWings) March 13, 2023
Our boneless wings are all white meat chicken.
Our hamburgers contain no ham.
Our buffalo wings are 0% buffalo.
Read more: NPR
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Fireflies At Dusk
I love watching fireflies but light pollution, pesticide use, and loss of habitat from development has led to a decline in their numbers.
Shoebill Stork
I know you want it but this stork would not be a good pet.
via everlasting blort
The unexpected sound of a Shoebill storkpic.twitter.com/jGgqHMXK2w
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) February 23, 2023
How People Used To Imagine The World
Thought to have been created around 1300 CE, the Hereford Mappa Mundi is the largest surviving complete map of the medieval world.
The World's Oldest Hotel
Dating back to 705 AD, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is the world's oldest hotel but it has continued to evolve over the centuries.
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined A Generation (full documentary)
Between 1961-1973, many musicians in The Village banded together to sing about the radical social upheaval of the time. Interviews with Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Don McLean, Peter Yarrow, Arlo Guthrie, Lucy and Carly Simon, Tom Chapin and Judy Collins, among dozens of other music luminaries.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Alfie is 90
Happy birthday Michael Caine! The British icon has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades.
Rinse The Blood Off My Toga
This Ides of March video starring Canadian icons, Wayne and Shuster, is a repost from 2021.
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte Explained
"Georges Seurat spent most of his adult life thinking about colour, studying theories, and working out systematically how one colour, placed in a series of dots, next to those of another, creates a whole different colour when it hits the retina of the human eye. How one colour can make another appear luminous bright, and vibrant."
Via Kottke
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