Sunday Links

In 1957, the German company Rasch commissioned artist and theatre designer Hein Heckroth to create a new wallpaper  inspired by Powell and Pressburger’s classic film The Red Shoes. The wallpaper (image above) reproduces key moments and characters  – the menacing shoemaker and his tempting wares, Vicky’s delight and then despair while in thrall to the red shoes, and the dancing newspaper which takes on human form. (More: Feuilleton)

Researchers tracked down the original photo used in The Shining.

“The devil knows everything except where women sharpen their knives” and more Bulgarian Proverbs 

Do you miss the days when people sent greeting cards for every milestone: birthdays, graduations, moving to a new home, getting a new job, wedding anniversaries, retirement and so on? Now you can receive 1 Greeting Per Week. You might think it’s not your thing but this week’s greeting might change your mind. (Via Web Curios) 

Every International Flight Seat Map Unfortunately very accurate.

He told his German girlfriend’s mother that he masturbates with his family every December. Link

Woven Through Conflict is a small exhibition of Afghan war rugs at The British Museum. (previously).

 The flying padres of Australia. In a big place with few people, a minister needs a pilot’s license.

A Chinese hotel has been told to stop its unusual wake-up service. Too bad, it sounds pretty sweet to me.

Sitting pretty Via Memo Of The Air

AirlineMeals.net is  the world's largest website about airline catering, inflight meals and special meals. Via Neatorama

Things you might not know about James Garfield, the 200-day president

Do you remember the very first YouTube Video? 

Just in time for Independence Day: Ten Steps to Revolution is a series by Heather Cox Richardson, a voice of reason in these troubled times, that explains how ordinary people worked to make the principles the founders articulated in the Declaration of Independence the law of the land.

If you have an injury try to avoid an orthopedic surgeon named Ricky. Via Miss Cellania

This pop-up book invites you into the home of the legendary songwriter Allee Willis, AKA the Queen of Kitsch.

“It appears to be one of the hazards of literary life in America, that if you hire an assistant they will one day write a book about your fridge. Your way of cooking fish.” Air-Conditioned Unease is an article about Joan Didion and the exploitation of the dead. 

An easy but bland snack from Victorian days. Maybe a pinch of salt would improve it?

In January I quietly celebrated 2 decades of Nag On The Lake ( actually the anniversary slipped my mind altogether until I saw this link on Web Curios):  Classic Web posts screenshots of classic websites and blogs from Dot-Com, Web 2.0 and the 2010s. Lots of old friends here, many gone to blog heaven now. The nostalgia is strong.