What if you could open up a drawer full of hundreds of pinned insect specimens to study them under a microscope, or unscrew the jar cap to scan a curious creature that swam in the deep sea decades ago? For collectors everywhere, this is a lovely series from the American Museum of Natural History: Shelf Life,…… Continue reading 33 Million Things – American Museum of Natural History
Category: My Life
The Teacher – Billy Collins
There is that part of us that believes We will never die — otherwise, How could we watch so much television, and there is the part that believes when we die, all life will come to an end. This is the part that storms within us dragging its robes across the marble floor. But what…… Continue reading The Teacher – Billy Collins
Langston Hughes and the End of It All
Langston Hughes – courtesy of the Department of African American Studies of Princeton University Harlem – Langston Hughes (1951) What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like…… Continue reading Langston Hughes and the End of It All
Stopmotion Skiing at Home – Philipp Klein Herrero
https://youtu.be/_HrIVWziJ0Y When avid skier Philipp Klein Herrero had to cancel a ski trip in the mountains, he decided to set up his GoPro and bring the mountains to him. The result: Freeride Skiing at Home. Filmed from above, this stop-motion short is a delightful escape from being stuck inside. He explains: Just before the current health situation locked…… Continue reading Stopmotion Skiing at Home – Philipp Klein Herrero
The Worst World Map of All Time
Apple OpenDoc Technology Intro
https://youtu.be/oFJdjk2rq4E https://youtu.be/tx_WCIAM4bA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogcow The dogcow, named Clarus, is a bitmapped image designed by Apple for the demonstration of page layout in Mac OS. The sound she makes is “Moof!”.[1] Clarus became the archetype of surrealistic humor in the corporate culture of the original Macintosh group, particularly as the mascot of Apple’s Developer Technical Support as officially documented in Technote #31.[1][2] Did they have a…… Continue reading Apple OpenDoc Technology Intro
Hand-Welded TIE Fighter and X-Wing Candlesticks
Alex Dodson of Burned by Design has again added to his incredible Star Wars inspired collection with amazing TIE Fighter and X-Wing candlesticks. Like his other work, Dodson hand cuts and welds each piece himself. The battle-ready candlesticks are perfectly content to stay at home with warming tealight candles to shine the way.
When I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving – Reginald Dwayne Betts
in the backseat of my car are my own sons, still not yet Tamir’s age, already having heard me warn them against playing with toy pistols, though my rhetoric is always about what I don’t like, not what I fear, because sometimes I think of Tamir Rice & shed tears, the weeping all another insignificance, all another…… Continue reading When I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving – Reginald Dwayne Betts
Vienna is Like… by Fernando Livschitz
https://vimeo.com/417000220 Vienna is like… from Black Sheep Films on Vimeo. Statues and buildings float, Slinkys connect articulated buses, and carnival rides get supersized in Vienna, Austria with help from Argentine director Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films. Animation and live-action blend fantastical sights with reality in Vienna is like… Watch the Upper Belvedere levitate in layers, dancers magically don colorful dance clothes mid-jump…… Continue reading Vienna is Like… by Fernando Livschitz
Can You Grow a Glacier?
https://youtu.be/wlppif9IJzI In the 13th century, Genghis Khan embarked on a mission to take over Eurasia, swiftly conquering countries and drawing them into his empire. But, legend has it that there was one obstacle that even he couldn’t overcome: a towering wall of ice, grown by locals across a mountain pass. Learn more about how ancient cultures…… Continue reading Can You Grow a Glacier?
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