Every month or two for the past couple of years, I’ve shared the movies, books, music, TV, and podcasts I’ve enjoyed (o
The Best of the Best-of-the-Decade Lists
Rex Sorgatz has been compiling a collection of lists related to the 2010s decade — best movies, worst TV shows, top inv
How Do You Move a Star? Stellar Engines!
In this episode of Kurzgesagt, they’re talking about building engines powerful enough to move entire stars, dragging t
Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2019
As he does every year, President Obama has shared his favorite books of the year for 2019. His picks include Sally Roon
A Self-Driving DeLorean Is Taught How to Drift
A group of Stanford engineers has built an electric self-driving DeLorean that they’ve taught how to drift through a f
Embroidery of Homer Simpson Disappearing into the Bushes
Move over, every other craft project — this Homer Simpson disappears into the bushes embroidery piece by Rayna of Herm
A Free-to-Use Library of Very Canadian Stock Photos
Cira, the organization that manages the .ca top-level domain, is offering a free stock photo library featuring typical
The Eyeless Girls
Hélène Delmaire paints portraits of girls without eyes.
Delmaire did all of the paintings for the film Portrait of
Fleabag: The Scriptures
I am sorry this is too late to make my holiday gift guide, but I just found out it existed: Fleabag: The Scriptures con
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
I am fascinated with the sound of movies, from the soundtracks to the foley effects and even temp music. Making Waves i
SNL’s Honest Kids Clothing Ad
This Saturday Night Live mock TV commercial for a Macy’s holiday sale cuts right to the truth about buying clothes for
Every Sample from Paul’s Boutique by the Beastie Boys
This video catalogs every borrowed sample from Paul’s Boutique by the Beastie Boys, from the soundtrack to Car Wash to
Live in the Country and Need a Hand? I Know a Guy…
I live in the country and this thread from Avery Alder about needing a lot of guys is spot on.
Here is the thing about
Star Wars Spoiler Generator
From Randall Munroe at XKCD, here’s a spoilers generator for the latest Star Wars movie.
In this Star Wars movie, our
Radiohead’s Entire Discography Now Available on YouTube
Radiohead have uploaded all of their albums to YouTube where they are available for all of your streaming needs.
The
An Introvert’s Guide to Cancelling Plans (Without Losing Your Friends)
Olga Khazan writes about How to Flake Gracefully:
I am the queen of cancellation.”Heyyyyy guyyyyyyyssss-” begins a typ
How to Get a World-Famous Actor for Your Short Film Project
Colin Levy recently finished a sci-fi short that he’s been working on for several years called Skywatch. And spoiler al
The Year in Clouds 2019
The NY Times shares a selection of cloud photos taken by members of the Cloud Appreciation Society. The photos above
Almost Famous: “I Was in The Black Eyed Peas. Then I Quit.”
Actress and singer/songwriter Kim Hill became a member of the Black Eyed Peas in the mid-90s, appearing with the group
The 25 Best Films of 2019
Hey, Merry Ehrlichmas! David Ehrlich’s video countdown of his top 25 films of the year is one of my most anticipated e
The Trailer for Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s Next Time-Bending Film
Christopher Nolan loves to play around with time. In most of his films — Interstellar, Memento, Dunkirk, Inception — t
The Year in Photos 2019
From top to bottom: Hong Kong protests by Vincent Yu, Greta Thunberg by Maja Hitij, the first image of a black ho
Come and See
Elem Kilmov’s 1985 Soviet anti-war film Come and See is getting a 2K restoration and theatrical re-release in 2020. In
Cool Multiplane Animation in this Pinocchio Clip from 1940
This is a 45-second clip from Pinocchio, an animated film made by Disney in 1940.
The scene itself isn’t that exciting
Shampoo Packaged in “Bottles” Made of Soap
Product designer Jonna Breitenhuber has come up with an interesting way to get rid of plastic shampoo and body wash con
The Year in Good News 2019 (and the Bad News About Good News)
From Future Crunch, 99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn’t Hear About in 2019. Here are a few representative entries:
136 Mindblowing & Groundbreaking Internet Videos
Joe Sabia is a VP for Conde Nast Entertainment and he and his team have been the creative force behind some of the most
The Happy Broadcast
For the past couple of years, Mauro Gatti has been publishing The Happy Broadcast, his antidote to negative news and “t
Fantastic Fungi
That’s the trailer for Fantastic Fungi, a feature-length documentary about the worldwide network of mushrooms & my
Artworks from the Prado Museum Altered to Show Effects of Climate Change
In collaboration with the Prado Museum in Madrid, the World Wildlife Fund altered a few paintings from the museum’s co
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a Giant of Physics
Prompted by this Facebook post, I have been reading about astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who should be more w
44,000 Year-Old Cave Painting in Indonesia Is World’s Oldest Figurative Art
A team of archaeologists has found a massive painting in a cave in Indonesia that uranium dating analysis shows to be a
Mashup of Radiohead’s Creep & All I Want for Christmas is You
This is a little slice of genius right here, a mashup of Radiohead’s Creep and Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas
Watch This Chimpanzee Swipe Effortlessly Through Instagram
I’m not so surprised that this chimpanzee can navigate Instagram — chimps are quite clever tool users — I’m more intere
The Best Optical Illusion of the Year for 2019
This mind-bending optical illusion concocted by Frank Force has won this year’s Best Illusion of the Year contest. The
How the Succession Theme Song Was Composed
Sitting at a piano, composer Nicholas Britell explains how he came up with the theme music to Succession.
I’m constan
The Kung Fu Nuns of the Drukpa Order
Until recently, Buddhist nuns in the Himalayan region were denied leadership positions and the opportunity to exercise
Cybertruck Circa 1966
In 1966, Ford designed a concept truck they called the Ranger II:
From Ford’s press release:
Ford Division’s Ranger
How Humans Domesticated Cats (Twice)
Sometimes it doesn’t feel like cats are particularly domesticated, but as this PBS video explains, humans have actuall
Lego Frida Kahlo
Behold a Lego portrait of Frida Kahlo made by visual artist Karen Cantú Q. She was inspired by Marco Sodano’s Lego por
The Time-Traveling Cinematography of The Irishman
Here’s a short clip of cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto talking about his work on The Irishman.
The movie takes place ov
Tunes 2011-2019, Burial
On heavy rotation today: Burial’s recent compilation album Tunes 2011-2019.
Here’s the album for sale on Bandcamp and
The Artistic Ecosystems of Yellena James
I ran across the work of Yellena James on Instagram the other day and my inner emoji face went all heart-eyes. I love h
The Embroidered Memory of the Berlin Wall
For her series called Berlin, artist Diane Meyer embroiders the Berlin Wall back into modern-day scenes of the once-d
Pachelbel’s Canon Played by Train Horns
This video of the familiar tune of Pachelbel’s Canon being played by different clips of train horns all edited togethe
The Relative Rotations of the Planets
Planetary scientist James O’Donoghue made this cool little visualization of the rotation speeds of the planets of the
If Hogwarts Were an Inner-City School (Key & Peele)
In this faux HBO documentary short from Key & Peele, we visit Vincent Clortho Public School for Wizards, the Ameri
52 Things Learned in 2019
One of my favorite end-of-the-year lists comes from writer, consultant, and curious human Tom Whitwell: 52 things I lea
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