Remember a few years ago when the owner of a credit card payment processing company based in Seattle raised the minimum
Simply Stunning Aerial Photos of Oceans and Beaches
These aerial photos of oceans, sand, and other natural landscapes taken by Tobias Hägg will make you stop in your tra
Mug
This slow and meditative video features a potter making a mug from scratch. There’s no dialogue but don’t skimp on the
Marshall Islands Navigation Charts
The arrangement of the sticks in these Marshall Islands navigational charts represents ocean swells & currents
An International Eye Test Chart (circa 1907)
From the collection of the US National Library of Medicine, an eye test chart designed by George Mayerle around 1907 t
Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply
If you’re a computer, it turns out that the fastest way to multiply two numbers, especially two very large numbers, is
My Trip to Vietnam, Singapore, and Qatar
For three weeks in late January and early February, I travelled to Asia, spending two weeks in Saigon, a few days in S
Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million High-Res Images Into the Public Domain
The Smithsonian Institution has released a massive trove of images and 3D models from their collections into the pub
Trailer for Season 2 of Ugly Delicious
Chef David Chang, who I guess is in the process of being not a chef now in the way that Bourdain became not a chef, is
The 15th Anniversary of Doing Kottke.org as a Full-Time Job
Fifteen years ago this week, on Feb 22, 2005, I announced that I was going to turn kottke.org, my personal website, in
Special Edition GIF/JIF Peanut Butter Jar
Online image emporium Giphy has partnered with Jif (the peanut butter people) to offer a limited edition jar of peanut
Artist in the World
For more than 10 years now, André Smits has been traveling the world taking photos of artists (from behind) in their
How to Make Aleppo Soap Using Traditional Methods
Since 1945, Syrian company Pearl Soap has been using traditional centuries-old methods of making “Aleppo soap” from oli
The Last Video Store
From director Arthur Cauty, a short documentary film about the oldest video rental store in the world, Bristol’s 20th
Russian Multiplication: A Different Way to Multiply
I’ve loved math since I was a kid. One of the big reasons for this is that there’s always more than one way to solve a
Time Lapse Visualization of How 10 Satellites Build a Daily Global Precipitation Map
The first 30 seconds of this time lapse video provides a great look into how the 10 satellites that make up the Global
Max Richter’s Tiny Desk Concert
This is lovely: composer Max Richter, accompanied by a string quintet, plays a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR.
Half way thr
I’d Like to Deprive the World of Water (to Make More Coca-Cola)
For her video “The Real Thing”, filmmaker Julianna Villarosa used footage of Coca-Cola’s famous “I’d Like to Buy the W
Corn with a Pearl Earring
From artist Nanan Kang, Corn with a Pearl Earring. I have a bit of a thing for riffs on Vermeer’s masterpiece. See als
A DJ Mixes Songs That Sound The Same
From DJ Mike 2600, a YouTube series called Songs That Sound The Same.
My hit series of DJ videos exploring pairs of so
FRONTLINE - Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
From PBS’s FRONTLINE comes Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos, a feature-length documentary investigation
How Miles Davis Made “Kind of Blue”
From the feature-length documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool that’s debuting on PBS’s American Masters next week
We Interrupt This Brain Surgery to Bring You a Violin Solo…
This is the most metal shit ever: the doctors removing violinist Dagmar Turner’s brain tumor woke her up during the pr
The Pittsburgh Parking Chair
In this video, Dean Bog takes an entertaining look at “Pittsburgh’s weirdest tradition”, where residents place a chair
How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video (in Just 1200 Hours)
In this video, Kurzgesagt shares their process of making their unique brand of explainer video.
They estimate it takes
A 1929 Interview with a 103-Year-Old Man
The Great Span was Alger Hiss’s term for the personal links of living humans across large periods of time. For instance
The New York Public Library’s List of “125 Books We Love”
To celebrate their 125th anniversary, the New York Public Library has created a list of 125 Books We Love, books publi
The Dance by FriendsWithYou
The latest exhibition by art duo FriendsWithYou is currently on view at Dallas Contemporary and includes a piece calle
Deepfake Video of Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Holland in Back to the Future
This deepfake video of Back to the Future that features Robert Downey Jr. & Tom Holland as Doc Brown & Marty Mc
The Swim that Kicked Off China’s Cultural Revolution
In 1966, Chinese leader Mao Zedong had a PR problem. His Great Leap Forward policy had resulted in tens of millions of
The Long Life and Fun Times of Roger Angell
This interview with living legend Roger Angell, whose writing first appeared in the New Yorker in 1944 and is still wri
Amazing Senegalese Sand Painting
In less than a minute, this Senegalese sand artist working on the island of Gorée creates a portrait by pouring sands
Was the World’s Oldest Person a Fraud?
Maybe it was all the Guinness Book of World Records reading when I was a kid, but I probably pay more attention than ma
An Online Collection of Mexican Cookbooks (1789-Present)
The University of Texas at San Antonio maintains a collection of over 2000 Mexican cookbooks dating from as far back a
The Times of Bill Cunningham
In 1994, legendary street fashion photographer Bill Cunningham gave a six-hour interview about his life and work. This
The Neighbor’s Window
From filmmaker Marshall Curry, The Neighbor’s Window is a poignant short film about the odd relationships you can some
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