Brandi Carlile – Uninvited
I feel there s a line in the universe from the time before Brandi Carlile covered Alanis Morissette at the 2026 Newport Folk Festival, and after Such an epic performance.
Bookmarks – Chris Glass
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The Chicago Brand Museum
Want to go to here. / via BrandNew
Stardust & Stitches
I first became enamored with daily embroidery projects when Jen Schuetz posted about her monochrome hoop capturing 2024. (She s documenting temps this year.) Stumbled on this colorful version by Stardust Stitches and it was a nice reminder of such endeavors (Threads / Instagram). Related: Days of Stitches by Steph Arnold.
John Gruber on Simon Willison on Technical Blogging
Let s just set aside the word technical and focus on some of the highlights that John raises from this solid piece about blogging. These thoughts pertain to anyone that has a desire to publish online, and removing some of the hurdles. And frankly, scrap the blogging bit altogether and it s about writing in general.
Not everything is for you
Ty Finck considers the favorability of 20 things over the years. I love making charts to visualize life, and this is a fun exercise to consider.
Merriam Webster Time Traveler
Pick a year and find when a word or phrase was first used in print. / via Victor
Box Squad
I d seen a video snippet of this floating around the internet and for a moment thought it wasn t really a dynamically generated thing. But indeed it is! And another wonderful bit of art and code from the mind of Kiel D. Mutschelknaus. Be sure to drag the box lines around and fiddle with the options. / via waxy
The Beginning of Convenience
Lucy Sparrow made a supermarket of felt objects, currently on view at the The Momentary Museum through July 2027. Filing away just in case I find myself near Bentonville, Arkansas. / via BrandNew
Taylor Detector
Scan a product barcode to check if it may be associated with Taylor Farms. (Wished I d had this at the supermarket yesterday.)
Reading Maps
Journeys from fiction (and film) overlaid on real world maps, animated and annotated with the Claude aesthetic. / via Chris Shiflett
Flamingo Revolution
I need to broaden my news sourcing as I haven t heard much beyond a blip about the Flamingo Revolution. Wikipedia has a timeline, and Our Town has a stateside update on the protests against the $4.6 billion Trump / Kushner resort planned inside a protected wildlife lagoon: Albania is Not for Sale!
Bingebuster
This is among my favorite link for July. Select your streaming services, then browse by section to see what to watch. (I originally missed the Criterion Closet link floating around recently by the same developer) / hat tip to Kyle Ford
The story behind Present & Correct
Ellis Tree chats with co-foudner Neal Whittington about the origin of a favorite online shop and collection of curios. Total dream gig. Neat to get insight how it all came to be.
Hear what Homer’s Odyssey sounded like
we have developed a technique of singing the Homeric epics, which is appropriate for the primarily oral tradition from which these poems emerge. — Georg Danek Stefan Hagel, scholars opine in their abstract (RealPlayer format also available)
Tree, Line
Appreciating Zander Olsen s art (also on Instagram).
Kenshi Yonezu – IRIS OUT
I am mesmerized by music videos and performances that set the artist against a sea of contrasting and choreographed dancers. I m hoping this breaks up my algo and shows off more from MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN.
Tinker Team
Was just reminded of this piece on the local NPR station about a team of volunteers that fix broken household items at the Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub. Filing for several reasons: We have things that need fixed, and I wonder how I might help the cause.
Barekeys
It s probably too late to save my keys from the shine that devours every Apple keyboard, but I m saving this link for the next pristine one that enters my life.
Free Blockbuster
Like the little free libraries, but with movies.
OpenLogi
Frustrated by Logitech s bloated and complicated mouse software, I hopped over to SteerMouse a while ago and haven t looked back. That said, this OS native alternative seems to also have no nefarious hooks. Filing away in case a backup is needed.