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Dickovers, Baggravation and Botiquette: 18 New Words io Describe Our Tech Hellscape . And speaking of, LinkedIn CringeBot 3000 . “Transform any topic into peak LinkedIn cringe.” The Sun Clock . And, You Probably Don’t Look Much Like the Average American , a quiz From The New York Times, An American Mosaic . “This map shows how people in the United States identify their ancestry or family origin.”…
From Esquire, How to Give a Eulogy “ Nobel disease or Nobelitis is an informal term for the embrace of strange or scientifically unsound ideas by some Nobel Prize winners, usually later in life.” A cartoon from The New Yorker. Plus, the guy from Fleet Foxes wrote a song for Jimothy the raccoon . Richard Silvers’ vertical church photos . Click for larger versions. Plus, watch a fan’s shot-for-shot…
Yizkor bikher are memorial books written by Holocaust survivors after the war. They’ve largely been ignored by historians. I worked with my brilliant teacher Dr. Jennifer Rich to create this interactive map based on her research. Check it out here . The Guardian’s 100 Best Novels of All Time . From The New York Times, 25 Objects That Explain America and Hidden by Billboards for Over 100 Years, the…
Glen Hansard, songwriter and Once actor has died at 56. Rest easy . 30 Years of Extraordinary Sales , highlights from Abebooks.com From The New Yorker, Johnny Knoxville, America’s God of Mischief Liminal paintings by David Monllor MapTap , see how accurately you can locate cities around the world. Lunch lady vibes
John Waters on Working for Mary Oliver in Her Bookstore How Poor Am I? “Enter your income or wealth and discover where you really stand.” Hot Sauces of the World and Meet Jimothy, the ‘Silly and Round’ Creature Taking Over Instagram Feeds A world map of castles and Flying Houses by Laurent Chéhère Sounds of the 60s: The IBM 1401 . Also in sound, an interactive map of Rock, Punk, and Metal. And a…
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From the Department of Who-Could-Have-Guessed, Bosses Horrified as “AI Native” College Graduates Hit the Workplace . Songs Where The Vocalist Gives Instructions To The Band: Pt. 1 Silent Poems , a glyph interactive. Start typing. (Only works on desktops, apparently.) The Small Penis Rule for libel lawsuits. Plus, Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art . Chasing Life Goals Is a Recipe…
I hope you all had a nice, relaxing long weekend. One of my favorite contemporary authors, Teddy Wayne, has a new book out! Three professional soccer players vs 100 kids . Plus, What Happens When Kids Design Playgrounds? The Case for Physical Media Ownership and Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep . “It’s a sleep podcast wherein we read you the boring documents essential to our jobs, in the hopes…
I’ve started a Current page to show what I’m reading, watching, and working on. From The New York Times , For America’s 250th, 16 Opinion Writers on the Country at Its Best . San Diego Photologs from the 1970s and an archive of movie elevator scenes . From Fave 5 favorite Neal.fun, Wiki Spy . As with all things Neil, it’s easier to understand if you just play with it. Vocabulary: Sprezzatura . A…
For 10 bucks I had my dogs drawn by Ugly Pet Portraits . TedX talk by Amie McNee: The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire . Also in video, The Spielberg Face . In television, 30 Shows to Watch This Summer . Also, prepare for winter with the Firewood Splitting Simulator . Current Rothko offers a Rothko painting based on your local climate. And more Molly Guards . You know I love zines.…
As I mentioned last week, I traveled to Germany, Austria, Poland and The Czech Republic last month as part of my graduate work in Holocaust and Genocide Education. For those interested, here are some photos and annotations of the places we visited. (Scroll to the bottom. There are two pages.) Storied Colors explains how pigments, dyes, lakes, etc, received their names. Fascinating. Ask an…
