Extraordinary footage of a Translucent Deepstaria Jellyfish.
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302 PostsLuke Muehlhauser's site has a couple good Beginner's Guides:
A beginner’s guide to modern art jazz
The Korean Film Archive YouTube Channel has uploaded 100+ classic Korean films from the 1930s onward. Available for free viewing with subtitles.
The tenth annual (May, 1973) Leonard J Waxdeck Bird Calling Contest at Piedmont High School. Great fun.
Today, Metafilter turned 25.
It's the only website I check at least once a day (in reality, it's probably closer to 20, especially if you include ask.metafilter). I've been a member since 2002, which means, at an minimum, I've loaded its front page more than 8000 times.
I've visited it more often than Gmail (MF has been around longer) and Google.com — in fact, I was an early user of gmail because Jessamyn West (MetaFilter's current owner) sent me an invite before it was opened to all users.
To my mind, MetaFilter is unquestionably one of best things ever about the Internet.
Much of the press it's getting in honor of being around a quarter of a century is identifying it as "the good internet." Absolutely true.
HBD, MF!
Black Film Archive is a living register of Black films. In its current iteration, it showcases Black films made from 1898 to 1999 currently streaming.
The Public Domain Review has a nice page on Japanese Fireman's Coats of the 19th Century.
Check them all out on their site:
Japanese Firemen’s Coats (19th century)
Firemen’s coats in 19th-century Japan were reversible — one side was plain and the other side (worn on the inside while tackling blazes) was decorated with rich and symbolic imagery
The NYTimes asked 500+ authors what their favorite books of the 21st century were. The page is interactive so you can track what you've read or hope to read. My fave is on there at #52: Denis Johnson's Train Dreams.
I've posted the full list in the above link, but you can also browse by the polled authors, which may be of more interest.
If you're someone who's always looking for a good book recommendation, you may also appreciate this Ask Metafilter thread: Nonfiction Authors Who Know What They're Writing About.
Ant Lab is back with another stunning video, this one of Beetles, in flight and at swim, filmed at 6000 frames per second.
If you're unfamiliar with the Ant Lab channel, check out their vid on moths from a few years ago:
Kathleen Reilly has redesigned the butterknife so that it doesn't slide off plates and jars. Genius.
She calls this knife Oku. It was inspired by Japanese design and the Oku are made there. Back her on Kickstarter or get more information on her site.
