This video from Virginia Beach, 1965, shows boys and girls skateboarding in a style that is mostly non-existent these days. That's not why I found it interesting, though. To me, the sheer number of kids skating barefoot seems bizarre and their rather constant getting-in-each-other's-way / lack of taking turns / crashing and just moving on without confrontation would be unheard of today.
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Julia's Tumblr hasn't been updated in five years, but since I haven't shared it before, here's some of her digital collage. She's on Instagram now, but I'll be damned if I link to a Meta property.
William Fisk's absolutely delightful paintings of inanimate objects are stunning.
These are his Polaroids but he's painted a variety of items. Check the motorcycle below.
See everything on Fisk's site. Note that these are huge, in most cases more than five feet high.
Looks like the CBC did a piece on him. Unfortunately I could only find the trailer.
Gorgeous work from Phyllis Shafer.
"I believe that a kind of transcendental essence lies at the heart of all natural forms and objects."
Many more on Shafer's website.
Almost two decades ago, during a sale, I spent about $169 on a lifetime membership to the cooking site, Rouxbe. I don't think they offer the lifetime membership anymore and if they did, it'd cost thousands. The site is great and I refer to it whenever cooking something I haven't done before.
I'm not telling you this to convince you to join, but just thought I'd share a video of theirs that just may change your life:
A decent interview with Signal's President, Meredith Whittaker.
If you don't know Signal, it's a communications app similar to Telegram or Whatsapp or FB Messenger, but it's not run by creeps or owned by a billionaire narcissist.
It's available on Android and iOS and is free. You can reach me on Signal at atinybe.11.
Rarefilmm is an archive of 100s of hard-to-find, little-known, or mostly-forgotten films. I've bookmarked a few for future watch: the documentary Pasolini, un delitto italiano (Who Killed Pasolini); Peter Bogdanovich's At Long Last Love; Pedro Costa's O Sangue; Xích lô; Bashu; and, just for laughs, the english-dubbed version of one of my all-time favorite films, Le Samourai (directed by JP Melville): The Godson, pictured below.
Some of Bernhard Lang's award-winning aerial photography. These are from his Adria Series and were taken from a helicopter in Italy in 2014. More on his site.
AlphaGuess is a web-based game where you try to guess the letter of the day based on clues as to where that letter falls alphabetically in relation to your most recent guess.
alphaguess: a word game
Guess the word of the day. Guesses reveal where the word is positioned alphabetically. Everyone plays the same word each day.
Great idea over on Kickstarter for the first foldable cargo box for your bicycle. Unfortunately for me it requires a rear rack, which my bike doesn't support, but I imagine many folks finding this useful.
The campaign ends this week so hop on it if you're keen.
