watermark: a year in illustrations from Cory Doctorow’s Pluralistic
大年三十: due to a quirk in the lunisolar calendar, Chinese New Year’s Eve will disappear for the next five years
<div>: web designer demonstrates the virtuosity of cascading style sheets—via Boing Boing
you have died of dysentery: a cinematic adaptation of the Oregon Trail computer game—via Kottke
liquidation: a bankruptcy judge voids the Onion’s purchase of Infowars, arguing there was money left on the table
dalgona challenge: McDonald’s Australia introduces a Squid Game Happy Meal
special perils policy: the brilliant, dynamic typography of the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps—see previously
synchronoptica
one year ago: another MST3K classic (with synchronoptica), DJ Riko’s X-Mas mix, Messiah of Evil (1974) plus a cosmetic automat
seven years ago: the French Revolutionary calendar, curvature blindness plus linguistic eggcorns
eight years ago: IKEA retail therapy, emoluments and self-dealing plus the legacy of Bauhaus design
nine years ago: LEGO Inferno plus assorted links to revisit
eleven years ago: It’s A Wonderful Life
