tokyo drift: where potential car owners have to show proof to the dealership of a place to park before purchase, Japanese architects carve automobile shaped voids in urban houses
trickle down economics: diesel prices hit a record high in the US
pew pew: laser-washing gives jeans a broken-in look
mo6: Finnish company introduces carbon-negative building material produced from waste lignin from the timber industry
tasting notes: visualisations and maps of coffee origins
ceramic dalmatian: the Wheel of Fortune consolation prize added to the History of America in 100 Objects speaks to the evolution of the game show format and our collective aspirations
a modified neublon-b escort frigate: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles—see also
newman’s own didn’t drop a these colours don’t run salad dressing: the attempt to rename Lake Ontario is a dumb distraction but with sinister, Orwellian undertones no matter how pathetic
handmade utopia: the architecture of the back-to-the-land movement of Northern California of the 1960s and 1970s
synchronoptica
one year ago: linking celebrities across time and space (with synchronoptica) plus assorted links worth the revisit
two years ago: more links to enjoy
three years ago: Kenneth Anger’s first film plus hot labour summer
four years ago: the reservoirs of Saalfeld
five years ago: AI generated movie posters, less and more of the old weird web, Space 1999, a bluesy rendition of the Seinfeld theme, the Goethe-Schiller monument plus another MST3K classic
six years ago: Trump undermining public confidence in elections
