Thursday, July 24, 2025

25 Largest Cities In The Americas




(Brilliant Maps)

Such a Sweet Dog

 

Ammonite Ironwork

Colleen du Pon is a Metal Sculptor and Artist Blacksmith originally from Canada and now living in Bridport, West Dorset on England’s Jurassic Coast. She is also the daughter of a friend and I think her work is fabulous. Ironwork is a very tough but expressive and skilled craft.

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Robot Changes Its Own Battery

The WalkerS2 is a humanoid robot that can charge its battery without human assistance. It can walk for two hours or stand for four hours on a single charge. The battery fully recharges in 90 minutes, and the robot autonomously switches batteries to avoid downtime.


Light Show

Cosmic Baseball is played in the dark It started with some glow sticks at a night game. Chris Martin, the owner of the Tri-City Chili Peppers, a minor league baseball team in Colonial Heights, Virginia, wondered if the whole game could be lit up like that. Almost everyone told him it couldn't be done. It took a year and $100, 000 but he found someone who made it work.


When the Icebergs Came to Town

A pair of icebergs drifted close to Innaarsuit, Greenland.


image © Dennis Lehtonen

Via Kottke

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Inside A London Modeling Agency (1955)

See the models of the future! I remember my mother’s younger sisters teaching me some of these exercises and giving me hair styling and makeup advice when I was a little girl but somehow I never achieved modelling fame. 


Eddington | Official Trailer

Ari Aster’s Western set against the backdrop of a pandemic-stricken New Mexico town. 

Nail (1972)

Nails are the only characters of this film, presenting an extremely expressive pantomime performance. 


(Miss Cellania)

Monday, July 21, 2025

Joe Hisaishi’s Summer Reimagined as a Film

Joe Hisaishi’s theme for the1999 film Kikujiro has been made into a short film. 
Set in a high school in the Japanese countryside that’s slated to close next spring, the story follows members of the school’s broadcasting club as they face their “final summer.” It captures nostalgic summer memories.


Via Spoon & Tamago