Tuning 77
People who like this sort of thing will find it exactly the sort of thing they like. Everybody else, not so much. A seamless audio supercut of an entire year (1977) of the Grateful Dead tuning their...
View ArticleAtlas Obscura
Atlas Obscura. a great idea for collecting travel stories to little-known places, like the Rotary Love Hotel in Paris.
View ArticleLong Island Modernism
Daily Icon takes a look at Caroline Zaleski's illustrated architectural history, Long Island Modernism 1930 – 1980.
View ArticleFriday Link Pack
Debbie Millman interviews Massimo Vignelli, directed by Hillman Curtis. - Flickr released a new iPhone app this week. I love it. It’s all kinds of impressive. - Oh, and there’s another app that made me...
View ArticleMoonrakers
"...as if seven minutes weren't enough to cast a spell, fall in love, or make history." Ebert on Pixar's Moonrakers.
View ArticleA Bar on North Avenue
Speaking of Roger Ebert, here's a FDL Classic. "O'Rourke's was the ultimate singles bar, it was said: You went there with a date, and came home alone." A Bar on North Avenue.
View ArticleSanta Claus brand guidelines
“Has he been yet?” — ME, 1984 “Icon magazine asked Bond to contribute a case for the re-design section of their magazine. There was a general feeling at the office that it was time for Santa Claus to...
View ArticleMake a Painting
Nate Otto says everyone should make a painting. Sounds like a fine idea.
View ArticleReal Estate Agent Headshots
A collection of Real Estate Agent Headshots, wherein you'll be glad they're keeping their day jobs, instead of getting into photography or design as their new professions.
View ArticleMatrix, For Reals
"According to researchers at the University of Washington, there are tests that could be done to begin to work out whether we are in fact real, or merely a simulation created by a futuristic android on...
View ArticleEleven Eleven
eleven eleven, a short documentary about the popular Miami parking garage.
View ArticleAV Club's Favorite Songs of 2012
The AV Club staffers pick their favorite songs of 2012, including a sappy entry from Mrs. SD.
View ArticleBen Saunders TED
Why bother leaving the house? Ben Saunders TED talk is just great. Ben and his team will retrace Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated journey to the South Pole and back, on foot, starting in...
View ArticleBuilding Ms. Pac-Man Machines
Fifteen minutes of b-roll from 1982 from inside a Bally/Midway factory as workers assemble Ms. Pac-Man machines.
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