Dan Weiss is a professional bookseller, amateur dilettante. He writes and plays in the band The Yellow Dress. He firmly believes that everything is going to be okay.
Did we find a totally new force of nature the other day? Maybe! Sewing machine orchestras are things that happen. Here are some nice pictures of black box recorders. Yep.…
Polish book covers hurrah huzzay. Contrary to popular belief, the Germans are very happy. S imilarly: no one actually has blue eyes. Thursdays are good days for artist books. Everyday…
“I am only six but I think I can do this job.” Wasn’t a laughter epidemic the Joker’s evil plot in Tim Burton’s Batman movie? (via Gerry Canavan.) The NY…
This week in anthropomorphic vegetables. . . X-rays are the best way to discover new species. Everyone knows this is true. Mummies aren’t really that scary if you consider that…
Good news: there are more pictures from Mercury. Behold the stupid orchestra. Maybe I am missing something, but why do you need a wind turbine to be solar powered? I…
Giant rhino fossils are pretty cool (and may be the inspiration for Greek myths). MORE mid-century modern stained glass. I am very much a sucker for award winning subway design.…
The sun has been shining like nobody’s business, which means it is a good day to talk about: Old virus models! The history of the lobotomy! Cocaine Magazine (and other…
Here is a double dose of bad-ass underwater photography to get you through the mid-week. Crowd sourcing the FBI way! Holy fucking shit this is a picture from Mercury. Also,…
First things first: 100 ways to spell Qadhafi. (via Gerry Canavan.) Billheads of distinction! There are things in the world I can’t not link to, this history of skeletal drawing…
Today is a day filled with robot gulls. Here is some 60s Swedish book design for you. Similarly: Mid-Century Pharmaceuticals. On the logistics of extraterrestrial mountaineering. Also: evidently you can…
We should have linked to this yesterday, but it’s never too late to look at Houdini’s prop list. Everyone needs some microscopic insect photography from time to time. On the…
Sometimes when I am trying to find links I just end up reading long boring essays about Disneyland attractions and chairs, this is the life of the internet scavenger. Dear…