Life Is Full Of Such Disappointments
Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.
The most popular link last time was this commentary on liking January, with Gerald's parsnips second.
- Are you in a computer literacy bubble? Probably.
- My obsession with Susan Orlean's fashion has only been enhanced by this closet tour. All her shoes are in identical stackable boxes with a photograph of the shoe stuck on the outside!
- A beautiful and nostalgic look at the animation craft on display in One Hundred and One Dalmations.
- An enjoyable daily logic puzzle. I occasionally quibble with it (sometimes it says I can't know an answer yet when I do) but still fun.
- These days especially, I just need a nice story about a man taking his Uber driver tobogganing for the first time.
- I am pleasantly surprised that Bob Ross Inc is selling the great man's paintings for charity rather than profit.
- Practical, non-judgemental advice for managing anxiety. I agree with the writer, it is deeply annoying that exercise helps, but life is full of such disappointments.
- A well-designed and easy-to-follow guide to mastering HTML and making your own website from scratch.
- I'm very into this creepy art.
- This was an interesting documentary about the British tradition of pigeon fancying. Thanks to this, I've now got a half-baked theory that the solution to the male loneliness epidemic we hear so much about is a renaissance for ye olde hobbies like keeping pigeons, growing massive leeks and building model aeroplanes.
- Hank and John Green did a deep dive into what really happened in 2014, when The Fault in Our Stars movie came out and John was "bullied off Tumblr". This manages to be a podcast episode about both a niche internet beef from over a decade ago and the big questions of how humans handle fame.
- This gardener makes lovely videos. (After Gerald last week, can you tell how I'm trying to retrain my algorithms?)
- The shortlisted photographs for last year's comedy wildlife awards.
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