A different shot of the explosions in Beirut: "As bride Dr. Israa Seblani stood smiling in a square close to the couple's wedding venue, the blast could be heard and the bouquet and the bottom of her dress were blown away in the aftermath that saw damage
NPR's "Code Switch" does a good video episode to explain why, until recently, it's been a lot easier in the running community to talk about safety for white women than for runners of color. Via Drawing Links
A short demonstration by Nigerian artist Patrick Onyekwere: how to draw hyperrealistic portraits with a ballpoint pen.
An hour of relaxing hold music from Cisco's first version of IP phones. via Boing Boing
Using only stock footage, Matthew Highton has recreated the Friends intro. See more of his recreations of show intros, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The O.C., at this YouTube playlist. via Kottke
Vocalist Denise Johnson, who "gold-plated" her fellow Mancunian artists' songs, has died at 56. Here she is in Primal Scream's "Don't Fight It, Feel It" from Screamadelica.
For your weekly soothe, an animation shows some of our solar system’s smallest moons as compared to cities on Earth.
From 1912, The Cameraman's Revenge, a pioneering example of early stop-motion animation by Ladislaw Starewicz. From a primer on Silentology: We take it for granted today, but back when cinema was young, the idea that the latest technology could quite literally capture every detail of our most
In addition to all of his travel shows, Anthony Bourdain briefly starred in a series about crafts, doing his thing with cobblers, guitar makers, and ironworkers.
As former skaters, something we share with Jason Kottke—besides probably being on the internet too long at this point—is a love for good video parts, especially when they're on the oddball side. Mullen-esque Isamu Yamamoto definitely qualifies.
