How to surf one-handed.
Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer who lost her left arm to a shark attack when she was 13 years old, explains how she manages to paddle into so many waves.
How to pronounce every word in the dictionary.
The official pronouncer of the Scripps National Spelling Bee demonstrates his ability to pronounce every word in the dictionary.
What is the meaning of now?
Carlo Rovelli on the nature of "now" and time generally. A little long and tedious sometimes, but still exciting to dip into. As Rovelli writes in his new book, The Order of Time, studying time “is like holding a snowflake in your hands: gradually, as you study it,
A former Monkee loves avant-garde electronica.
Michael Nesmith of the Monkees really, really loves vaporwave, a fringe electronic subgenre. For example, regarding "Floral Shoppe" by Macintosh Plus: “I’d never heard anything like it, and I was just smitten. Now I listen to it pretty regularly. It really satisfies me. The first indicator as
Theo Jansen and his wind-powered "strandbeests."
In case you're at the beach and one of these comes lumbering along, don't worry, it's just a "strandbeest."
The territory of rhapsody.
In case you haven't seen it, here's the "Territory" video from the Blaze that Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has watched over 100 times. "There was just no [expletive] way anything about this involves artifice.”
Ice Cube on the Eames.
Ice Cube knows the aesthetic hits of Los Angeles, especially the works of Charles and Ray Eames. Via coudal.
Why Conspiracy Theories Are So Popular
Conspiracy theories tend to surface after loss, when people are open to accepting far-fetched explanations for an outcome, whether of a political or personal nature.
"And now I'm thinking maybe I should disassemble it."
Chris Carter—of Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey and the man behind one of our favorite albums of 2018 (so far)—gives a tour of his effects pedal setup: But because it's configured like this, I think I've got the most out of it. I
Gardening lessons from the 1920s.
Gardening lessons from the late 1920s, centering on the cultivation of beans, "including some wonderful time-lapse footage and inter-titles to match."