Friday Inspiration, Vol. 223

“My wife is very angry at me”
—Jayesh Kale, who has collected 2,371 old cell phones and keeps them everywhere in his house (video)

 

A timeline of phone ringtones, by XKCD

If you’re in or near Denver on March 19, my friend Jason Tyler Burton is playing a show at Swallow Hill’s Quinlan Cafe and there are still some tickets available.

The Pudding created a really interesting visualization showing where authors set their books in comparison to where they live

A cartoon about being lost in the woods, and Facebook

After months (years) of not listening to audiobooks, Michael Pollan’s 2-hour book on caffeine finally made me break down and start listening to books (thanks, Becca!)

A fun series of short videos of a DJ mixing songs that have similar melodies/riffs/chord progressions

I don’t know if you have to be a basketball fan to appreciate the thoroughness of Shea Serrano’s writing in The Ringer’s Disrespectful Dunk Index.

—Brendan