Is the skatepark that looks like a frying pan with bacon and eggs in it really that skateable? Does it matter if it is? (video)
It’s funny for me to spend so many hours trying to figure out what kinds of stories and illustrations and videos will resonate with people, and spend even more hours trying to create those things, and then I happen upon this very simple video of a guy clearing a flooded street by unclogging a storm drain, and I say to myself, “That’s exactly what I needed today.”
This is not exactly inspiring, unless it inspires you to schedule fewer work meetings, or forward it to everyone you work with to inspire them to schedule fewer work meetings, but dammmmn: “In further research, Microsoft has found that, since 2020, workers in their sample have tripled the time they spent in meetings.” (gift link)
I think you can access this New Yorker article without a subscription (at least I did, in a couple different browsers). It’s a fascinating look at how one person has chronicled much of the lives of himself and his family, without using social media: How to Live Forever: The simplest, most foolproof way to extend life is to do so backward, by adding years in reverse. (Thanks, Ian)
I hate to date myself, but these images of web pages from 1994 give me a very specific feeling of nostalgia. The web page for the White House seems so, I don’t know, amateurish, but checking my notes, it was in fact 30 years ago. (via Kottke)
I probably don’t need to sell this too hard, but please enjoy these giant trolls that Danish artist Thomas Dambo makes and installs in nature. (gift link)
I always think being famous would be really frustrating because you can’t just switch it off and be anonymous for a few minutes when you want to go grab a loaf of bread at the supermarket. But Kevin Bacon hired a makeup artist to disguise his identity and went to a mall near LA, and he actually didn’t like not being famous.
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