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Friday Inspiration, Vol. 227
by[get Friday Inspiration posts in your inbox by subscribing here (and get a free ebook!) ] I can’t find the words to say…
FRIDAY INSPIRATION
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by“I just love dealing with books. You know, why wouldn’t you want to work with something you love? If I didn’t make any money…
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by[get Friday Inspiration posts in your inbox by subscribing here (and get a free ebook!) ] I love imagining where the idea for…
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byAfter I first watched this video last week I thought it was too weird for my Friday Inspiration post, but then I watched it…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 223
by“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)…
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byI can’t imagine how much time/effort it took to create this video but it asks almost nothing of the viewer and provides fun (video)…
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byA fun and super-scenic short about mountain biking in Newfoundland: (video) Great story in Sports Illustrated (!) about Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison’s…
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byIf you have 60 seconds for something cute and goofy and oddly touching, please enjoy “Dinosaurs Fall In Love.” (video) The Pudding analyzed 30,000…
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Friday Inspiration, Vol. 219
byHerman Hoops, battling cancer and hauling five oxygen tanks with him, takes one last river trip through Desolation Canyon, and reflects on a lifetime…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 218
bySam Morrison edited together 1,272 photos crowdsourced from Instagram to make a 58-second hyperlapse of New York City and it’s incredible (video): Run your…
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byDanny MacAskill’s latest edit does not disappoint, and as usual, some of the best stuff is in the last two minutes (video)(thanks, Sophie!) “A…
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byThis one will make you think (video) Has Listening Become a Lost Art? The L.A. Times profiles the book clubs springing up based on…
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byHow Yung Lenox became a well-known rap illustrator at the age of seven, and the questions his parents have about whether it’s the right…
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byA fun short film using more than a million digitized Ed Ruscha photos of Sunset Boulevard, with Ruscha reading an excerpt of On the…
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byNot sure what else to say here besides British lawnmower racing is a thing and it seems pretty intense. (video) Redman, who has sold…
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by“LAX is a city unto itself, with so many moving pieces and individual people all doing their part to keep it moving. Despite its…
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byMy friend Ryan Van Duzer asked me to be on his YouTube show, Running With Ryan, on which he usually interviews people who are…
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byI’ve watched this 60-second film about the creative process three times now and all I can say is that it’s true. (video) An…
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by“Everyone comes to these piles of weird shit with a different sense of what they know about the world, and that’s what’s kind of…
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byYou might think that a wheelie is just a wheelie, but you’d be wrong (video) If this video of a husky howling along with…
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byMemo does not believe in fitness trends—he believes in running. (video) A Somewhat Accurate Guide to the New York City Marathon by Tom Chitty…
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byGinette Bedard started running at 60, ran her first marathon at 69, and will run her 17th New York City Marathon at age 86…
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byJimmy Chin says if you can link three turns above 8,000 meters, you’re a badass. That is one way of saying Hilaree Nelson and…
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byA 7-minute look into Indonesian DIY Vespa builder culture (video) Shea Serrano’s Movies and Other Things came out this week. The Ringer published what…
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byThis is one hell of a piece of film editing. (video) [NOTE: Vimeo rated this “mature,” I believe for some of the brief snippets…
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byHi, not sure what to say about this video other than it is fun. (video) This is a wonderful story about the bond of…
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byA touching short film about three Navajo relatives who built a free golf course on their land on the reservation. (video) A QUICK…