the eternal linkspam
Mar. 10th, 2020 11:40 amFirst, from 2017, Why Does This One Couch From West Elm Suck So Much?: "As far as I can gather, the Peggy sofa has been on the market since 2014, which means that three years of consumers have been buying it and then immediately trying to warn others against making the same mistake." Yeesh. I have never been so grateful for my eternal This-End-Up couch: fourteen years in my possession, twenty-some with my parents before that. Might be getting on time to get new cushions for it, though.
Cocaine, no sleep and deep soul: The story of David Bowie’s Young Americans: "Burn the bridge after you cross it – this way you don’t have to worry about that change because there's no going back to what you were. I liked the fact that he knew how to kill himself and, like a phoenix, come out as something else."
A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol: a well-argued essay on one of my favourite Muppet movies.
Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements. Per the About page, "This is an online edition of the classic [1868] technical reference Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown."
Animated Knots: "Follow along as ropes tie themselves, showing just the essential steps."
Relatedly, A Knotty Problem Solved: "Special fibers that change color when they are under strain have helped scientists come up with some simple rules that can predict how a knot will perform in the real world."
Popcorn (15-sec video).
Cocaine, no sleep and deep soul: The story of David Bowie’s Young Americans: "Burn the bridge after you cross it – this way you don’t have to worry about that change because there's no going back to what you were. I liked the fact that he knew how to kill himself and, like a phoenix, come out as something else."
A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol: a well-argued essay on one of my favourite Muppet movies.
Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements. Per the About page, "This is an online edition of the classic [1868] technical reference Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown."
Animated Knots: "Follow along as ropes tie themselves, showing just the essential steps."
Relatedly, A Knotty Problem Solved: "Special fibers that change color when they are under strain have helped scientists come up with some simple rules that can predict how a knot will perform in the real world."
Popcorn (15-sec video).