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I only ever saw Space Jam on VHS (and boy did I rinse that thing out!) so seeing the trailer in 35mm 4K thanks to FT Depot was spectacular. I’d love to watch this film again in 35mm purely for the aesthetic.
Okay, okay, and for the film!
Thanks to my girlfriend for showing me this. I love chili pepper eating reaction videos and this one, featuring comedy duo Rhett & Link, shows them eating the infamous Carolina Reaper. People just lose their minds when they eat them and it’s so funny.
Carolina Reaper related: that time two white girls ate a Carolina Reaper, the One Chip Challenge (special guest star: the Carolina Reaper), and LGR eating the World’s Hottest Chip
Since 2014, Liam Quigley has been noting every slice of pizza he’s ever eaten in New York and posting his slices on his Instagram account, NYC Slice. On his website, he has documented 464 slices over an eight-year period and says there’s been a steady decline in quality:
The most expensive was a $6.53 pepperoni slice at Artichoke Basille’s Pizza’s Times Square location, and it was fine. I did not rate the slices to avoid controversy and bribes. The biggest thing I have noticed is the decline in the amount of sauce put on slices. I’m sure this is a cost-saving measure, but the overall quality of your average slice in the city has definitely suffered. However, in no particular order, these are some of the better slices in the city.
That’s not very cash money of NYC. I guess I’ll stick to Chicago for the better pizzas, huh?
3.25 (La Rondine Pizza, 12028 Queens Blvd)
We’re not too far from the end of winter but the weather is far from warm so you need to be prepared if you wanna take your skateboard outdoors. Jenkem spoke to Aaron Herrington, Brian Anderson, and Gosha Konyshev to get some ideas on how to brave the elements:
Layering is the most important. Start small and build up.
Aaron Herrington: As far as my tricks of the winter trade go, I always have long johns or thermals. Of course, gloves are a must. Not the typical cotton or wool gloves, but something a little more utilitarian. You can buy these black gloves at Home Depot for $4.99. They have a rubbery material on the palms and fingers, and they’re windproof so if you fall you don’t hurt your hands as badly in the cold.
My feet sweat a lot too, so when I skate in the winter I bring multiple pairs of socks. Mid-session I’ll change my socks and I’ll feel my feet instantly warm up. If I’m gonna go to a spot for the day I’ll bring two to three pairs of socks. When I get there I put on a clean pair of socks before I skate, just because any moisture from the last hour or two could affect how my feet feel.
Brian Anderson: I’m always an advocate of a zip hoodie. I lived in San Francisco for 12 years, and speaking of weather, around 4 pm that wind comes from Twin Peaks down into the Mission and you need that zip hoodie. I like flannels that have an insulated lining in the sleeves. That’s pretty important because if you wear a long sleeve and then a long sleeve flannel with lined sleeves, it’s less clammy. I’m a big fan of this layering too: zip hoodie and then a wool jacket. If it’s snowing, think about the Pacific Northwest, that’s why people wear wool. It’s forgiving in moisture.
Jeremy Shuback chronicled the history of the world map, from the cartography of Anaximander to the Catalan Atlas, as well as asking why world maps matter in the first place.
For Creative Boom, Greg McIndoe looked at design festivals and whether they work well for wider audiences and for accessibility within the industry:
Design festivals celebrate design. At best, they’re joyous spaces filled with people who share passion, vision and talent. But they’re not always the most inclusive.
There’s a problem with diversity in design. It’s an industry that traditionally sets a high barrier to entry, making it more difficult for people from disadvantaged social and economic backgrounds to progress.
But design festivals are the ideal environments for dissolving these barriers. Not only can they be responsible for delivering more varied and diverse content that appeals to broader audiences, but they can also dispel the myth that design is not for everyone. The design industry is a viable career path for all sorts of people; creativity’s positive influence on mental health and well-being has long been scientifically proven.
Festivals have the opportunity to redefine design and its ability to improve lives. Design festivals should emphasise the principle that creativity is available for everyone.
For me, creativity shouldn’t be treated as a luxury or some kind of “natural talent” that you’re born with. We can all learn how to use and develop our own, given the opportunities and it doesn’t matter if you are an established artist, designer or just someone who likes to doodle—everyone can be creative. Accessibility is overlooked in so many areas in society and creativity shouldn’t be one of them.
Ramesses II was an Egyptian pharaoh who reigned from 1279 to 1213 BC and is often regarded as one of the most influential pharaohs in Egyptian history. Fast forward to 1975 and a French doctor named Maurice Bucaille discovered that his remains were in poor condition and needed treatment so he arranged for its transportation from Egypt.
He had been the most magnificent of all the pharaohs, but his mummy was in poor shape. Early on, he was roughed up by tomb robbers, prompting priests to move him to a secret location. In 1881, that too was discovered and from then on the king’s corpse was moved from place to place, partly unwrapped, even exhibited standing up, all of which took a heavy toll. Now, battered and cracked, he was under attack from bacteria, fungi and insects. Ancient Egyptians embalmed their dead to ensure the body stayed intact for eternity, otherwise the soul wouldn’t have the use of it in the afterlife. If Ramesses’s soul was to endure, his mummy needed urgent attention to stop the rot.
via New Scientist
But he needed something: a passport. As French law required a valid passport for entry and transportation through the country, the Egyptian government complied and issued a passport to the Pharaoh. He made the flight in 1976
From the airport he was driven to the Museum of Man, where for the next eight months a team of French and Egyptian researchers examined, probed and X-rayed him. Their task was to assess the damage and suggest ways to prevent it worsening, but in the process they would discover more about the pharaoh’s life and death.
via New Scientist
It’s wild to think that a mummy would need a passport but, hey, bureacracy! I’m imagining the pharaoh on Nothing To Declare now…
I haven’t seen a new Eddie Murphy film since Dreamgirls (yep, that long ago) but You People piqued my interest. It stars Jonah Hill and Lauren London as a couple who navigate their respective families and “culture clashes”. I’ve not read any reviews yet and I’m preparing for disappointment and cringes but I also like to see people squirm with awkwardness. And Nia Long is in it. Nuff said.
You can stream You People on Netflix from today.
The Lobero Golden Eagle is a gilded wooden sculpture, found at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California. Created by an unnamed artist, it is made of white oak and redwood and gilded with gold leaf. It also has a remarkable story behind it, including getting shot at, being shipwrecked, and two disapperances.
According to Atlas Obscura, its life started on a side-wheel steamship called the SS Yankee Blade which was carrying gold bullion and freshly minted gold coins. From there, it was found at sea and traded to a man named Jose Lobero for a bottle of whiskey.
And the rest is history (which you can read about on the Atlas Obscura website).
Thanks to Open Culture for compiling this list of free movies on YouTube (and they’re legit by the way).
Which films you can watch will vary, unfortunately, depending on which part of the world you happen to be watching them in. But no matter your location, you should easily be able to find more than a few worthwhile selections on all these channels. One under-appreciated aspect of our streaming age is that, though the number of choices may sometimes overwhelm, it’s never been easier to give a movie a chance. One click may, after all, transport you into a picture that changes the way you experience cinema itself — and if it doesn’t, well, at least the price was right.
Some of my fave picks:
I can’t remember how I found this but I did and I’m sharing it with all of you. It features a dentist repairing a pair of broken incisors and it’s quite cool to see the process. A commenter left this message to describe it:
[…] Prepped the surface, acid etched, rinsed and dried, bonding agent, cure, composite materials, cure..so on. That’s a curing light to harden material. It’s important to keep surface dry. Some of the instruments are a burnisher, IPC, explorer, high speed drill and I can’t recall what kind of bit. Use a color chart to match up composite or “filling material.” It looks simple, but it is an art. Have to learn dental anatomy. Also get proper articulation. This one was done by a great dentist.
I’m not vain but I take pride in my teeth and smile so if I needed this, I’d probably get it done.
Jill Heinerth is an underwater explorer, author, and photographer (amongst other things) and her work sees her exploring the watery depths of this planet to take breathtaking shots. But she also has an awesome YouTube channel where she reads books, does AMAs, and offers tips to fellow underwater explorers.
A pioneer of technical rebreather diving, she was the first to dive into underwater caves inside Antarctic icebergs. From desert oases in the Sahara to Baffin Bay’s cold waters, Jill Heinerth becomes the hands and eyes for climatologists, archaeologists, and engineers.
I remember watching Jonny Quest as a kid. I do not remember it being this weird and gruesome. The above clip came from S02E09 of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, entitled “DNA Doomsday”:
During a simulation to test out a military installation’s defences, a bio-computer is out of control.
A bio-computer? Yep, couldn’t foresee anything going wrong there! According to the video description, “[…] this episode tries really, really hard to emphasize that this thing is not an alien, it’s a… robot, but come on!” It’s just lipstick on a US military pig at this point.
Diego Poncelet is a WDSC Champion and in the video above (filmed by Elton Vejux), we see him skating down a road in Malibu, California. It’s carefree and breathtaking in so many ways. And if you wanted to know what the board was, it’s a Original DIEGO PRO Carbon I believe.