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‘Temples of Books’ Is an Ode to the Grandeur and Democratic Ideals of Public Libraries | Colossal
MAY 30, 2023 GRACE EBERT Seinäjoki Library, Seinäjoki, Finland. All images courtesy of Gestalten A new book returns to the fundamental beauty and communal nature of libraries, traveling the globe to visit some of the most alluring places. In the … Continue reading
The 1970s librarians who revolutionised the challenge of search | Aeon Essays
Syracuse University’s SUPARS system was developed by Pauline Atherton as an early antecedent of what we might today call ‘search’. Photo courtesy Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections A group of 1970s campus librarians foresaw our world of distributed knowledge … Continue reading
He Thought My GRANDMASTER Mom Was A Beginner In Chess…
We went to Washington Square Park in NYC and this park chess player thought that my mom was a beginner in chess, even though she is a grandmaster. PART 2: • Park Chess Player… Watch my first encounter with Johnny here: • Park Chess Player… […]
Shimmering Glass Plates Make You Feel Like You’re Eating Off Water Droplets | Spoon & Tamago
JUNE 1, 2023 / JOHNNY It’s said that shutter speeds of around 1/1000th of a second are necessary to really capture the detail of moving water in photography. So you can imagine the technical challenge of accurately capturing water as … Continue reading
What Happened to the Old Brazilian Flag?
Brazil has had a few flags throughout its history, find out more! Music Used: Sunday Dub – Kevin MacLeod BossaBossa – Kevin MacLeod Arroz Con Pollo – Kevin MacLeod […]
The Statistics of Microwave Popcorn
Let’s use physics to ensure that we get the most out of our bag of popcorn. This video explains the science of popcorn kernels while introducing the normal distribution and the central limit theorem. We’ll also learn some techniques in … Continue reading
How a Noh mask-maker summons a lifelike face from a single block of wood | Aeon Videos
Watch as a traditional artisan of Noh masks cuts, carves and paints an eerily lifelike human face from a single block of wood For captions describing each step of the process in this video, click the CC button at the … Continue reading
Bimble: The Bridgewater Canal 1761
A quick blast down the original cut of the Bridgewater Canal. Bimblism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bimblism If you feel like supporting the channel feel free to find me on https://ko-fi.com/bimblism If you like the music from the Bimble and want to support … Continue reading
A Humbling Short Film Visualizes the Breathtaking Magnitude of 13.8 Billion Years of Cosmic Existence | Colossal
MAY 24, 2023 GRACE EBERT A new short by Alex Gorosh and Wylie Overstreet helps to visualize the immensity of cosmic creation beyond the clock and calendar. The human conception of time is limited. We often think in hours, days, … Continue reading
We could lose the oldest culture on our planet | Amy Toensing | TEDxCarnegieLake
When the pyramids were being built, the Aboriginal culture in Australia was already running for 55,000 years. In this talk, Amy Toensing shares the difference in life of Aboriginal Australians before and after colonization. She sheds light on years of … Continue reading
