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The Galaksija computer was a craze in 1980s Yugoslavia, inspiring thousands of people to build versions in their own homes.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 9:55 PM PST - 33 comments

Steven Soderbergh did a black-and-white cut of Raiders of the Lost Ark with music by Trent Reznor and no dialog.
posted by w0mbat at 8:56 PM PST - 67 comments

[BBC] Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for styling musician David Bowie, has died at the age of 76, his family said. Yamamoto designed some of Bowie's most famous outfits including those of the singer's alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The designer had been diagnosed with leukaemia and died last Tuesday, his daughter said in a statement on Monday. Yamamoto was known for his colourful creations and incorporating traditional Japanese designs into fashion. "In my eyes, my father was not only the eclectic and energetic soul that the world knew him as, but someone who was also thoughtful, kind-hearted and affectionate," his daughter Yamamoto Mirai said. "He valued communication and showered me with love throughout my entire life," she added. [more inside]
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:19 PM PST - 8 comments

An Insane Secret Diary Was Written On The Floorboards Of A French Castle "While crafting the floor between 1880 to 1881, Martin apparently had plenty of free time to take up the art of journaling. He wrote 72 entries over several months, carefully penciling them onto the floorboards before flipping them over and nailing them down." [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon at 6:49 PM PST - 15 comments

Remember when sourdough was a thing? What was that all about? When We Were Bread Heads.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 5:33 PM PST - 60 comments

The first ever season of Internet league blaseball ended with a blang yesterday when the fans, given the power to vote new decrees into the sport, chose to open the Forbidden Book (despite intern-turned-commissioner Parker asking them please not to). [more inside]
posted by taquito sunrise at 3:58 PM PST - 55 comments

If your lifelong dream is to hear dril posts read aloud by a stilted, computer-generated Gilbert Gottfried (or Judi Dench, or Dr. Phil, or thirty-odd other celebrities*), vo.codes is the website for you. [more inside]
posted by theodolite at 2:53 PM PST - 17 comments

Dance, Dance, while the hive collapses. A poem by Tiffany Higgins.
posted by storybored at 2:33 PM PST - 2 comments

Sure, Batman and Iron Man are out there working for the public good, but Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark are still filthy stinking rich and have been since birth. With that, they no doubt take advantage of every tax break, deduction and loophole they can get their hands on. As Batman and Iron Man spend their time stopping purse snatchers, pummeling the mentally ill and saving the city from rogue nuclear bombs, I want to know how they’re cheating the public via their accountants and tax lawyers. And so, I spoke to three tax experts to see what exactly these two are getting away with. Three Tax Experts on the Tax Breaks Batman and Iron Man Must Have Gotten
posted by chavenet at 1:09 PM PST - 47 comments

Wilson’s Phalarope forages in the water
Wilson’s Phalarope forages in the mud
Wilson’s Phalarope forages in a pool (more normally)
Wilson’s Phalarope forages on a log (more normally)
All about Wilson’s Phalarope according to Cornell, according to Audubon [more inside]
posted by Going To Maine at 12:29 PM PST - 12 comments

Kleric (previously) posts entertaining YouTube videos showing off glitches and tricks in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Tricks like, how physics changes during 'bullet time' and how to make a 'spaceship' out of a Guardian and a boat, how to make a stable flying machine out of two minecars, information on causing 'glitched blood moons', shield sliding, hold smuggling, creating a flood of Ancient parts, what 'skew' is and how to take advantage of it, menu overloading basics and a better way to do it, how to ensure the day/night timer never begins, and how to make as many horses as your little equine-loving heart desires. [more inside]
posted by JHarris at 12:17 PM PST - 6 comments

Only 3 games into an already shortened season and baseball is in trouble again. At least 14 players and coaches on the Miami Marlins have tested positive for COVID-19, cancelling the home opener and inviting further questions if having a season is a good idea this year during a nationwide pandemic (it's not). [more inside]
posted by Carillon at 11:25 AM PST - 104 comments

An access ramp as an artistic object. In 2004, then medieval studies scholar Alice Sheppard saw disabled dancer Homer Avila (2002 performance) take the stage. That performance and his dare that she take a dance class led to her current life as a choreographer and artistic director of Kinetic Light production company. Her dance piece DESCENT imagines a queer love affair between Andromeda and Venus. [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi at 11:14 AM PST - 3 comments

The kids in the playground whirled faster and faster around each other. By the time Eric and Sandra caught a break in the traffic and made it across the street, the game had turned ugly. They were moving almost too fast to see, but from the glimpses he got, the kids had already begun catching one another. Each had sunk at least one arm into the back of the child in front of them, their bodies fusing haphazardly. One poor girl’s leg seemed to have melted into that of the boy she followed, and their stumbling gait made the whole kid-circle wobble unevenly. "Everything's Fine": a short story by Matthew Pridham to encapsulate a year of collapse. [more inside]
posted by Lonnrot at 10:36 AM PST - 10 comments

Japanese Firemen’s Coats (19th century) "Each firefighter in a given brigade was outfitted with a special reversible coat , plain but for the name of the brigade on one side and decorated with richly symbolic imagery on the other."
posted by dhruva at 5:09 AM PST - 21 comments