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FutureMe: Write a Letter to your Future Self (and read some written by others).
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My Sammelband has Frisket-Bite: A Short Glossary of Delightful Library Terms
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Legendary typographer and designer, Erik Spiekermann, is bringing new, digital life to the letterpress.
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The story of Hashima Island is almost as interesting as the ruins found there…which you can explore virtually thanks to a cool Google project using Street View cameras.
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How ‘thoughts and prayers’ became the stock phrase of tragedies. See also: an apropos clip from Bojack Horseman.
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Giant Straw Animals Invade Japanese Fields After Rice Harvest
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For your sunbathing and writing efforts: Clotilde Olyff’s Pebble Alphabet: upper and lower case versions.
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Every Second on the Internet is a compelling, creative visualization of the insane torrent of information that is the interwebz.
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And when you are tired of contributing to all those seconds, take a spin or two on the Procatinator!
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Today in 1975, Milos Forman’s film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest debuts. Based on Ken Kesey’s novel of the same name, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was the 2nd film to win all five major Academy Awards, a feat that wouldn’t be achieved again until the Silence of the Lambs in 1991. The role of Randle McMurphy—intended for Kirk Douglas, who owned the movie rights, and first turned down by Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen and Gene Hackman—was just one of many iconic roles for Jack Nicholson (and his first Oscar-winner), but it was Louise Fletcher’s most famous performance, a role she accepted after it had been turned down by Angela Lansbury, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Bancroft and a number of other well-known actresses. Fletcher was so disturbed by playing the part that she refused to watch the film for many years.