Yo-yo man

This video reminds me of a Fred Astaire quotation. After seeing Stayin' Alive he complained about the use of closeups during the dance sequences, "The young people today—they think they can dance with their faces!" I want to see more of the tricks!

Got no strings

• Unnecessary knowledge.
• Metro logos.
• Drip table.
• Field recordings from around the world.
• Marian Bantjes' Love stories.

QT Monsters

Fewer monsters

• Cartooning with your eyes closed.
• Who listens to cassettes? Inmates.
• I want my five dollars!
• Stephanie Sinclair's photographs of The Young Women of the F.L.D.S. for the NYTimes.
• Labs at night by Noah Kalina.

Cat's cradle

Jacob's ladder

• 78s, unadulterated.

1 2 3 4

Counting to the number four.

5 6 7 8

• Stop motion spaghetti I love how they do the Rubik's cube.
• A flock of birds.

Kiki's delivery service reimagined

Maki Kawakita channels Kiki in Tanzania.

Furthe reading

• Using marketing for good.
• Art and commerce.
• Steinski Q&A.
• How long would you like to Sleep?

Porcelain pots, take one

My first attempt at porcelain.

Pot shots

• Walmart. Kinda like missle command.
• Put the title there there. No there.
• How typograpers write.
• What does jello sound like?.

Reanimator

I wish searching through stock photos was as fun as watching this clip art film.

Animated

• Bill Evans on improvisation.
• Pictograms for the Beijing Olympics.

Movies. movie theaters and moving picture shows

I missed the fireworks myself. So here's something to tide me over until the next fourth. I almost wish the entire video was just the fireworks running in reverse, which reminds me of the closing titles for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which are gorgeous.

Moving picture shows

• Abandoned movie theaters.
• Speaking of abandoned movie theaters, the trailer for Music Palace.
• Much as I hate the interface design of these things, Tyler Hicks' Kabul in transition.
• Hellboy as illustrations.

Watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat

Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids

• Castles in Queens.
• Parking structures made beautiful.
• Origami type.
• Saul Bass from the 50s to the 60s.

Who loves the sun?

More info here.

Plants grow

• Come on feel the noise.
• The places we live.
• Half submerged in Japan.
• An American index of the hidden and unfamiliar.

What a feeling

Less dance, more fever

• Environmentally conscious bags.
• I like me with you.
• Split second: Photos from multiple angles.
• Speaking of which, two views of the same scene: 1, 2.
• Judging books by their covers: 1, 2, 3.

All that jazz

I've been on a bit of a jazz kick today.

And then some

• All that jazz, covered.
• World's first album cover.

Waterfalls

Unfortunately Olafur Eliasson's exhibit at PS1 and MoMA has ended.

No falls

• The visible heart.
• What kind of a picture does that camera take?
• How does a camera lens work?