Category: Noticed

I know it's in Alaska, so nothing's normal to start with, but imagine if your middle school class went on a moose hunt and then you had to help disassemble...

Have you SEEN the satellite imagery of the exploding Tongan volcano?

I learned more reading "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow than I have from any book since graduate school. Using recent archeology...

If you're looking for a cute, low-investment movie, I can't recommend "Paper Tigers" on Netflix enough. Comedy. Kung Fu. Middle-aged idiots. Perfect.

I'm not a Beatles fan boy, but this brief film clip of them recording Get Back in the studio has made me excited for Peter Jackson's upcoming Beatles documentary. And...

Since Wonder Woman 1984 was released on streaming on Christmas, I'm stunned at how fast the Twittersphere has decided it's a bad movie.

In June 2013, the cargo ship MOL Comfort carrying over 4,000 containers broke in two while sailing in the Indian Ocean. It was towed for ten days with the two...

These clips of Muppet mess-ups from 1977 are timeless, and an incredible testament to how Frank Oz and Jim Henson really got into character.

Some sharp guy synced up two video views of the Arecibo dish collapse. Hundreds of tons of steel go boom! Sad, but still amazing.

There isn't a week that goes by that I don't think about the Fred Rogers documentary, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" Although I saw it when it came out in...

As an entrepreneur, I used to spend a lot of time worrying that big companies might try to run me out of business. But as he often does, Benedict Evans...

If you really want to read about a corrupt American election, the 1876 race between Hayes and Tilden is a good place to look. Gore Vidal's book about the year...

It's a whole series about wacky sports, but just watch the first one to get a glimpse of true maniacs.

The Duke Boys have been busy in Poland.

Who flew with crabs?

Reuben Bolling, who draws "Tom The Dancing Bug" has been on a tear lately.

This article from Epicurious has been a dinner time lifesaver for me: A (Very Flexible) 10-Day Meal Plan for Our Current Cooking Moment

The ever-interesting Max Grinnell turned me on to a super dated website with awesome video clips of a crappy 90's local TV show about regular Chicagoans. It's worth looking at...

Uncertainty is the word of the moment. Amy Webb is a futurist with a model to use for planning for uncertainty.

If you haven’t seen it already, here’s the official Center for Disease Control guidance page on COVID-19. Chock full of great stuff, including this video on how to properly wash...

Guides from Washington Post and New York Times on how to quarantine at home, if you need to.

Testing is important because it gives you a clear picture of how far and how fast the virus has spread, and then you can use math to predict how bad...

I really like the idea of the Quarantine Book Club. Join video chats with authors for a $5 subscription.

The Metropolitan Opera is streaming video of a different full performance every day. Ever seen Carmen or La Boheme? They’re magical.

For 10,000 students and teachers stuck at home, Code Academy is providing scholarships.

These 10 Laws of Insider Trading might seem obvious, but sometimes financial criminality is hilarious.

In 1959 my dad was captain of his small town football team, and he got his leg broken in a game that ended an annual rivalry with the big town...

Because Facebook rules every aspect of our economy and we need to understand it, this is the best guide to creating a strong Facebook ad campaign I've ever seen.

This absurdly simple interactive animation explains why bus bunching in public transit is inevitable. It's not the drivers' fault. It's all of ours.

I've never heard of the Vickrey Auction method before, but it seems like an absurdly fair way to sell things. I want to do this.