10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #118

The colourful house of Seattle

Lovingly created by a mother and daughter over several years. There’s a real sense of joy and creativity here. I hope one day I can do this in my own house.

https://youtu.be/T6cCfLYQSP0?si=YL4pKPNVNMaVz1qQ

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Dial a Poem in the Telepoem Booth

Always interesting and quirky blogger Brian D Butler discovers the elegant and obscure art of telepoem booths.

I recall similar projects, but none as widespread as the Telepoem Booth. This  brilliant interactive project is built around installations made from vintage phone booths. Users simply dial a number and listen to poetry. Even if you are not able to make a “local call” from one of the Telepoem Booths, you can use these directories to access over a thousand poems written and recited by regional, national, and international poets.

Brian D Butler

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Creating a tiny enchanted world in a 100 yen case – Hanabira

Magical and hynotic are two words that spring to mind with this slow-burning channel.

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Beautiful mushrooms by Jean Mackay

I painted this as a demo for a recent class on mushrooms, a subject deserving of enthusiasm. I’ve since headed to Maine, where I stepped out of the car and found black trumpets and violet cortinarius mushrooms pushing up through rain-soaked woods. I haven’t had time to paint them, but I have a whole week ahead to explore with sketchbook in hand. Expect more exuberance in the paintings to come.

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A delicious and simple, vegan peanut butter udon noodle recipe from Will Yeung Man

Have been following Will for years and tried many of his recipes, he never fails to deliver taste explosions.

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Floppotron: Sweet Dreams cover

Old and crappy computer hardware has a second life as a glitchy, kitschy orchestra of pop music

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Ancient Egyptian followers of the goddess Bes drank vampire cocktails

An ancient Egyptian cult dedicated to a deity known as Bes, minor deity of fertility, childbirth and having a good time imbibed a strange elixir to worship at this ancient cult: mead, honey, human blood, and hallucinogenic plants.

Listen to podcast about it

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Amazing architect Emma Wheeler turns a nondescript old building into a magnificent home

I love the way she has made this design come alive, it looks warm, modern, inviting and completely unique. I would live there!

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The surprising legacy of Faoladh – Irish Werewolves

Irish werewolves were different from the Teutonic or European werewolf in that they had a much more lilting and melodic accent and so weren’t really a “monster” at all. No but really…

Unlike their continental cousins, they were shapeshifting guardians and protectors of bairns, wounded men and lost wanderers. According to some ancient sources, the Irish werewolves were even recruited by kings in time of war. Known in their native land as the faoladh or conriocht, their predatory behaviour is typical of the common wolf, not beneath the occasional nocturnal raid. Image | http://nashoba-hostina.deviantart.com

Story via Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken on Twitter

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A mesmerising documentary about Japanese Aesthetics [4K UHD] – In Praise of Shadows

Click image to watch on Youtube…

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The Fairy Procession

Just imagine this cavalcade traipsing through the willowy wintery forest lit by moonlight and imagination.

Fairy procession (from ‘Thorn Rose’, Brothers Grimm) Illustrated by Errol Le Cain, 1977.

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A bee can never be bought or sold, only gifted

From the endlessly fascinating and beautiful blog about all things Brittany – Bonjour from Brittany

While the bee was regarded as a familiar creature and one of the forms sometimes chosen by witches and other shape-shifters, it was also viewed as highly auspicious. It was therefore frowned upon to attempt to buy or sell bees as if they were a mere commodity; they were only to be gifted or traded as part of a barter agreement. To give a hive to someone was a gesture of much significance as you were not only providing them with honey but also, and above all, good fortune. Bees were even said to repay the generosity of their master if he shared his honey with many people.

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Simon Sinek: An optimist’s approach to work. and life

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An exquisite ancient dagger made from rock crystal

In 2017, a team of archaeologists excavating the megalithic tomb (3000 BC) of Montelirio tholos (Spain) uncovered an extraordinary dagger formed from rock crystal.

Via Mastodon

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Laurent Garnier – Breathless (1993)

An old school techno track that never sounds dated or tired.

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Incan water jugs evoke the haunting sounds of rainforest animals

Handmade from clay, these hollow ceramic instruments are half-filled with water. The Peruvian water whistles sound like animals when filled with water or emptied and are based on ancient Incan sculptures

[📹 Ynocencio Ccahuana / Old Peru Replicas]https://t.co/J4dJV2CkWp

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 6, 2023

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