Link Collection #7
Apple Books releases six free audiobooks read by celebrity narrators
Really nice selection for being free:
- The Time Machine, narrated by Kelsey Grammer
- Pride and Prejudice, narrated by Kate Beckinsale
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, narrated by Tituss Burgess
- Frankenstein, narrated by Aaron Mahnke
- The Secret Garden, narrated by Karen Gillan
- Winnie the Pooh, narrated by Disney Book Group
Here’s a direct link to the books on the iTunes/Apple Books store.
A Map of Every Building in America
The New York Times created something surprisingly wonderful with this project.
Classic maps answer questions like: How do I get from Point A to Point B? These data images, instead, evoke questions — sometimes, simply: What’s that?
We found fascinating patterns in the arrangements of buildings. Traditional road maps highlight streets and highways; here they show up as a linear absence.
Where buildings are clustered together, in downtowns, the image is darker, dense. As suburbs stretch out with their larger lawns and malls, the map grows lighter. Your eye can follow the ways that development conforms to landscape features like water and slopes.
You can read history in the transition from curving, paved-over cow paths in old downtowns to suburban sprawl; you can detect signals of wealth and poverty, sometimes almost next door to each other. It all reveals what Andy Woodruff, a cartographer, calls “the sometimes aesthetically pleasing patterns of the built environment.”
These images don’t just reveal cityscapes; they reveal ourselves.
Explore's Live Webcams of Animals
Explore.org has live webcams showing a variety of wildlife and other animals. You’ll find a little bit of everything here, including a kitten rescue, cattle pasture, owl nest, hummingbird fountain, a penguin beach, and many more.
It’s hard to beat a high-definition video stream of puppies dreaming when you want to put a smile on your face.
AMA - a short film by Julie Gautier
Julie:
Ama is a silent film. It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestions.
I wanted to share my biggest pain in this life with this film. For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it into the water.
I dedicate this film to all the women of the world.
A really wonderful six-and-a-half minutes.
Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap
Mark Rober:
Summary: I got upset that my package was stolen so I made a glitter bomb revenge package.
This is why you don’t mess with former NASA engineers.
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