New York Public Library ProjectWhat’s on the Menu is a project from the New York Public Library to transcribe vintage menus for prosperity.
They have over 40,000 menus from the 1840?s on and you, yes you, can help by transcribing dishes in your spare time all while discovering dishes like Consomme Madrilene Frappee and Cream Fritters Au Sabayon.
The menu covers are also great to browse.
new and classic non-fiction articles, curated from across the web, that are too long and too interesting to be read on a web browserI am so happy to have found Longform, a site that compiles the most interesting articles recently published.
The Apostate (Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology), The Lost Boys, The Movie Set That Ate Itself, and You Say You Want a Devolution? are all fascinating.
I’m a little worried that I have found Longform because it’s costing me sleep!
Their top stories of 2011 is a good place to start and I’ve been using instapaper to collect interesting ones to read later. (Look at me and modern technology!)
A never ending celebration of monstersWhat a wonderful world. There’s always something new to become completely obsessed with. I give you my latest: Mexican pulp art which is on display at Monster Brains.
But wait! Monster Brains has even more cool stuff for your perusal. Like: grotesque animals, creepy vintage ads, D&D books, sci-fi covers and other generally disturbing, wild or scary pieces of art.
It’s way excellent!
dedicated to 80’s horror on film and on the almighty nesI’m sure there’s an scathing essay to be written about how what I am about to say could be a symbol of the decline of civilization, but an animated gif of Johnny Depp being sucked into a bed followed by a fountain of blood is a very nostalgic image of my childhood.
What can I say, I was a horror buff pretty much right from the beginning. I couldn’t wait to watch movies I spied in the blood splattered section in the video store. (I also vividly remember seeing a curtained off area with rated X movies, and thought to myself “How scary can a movie be to be X rated??”)
I feel like horror geek kids don’t quite exist in the same way anymore. Remember the kid in Salem’s Lot who’s obsessed with monsters? He and all like him have grown up, and instead of nerdy rooms packed with Fangorias, we have tumblrs like F— Yeah 8 Bit Horror to view, share and remember our favorite gorey moments in cinema.
The site focuses on the golden age of horror, the 1980’s. There’s lot of stuff from the Nightmare on Elm Street series (which is fine with me, since making Elm St. movies was what I wanted to do when I grew up for years). There are also a few I haven’t seen (Trick or Treat looks like a must see).
A great example of a good tumblr.
Lots of great style was to be found online this year, from vintage Vogues, the most fashionable of men to groupie girls. There also emerged a new site about my neighborhood that’s been ever so helpful and a cultural collection of cool stuff has me transfixed. But it was a children’s book site that stole my heart.
2. Youthquakers
6. Star1973
Awesome AppLike Twitter it took me a while to “get” Instagram (and not just me judging by how many friends have posted one or no photos).
Not only does it have it’s own language, the purpose is individual.
I’ve found that it’s a lovely way to document the days. Like a visual journal. Glimpsing others’ lives is also fun.
Sure, it’s strange at first to share images with the public, but unless you put effort into getting followers you won’t have too many looking anyways.
The filters are great and the coolest part is that you apply them after the photo is taken and get previews before applying them.
It takes some of the surprise of say a Polaroid or even the Hipstamatic away but at the same time you won’t lose a great photo to a bad filter.
If you want to get started with a few good people to follow let me recommend:
Manrepeller – style shots with lots of rad jewelry
Freepeople – serious office envy
Cocorocha – super model life
Davidlebovitz – Paris food awesomeness
Miwaramone – dreamy shots of food and more from Japan
Refinery29 – one of my favorite sites with a great feed. Recent Bangkok photos amazed
And of course me! Bhague
A few of my photos and ones from the people listed above are below.
Excellent Photo BlogI have been completely captivated by the photo gallery blog Vintage Everyday.
From creepy old Halloween pics to portraits of Circus performers in the 1940’s, from heartbreaking images of London after a bombing to scary NYC subways in the 80’s, there’s so many fascinating images to behold in this neat, clean, well curated site.
It is indeed updated everyday, so be sure to bookmark this one and don’t be surprised if time simply disappears as you go through the archives.
It’s simple things like The Kitten Covers tumblr that make the internet such a special little place.
This Haunted Dollhouse is AWESOME. AWESOME. AWESOME.
Way to go Jenny Lawson!
Type + Graphic Inspiration from 8-bit GamesWelcome to 8-bit nostalgia heaven video gamer nerds!
Title Scream includes many of your favorites and some that might not be so memorable but certainly leave me wanting to know more.
Anyone out there ever play Monty by Gremlin Graphics? It looks insane!!!!!
