What I saw somewhat recently #64: April 30, 2020

Are you enjoying these links? I know I am.

Worlds Largest Puzzle – Seems terribly reasonable that this is priced at only $600. I sent this to my parents half hoping they’d buy it.
Flower Garden without People – Dutch tulips, with no one to look at them. Excellent photographs from the aforementioned Albert Dros.
C/2020 F8 (SWAN) – A gorgeous photograph of this comet from Damian Peach.

Light week. Mostly because I’ve been very busy both professionally and on my photography.

What I saw somewhat recently #63: April 23, 2020

A few links to expand (or shrink) your mind.

WildEarth Live Safaris – Two 3-hour safaris live broadcast on YouTube daily. I’ve watched one completely through and plan to watch more of them. They are relaxing and informative.
98.css – CSS stylesheet to make all HTML elements styled as if they exist within Windows 98. Fun.
Planet of the Apes by Folio Society – All-new illustrations and typographic work for the classic Planet of the Apes book. Very tempted to pick this up.
Rt.live – A web site tracking the effective reproduction number of COVID-19 by State by the founders of Instagram.
Sounds of Heritage – A YouTube channel dedicated to a single artist, single camera, and the sounds of heritage. Love this.
Cirque du Soleil – Speaking of YouTube, Cirque du Soleil is uploading a new 1 hour special every week. Apart from attending one of these, this is the next best thing on your living room TV.

A few things I bumped into recently:

Studio Ghibli Backgrounds – These are great. Reminds me to watch these again.
Jonathan Yeo’s Live Portraits – I hadn’t seen Yeo’s work before this, but I caught a retweet from Brian Cox and I’ve been keeping up with his Live Portraits. Parts 1, 2, and 3 are already online. Part 4 comes on Saturday I believe.
Empty Vegas – I would actually visit Vegas again if it were empty. Photographer Tod Seelie.
Mario’s Secret – Just watch it.
Instagram User Directory? – I stumbled across this link. Very odd list of profiles. Perhaps they have it for SEO only.

Some links for your edification:

Chuck’s Astrophotography – Amazing astrophotography from Chuck Ayoub on Instagram. See also, him capturing Comet ATLAS on Youtube. See also, Comet ATLAS.
Camera Work – A quarterly magazine published in 1903-1915 by Alfred Steiglitz. It was an attempt to raise the level of discourse about photography as an art form. It worked. I’ve downloaded all 50 editions.
NYTimes piece on African American Art – Great layout, visuals, and artists.
Let’s All Wear A Mask – From Maciej Ceglowski.
Digital Spring Cleaning – Good reminders from Aaron Parecki.
Britain in Focus – A Photographic History – An excellent series from the BBC about photography in Britain. Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3.
Somegoodnews – New, light-hearted Youtube channel from that guy from The Office (and an amazing director) John Krasinski.
Newton during Plague – Brain Pickings covers what Isaac Newton accomplished during The Great Plague.