Bird Mail: 012
I wanted to give y’all a heads up, this is a more visual heavy issue. Several links are best viewed on a larger screen.
- A recommendation from Reader Jonathan, by way of Reader Chelsea, SNL’s Father-Son Podcasting Microphone is a perfect sketch, down to the ad read to break up the intense moments. If you need a podcast that isn’t broken up with ads, let me recommend this episode of Craig Mod’s On Margins, an interview with a write I’d never heard of, Lynne Tillman, whose work I cannot wait to read.
- I’ve always been fascinated by the efficiency and effectiveness of Japanese public transit, especially when compared to its American counterpart, so I spent far too long watching this real time map in the middle of my work day. The angle of view and color scheme remind me of one of my favorite simple games, Mini Metro.
- Even when you’re a cool cat, truth hurts.
- When I started learning photography eleven years ago, one of the first things I did after I bought a tripod was gather up as many different colored flashlights as I could find to do some light painting. Ruben Wu has taken light painting to a beautiful extreme with his Aeroglyphs project and several others, using a drone to paint the land and sky in amazing ways.
- Cayla and I adopted a dog from a shelter in Houston a few weeks ago. Readers of Bird Mail, meet Navy Bean. It has been fun and challenging figuring out how she fits into our day-to-day lives, but one of the things I’ve enjoyed most is the little walks we go on and watching Navy explore the world with her nose. Around the same time we adopted Navy I came across this article about how to smell the world. I love the idea of going on smell walks and it will definitely be something that Cayla and I do, likely with Navy in tow, on some of our hikes and walks in the future.
I would love to hear from you if you enjoyed any of these links, or if you have something you think I should add to my collection, feel free to reply to this email!
You friend,
Bruce
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