Curations from the Human Jungle
[We've all been around long enough to have witnessed the evolution of language in our lifetimes. Nothing new about that, Bro. But, but do you realize how long this has been going on and at what rate? The video below is like a freeze-frame photo that condenses some thousand years or so of linguistic evolution... Continue Reading →
[Treat yourself to 9:13 seconds of brain therapy by listening to a classic piece of music and seeing one person's visual interpretation of it. Thank you Recomendo! SB SM] Best music visualization There have been many many attempts to visualize music over the centuries, but the animations of music done by Stephen Malinowski are the... Continue Reading →
[Here's what the founder of WordPress keeps in his travel bag. The purpose in posting this is to make everyone else feel old, fat, stupid, obsolete, dull-witted, hopelessly out of touch, old fashioned, disconnected, retarded, dumb, provincial, neanderthal, and ugly. And what's in my travel bag? A couple of bananas. SB SM] December 15, 2023 https://ma.tt/ Every... Continue Reading →
[This comes recommended from several sources, including SB John (Mendocino Bonobos) and SB Kevin (Recomendo SBs). I haven't seen it because, in an effort to reduce our cable bill, SB Sandy and I eliminated Netflix from our package, and now I am too stubborn (and cheap) to add it back. For the moment I just... Continue Reading →
[Yes, I keep journals, too. And I make lists. And I read Recomendo, which suggests cool stuff from other people. And that's what I do, too, with Silverback Digest. Here's a list of 100 rules from someone named Dru Riley. And who is he? Beats me, but he's come up with a list that made... Continue Reading →
Today on Silverback Digest we bring you something that came to us by way or Recomendo.com by way of Medium.com. The site is The Pudding https://pudding.cool, and here is their self-description: "The pudding is a digital publication that explains ideas debated in culture with visual essays is the best internet rabbit hole. You might have seen our story... Continue Reading →
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123537271@N07/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter Here's a fun way to while away a few minutes while sipping your morning coffee. Ivan Chekov has assembled this collection of over 900 book covers. This comes by way of Recomendo, the free weekly newsletter that is a constant source of new ideas and useless gadgets that clog the top drawer of my... Continue Reading →