Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• My thoughts on turning 40 (Oh Lovely Day)
• Aging is terrifying. I’m optimistic that we’re on the cusp of understanding enough about it to be able to intervene. Finally, the drug that keeps you young (Technology Review)
• Is this ugly in a good way? (Anthropologie)
• Dream job (Fast Company)
• 5 ingredients, 26.2 miles of energy (Food52)
• These tiles (Aimee Lacalle)
• I follow this rule (Life Hacker)
• Justin Bieber and the Burrito-Eating Strategy That Divided a Nation (Vanity Fair)
• Mid90s (A24)
• Walking Pad: A treadmill that can be stored under your sofa (Rue Daily)
• The figure of the kidult exists as a warning that you should not move on to the next step until you’re certain you’re ready (Hmm Daily)
• Check.Out.This.House (Design Mom)

This is going to destroy me:

Have a helluva weekend!(image)

Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• After decades of bland minimalism, people are decorating their homes to the max. Is it a response to our troubled times – or individual expressionism? (The Guardian)
• If Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef. With one dietary change, the U.S. could almost meet greenhouse-gas emission goals. (The Atlantic)
• In Japan, A Strange Sight: Cherry Blossoms Blooming In The Fall (NPR)
• Pretty plant sticks (Design Crush)
• I got Pitbull … really? (BuzzFeed)
• So Many Thoughts (Man Repeller)
• Leftover Woman (swissmiss)
• Resting LEGEND face (A Cup Of Jo)
• I’ve only watched three (Variety)
• I don’t usually watch cooking shows but I loved this one (the ending made me teary-eyed) (Eater)
• Tis the season to get crafty (Joy the Baker)
• What the world needs now? Handwritten cards and letters 🙌 (NYT)

Have a beautiful weekend!(image)

Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• Dear Younger Me: Lauren Fleshman (MileSplit USA)
• Not great news (NYT) and this too (NYT)
• And even more bad news: The banana is dying. The race is on to reinvent it before it’s too late. The world’s most popular fruit is facing extinction, and scientists are racing to use gene-editing to save it. (Wired)
• BUT GOOD NEWS for one of banana’s friends (Time)
• The title of the article made me laugh, then it made me wonder if I’ve reached the age of her target audience? (NYT)
• Every year I think THIS WILL BE THE YEAR I nail the costume… yet to happen but the Beetlejuice couple is inspiring (Hither & Thither)
• I’d love this job, maybe (The New Yorker)
• They’re just like chewy sugar cookies, with brown sugar. They’re also just like chocolate chip cookies, without chocolate chips. Wrap your brain around those deep depth thoughts (Joy The Baker)
• Part of my thinks I could do this, the other part of me knows I have a serious addiction to athletic wear (Young House Love)
• This strange, broken font is designed to help you remember what you read (CBC)
• By far the biggest predictor of whether something gets done is whether it’s fun to do. The secret of productivity is simple: just do what you enjoy (The Guardian)
• This obituary is great (Delaware Online)

HaaAaaAAaaahAAHahhhAAaahhAAahhAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!: APPROPRIATE MOMENTS TO RESPOND WITH LADY GAGA’S GUTTURAL HOWL FROM THE SONG “SHALLOW” (McSweeney’s)

Happy weekend! I’m cold.

Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• MAYA / MATANGI / MIA (Vulture)
• Bad menus, bad hotels, just bad design (BuzzFeed/BuzzFeed)
• Movies for Bad Days, Weeks, or (Let’s Be Honest) Years (Wit & Delight)
• The Museum of Magic (NYT)
• I was raised by CBC (just saying) (The Atlantic)
• Insertions of the best method of birth control can be blindingly painful during and after, but all women get is a single over-the-counter painkiller. Why? (The Outline)
• Another Bad Man or just the creator of Mad Men? (Vanity Fair)
• Yo Amazon, isn’t this what Etsy already is? (Amazon Handmade)
• Sorry, not sorry (The Week)

Happy weekend! It’s fall y’all; accept and proceed. (image)

Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• These places are often described as “Instagram Museums,” and the real experience plays out only after we post photographic evidence on social media. (NYT)
• This camera strap is so lovely (Etsy)
• Stop Giving Lobsters Cannabis Before Boiling Them (NPR)
• This tool is cool (Runner’s World)
• How Maya Rudolph Became the Master of Impressions (NYT)
• A Decision Tree for Designers (Medium)
• Seoul loves a good theme (Colossal)
• A little less plastic (Design Milk)
• You Should Be Eating Pie for Breakfast (Eater)

Thankful it’s the weekend. Make it good.Photo by me, Thanksgiving weekend, 2017.