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Links for the Day – January 30, 2020

Ars Technica: Here are the 62 brand new emoji for 2020
BFI: The many faces of Federico Fellini – part three: Federico by Fellini
BirchTree: My Shortcut for Writing Quick Link Posts in Ulysses
Bright Wall/Dark Room: Bad Romance
CGP Grey: Cortex #96: Levels, Levels
Greg Morris: My Newsletter, Done Well
Melville House Books: Bookshop.org launches as the new name in book retail
Metrograph: The Metrograph Interview: Paul Schrader
NYT: Laurie Anderson Needs Your Help Finding an Image From Balzac
reverseshot: Best of the Decade #13: Certified Copy
Senses of Cinema: Behind the Veil: The Nun (Jacques Rivette, 1966)
The Atlantic: How The Good Place Built Its Trippy Visual Architecture
The Atlantic: The Most Crowd-Pleasing Films Coming Out of Sundance
The Beat: Babylon 5 101: Everything to know about the legendary sci-fi series
The Beat: Random House Graphic launches with whimsical graphic novels as you’ve never seen them before
The Gentleman Stationer: Travel Tips: Packing a Writing Kit for the Road
The Sweet Setup: iOS Calendar Automation with Shortcuts and Fantastical 3
The Verge: The Outer Worlds is coming to the Nintendo Switch on March 6th
The Verge: This Untitled Goose Game app turns your Windows PC into pure mayhem
Waxy.org: YourStack

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Links for the Day – January 29, 2020

Blu-ray.com: 3-D Rarities Volume II Blu-ray
Blu-ray.com: Matewan (Blu-ray Review)
Blu-ray.com: StudioCanal: New Restoration of Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria Coming Soon to Blu-ray
Cinema Gadfly: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Daisuke Beppu: Criterion Collection Releases for 2020: LE PETIT SOLDAT (Spine No. 1010)
evernote: 4 Simple Ways to Break Your Bad Habits
Hollywood Theatre Events: The Last Command
Hyperallergic: A Decade of the Most Memorable Film Scores From Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Hypercritical: Sorting My TV
Input: 198X is the EPCOT of retro gaming — in the best way
Input: MIDI 2.0 is here and it’s going to make music creators very happy
MacStories: The New Fantastical Review
Michael Tsai: Sorting My TV
Mondo: New STEAMBOAT WILLIE Poster by JJ Harrison!
Six Colors: Fantastical 3 steps out of Apple’s shadow
The Beat: THE THING gets a semi-remake based on the original story
The Sweet Setup: Fantastical 3 Review: The Best Calendar App Just Got Better
The Verge: iOS and Mac calendar app Fantastical is moving to a subscription model
The Verge: Spotify will give you all of Gimlet Media’s secrets to making a good podcast
Unreal TV: ‘The Titfield Thunderbolt’ BD: Keep Calm and Rail On
Wired: Comic Book Artists on Parenthood, Creativity, and Cry-Barfing

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Links for the Day – January 28, 2020

And now it’s all this: Lines and Drafts
Ars Technica: No office, no problem—how Ars Technica’s remote workers work
BFI: How 12 Angry Men works – in 25 frames
Blu-ray.com: Passport to Pimlico (Blu-ray Review)
Blu-ray.com: The Immortal Story (Blu-ray Review)
Blu-ray.com: The Titfield Thunderbolt (Blu-ray Review)
Boing Boing: These ‘Stardew Valley’ game-themed cupcakes are super cute
Cartoon Research: The Tale of Disney’s Cinderella Storyteller Albums
Daring Fireball: My Review of the Original iPad
Daring Fireball: ★ The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10
Letterboxd – davidehrlich: Minari, 2020 – ★★★★½
Little White Lies: Minari – first look review
Little White Lies: Nicolas Winding Refn on Night Tide and the importance of extreme cinema
Little White Lies: On Location: The concert house from Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher
Michael Tsai: Disk Prices on Amazon
Michael Tsai: iPad at 10
NYT: The Unknown Hostess of 1930s Hollywood
NeuroLogica Blog: New Coronavirus Facts and Misinformation
Observations on film art: When media become manageable: Streaming, film research, and the Celestial Multiplex
Six Colors: The iPad era turns 10
Stratechery by Ben Thompson: The Tragic iPad
The Atlantic: The Most Exciting Films at Sundance Were Made by Women
The Beat: INTERVIEW: Johan Troïanowski reveals the classic characters that inspired THE RUNAWAY PRINCESS!
The Takeout: Keep Your Road Trip Snacks and Drinks In One Place With This 3-in-1 Car Organizer
The Verge: Filmic DoubleTake lets you record from two iPhone cameras at the same time
Trailers From Hell: House by the River
VICE: Byte Proves That Vine Is Inherently Superior to TikTok
Vulture: Miranda July Returns with What Might Be Her Best Film Yet
Vulture: The 14 Best Star Trek Entries to Accompany Picard
Waxy.org: Legible News
Waxy.org: The Making of Outer Wilds
Webdesigner Depot: 14 WordPress Themes You Should Start Using in 2020
Wellesnet: Netflix films headed to Criterion; no word on ‘The Other Side of the Wind’
Willamette Week: Here Are the Finalists for the 2020 Oregon Book Awards
Wired: Oscars 2020: 20 Nominated Movies You Can Stream Right Now
girish: Hidden Histories: The Story of Women Film Editors
kottke.org: Remembering Jason Polan
local.reverseshot.org: Best of the Decade #18: Like Someone in Love
reverseshot.org: Best of the Decade #15: Carol

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Links for the Day – January 27, 2020

512 Pixels: iPad at 10
Boing Boing: This video explains how cel shading works by looking at Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
BuzzFeed News: Artist Jason Polan, Known For His “Every Person In New York” Project, Has Died At 37
Cartoon Research: Japanese Intros for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
Festival de Cannes: Press Conference of Atlantique (Atlantics) by Mati Diop
Festival de Cannes: Press Conference of Portrait de la jeune fille en feu by Céline Sciamma
Input: We’re drowning in movies and TV shows, and the flood has only begun
Inside Criterion: Farewell to Our Friend Jason Polan
Library of Congress Blog: Letters Give an Intimate Look at Classic Hollywood Era
Literary Hub: Did Tolkien Write The Lord of the Rings Because He Was Avoiding His Academic Work?
Literary Hub: Do you even love books if you haven’t collected all of these independent bookseller cards?
Literary Hub: Exclusive: watch the trailer for The Booksellers, a new documentary about rare book dealers.
Literary Hub: Wole Soyinka on Yoruba Weddings, Nigerian Movies, and Making Traditions New
MacStories: The iPad at 10: A New Product Category Defined by Apps
Mondo: New Distro Books from Arrow Video!
My Modern Met: 30+ Watercolor Painting Ideas for Beginning Artists and Seasoned Professionals
The Life and Times of David Chen: The unfortunate racial humor of ‘The Gentlemen’
The Outline: Kobe Bryant was a great basketball player who also admitted to sexual assault
The Verge: The unofficial Apple Archive is on death’s door once more
Wirecutter: Tax Filing Mistakes to Avoid in 2020
Wired: How to Raise Media-Savvy Kids in the Digital Age

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Links for the Day – January 26, 2020

And now it’s all this: Commenting on Shortcuts, Part 1
And now it’s all this: Commenting on Shortcuts, Part 2
Ars Technica: Color Out of Space review: Nic Cage + Lovecraft = Match made in R‘lyeh
Cartoon Brew: Annie Awards 2020: Netflix Wins 19 Awards; ‘Klaus’ And ‘I Lost My Body’ Take Top Feature Prizes (Full List of Winners)
Cinema Sangha: THE GOOD PLACE Invents Buddhism
Film Comment: Deep Focus: Color Out of Space and The Turning
GeekDad: Review: ‘The Runaway Princess’ — A New Adventure
GeekMom: Feature Interview: The Making of ‘The Runaway Princess’
Input: Louis Vuitton’s pre-fall 2020 lookbook is a pulp horror dreamscape
NPR: Opera For Newbies: Busting Myths And Belting High Notes
Offspring: Make an Emotional Labor To-Do List with Your Partner
The Beat: Announcement: The Beat Goes On
The Kid Should See This: Li Ziqi’s ‘The Life of Cotton’
The Verge: Now, you can use generative placeholder images for your web project

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Links for the Day – January 24, 2020

Ars Technica: Librem 5 phone hands-on—Open source phone shows the cost of being different
BFI: 10 great French period films
BFI: The many faces of Federico Fellini – part two: the Felliniesque
BFI: Watching the watchers: how Cameraperson enriches the act of filming
Cartoon Research: In His Own Words: Ken Anderson on Disney’s “Robin Hood” (1973)
Diabolique Magazine: Invisible Man in Japan
Eater Portland: 17 Old-School Restaurants Every Portlander Must Try
F Ron Miller: Ford v Ferrari
Grasshopper Film: Single Take: Lynne Sachs on Jean-Luc Godard
INSIDE THE ROCK POSTER FRAME BLOG: Peter Diamond’s Destiny Movie Poster Release From Black Dragon Press
Library of America: “How to be a man who’s not a jerk”: Cartoonist Chris Ware on Charles M. Schulz, Mr. Rogers, and Beethoven
NASA: Are We Alone? How NASA Is Trying to Answer This Question.
NYT: Charles Yu Loves Reading With His Children. Don’t Tell Them.
NYT: I Can’t Afford These First Editions, but I Buy Them Anyway
The Sweet Setup: Using Microsoft To Do, Why Mind Mapping Works, and Fighting the Urge to Stay Connected
The Sweet Setup: Why Mind Mapping Works
VICE: ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Revisits America’s Imperialist Dreams and Finds a Nightmare

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Links for the Day – January 23, 2020

A List Apart: Standards for Writing Accessibly
Accidental Tech Podcast: 362: Xcode in Anger
Cartoon Research: Jumping Back into ‘Stop Motion Marvels’
CGP Grey: H.I. #135: Place Your Bets
Daring Fireball: Interesting Stats on the U.S. Streaming Service Market
Daring Fireball: JetBrains Mono
Eater Portland: Portland’s 16 Essential Bars, Winter 2020
Eater Portland: The Pearl District Just Got a New Sandwich Shop
GitHub: backendlore
Input: Mozilla publishes student-focused ethics guide to ensure future tech leaders don’t suck
LA Times: Michael Chabon teleports into television with ‘Star Trek: Picard’
MacStories: My Must-Have Apps, 2019 Edition
ProVideo Coalition: Adobe announces Productions: Premiere team projects for all
Technology: The Making of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Was as Far Out as the Movie
The Verge: How to FBI-proof your encrypted iPhone backups
The Verge: Tetris returns to Android and iOS after EA’s version shuts down

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Links for the Day – January 22, 2020

Accidentally in Code: The “Care” in “Self Care”
Blu-ray.com: First Look at New Restoration of David Lynch’s The Elephant Man and 4K Blu-ray
Cinema Gadfly: Stolen Kisses
Daisuke Beppu: Criterion Collection Releases for 2020: THE FUGITIVE KIND (Spine No. 515) (blu ray)
Greg Morris: How To Host Your Own Ghost Blog On Digital Ocean
Input: Netflix viewership continues to grow despite streaming wars
Inside Criterion: Illustrator Josh Cochran Taps into His Dark Side
MacStories: Introducing MacStories Shortcuts Icons Color Edition, Featuring 350 Multi-Color Icons
MONSTER BRAINS: Charles Altamont Doyle (1832 – 1893)
Portland Mercury: Check Out What’s Streaming (for FREE!) On the Multnomah County Library’s New Library Music Project
Techmeme: Behind the scenes at Rotten Tomatoes, whose Tomatometer is run by 12 “curators” who read just about every review from a pool of about 4,500 approved critics (Simon Van Zuylen Wood/Wired)
The Outline: I’m mad online and I’m going to keep taking it and not log off ever because I love tweeting
TorrentFreak: Hive-CM8 Accuses TOPKEK of Leaving Watermarks and Tracers in Pirated Screeners
VICE: A Better Body Is Possible. These Anarchist Biohackers Want To Build It
VICE: A Wild Discovery About Fungi Just Changed Earth’s Evolutionary Timeline
Willamette Week: What Bus Riders Want: We Hopped on the Most-Used Bus in Portland, to Ask How It Could Be Better.
Wirecutter: 5 Cheap(ish) Things to Radically Make Over Your Closet
Wirecutter: The Best Food Storage Containers
Wired: The Science Behind Crafting a Perfect Espresso
xkcd.com: Solar System Changes
YouTube: Studio Visits: Josh Cochran

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Links for the Day – January 21, 2020

Animation Scoop: Warner Archive Collection Announces “Tex Avery Screwball Classics” on Blu-Ray
Ars Technica: New twist on marshmallow test: Kids depend on each other for self control
Blu-ray.com: Film Movement: Two Classic Alexander Mackendrick Comedies Heading to Blu-ray
Blu-ray.com: Second Run: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Detaled for Blu-ray
Boing Boing: China announces ban of single-use plastic bags and straws
Daring Fireball: ★ Regarding Reuters’s Report That Apple Dropped Plan for Encrypting iCloud Backups
Wired: Behind the Scenes at Rotten Tomatoes
Wired: Making Public Transit Fairer to Women Demands Way More Data
Wired: The Blurred Boundaries of Work-From-Home Parenting
Greg Morris: Importing Apple Notes Into Bear
Greg Morris: Migrating From WordPress To Ghost
How to get text from Drafts to Airtable: Search results for ‘Domain name’ – Automators Talk
Input: Uber is letting some California drivers set their own fares in another move against the state’s new gig-worker law
Lifehacker: How to Help Your Kid Manage Their Anxiety at Every Age
Lifehacker: How to Talk About Art Without Sounding Dumb
Literary Hub: Katherine Kayne on the Strong Women of Hawaii’s Painful History
Little White Lies: ‘When people came to Rome, they only wanted to meet the Pope and Fellini’
Little White Lies: A Hidden Life
Little White Lies: How His Girl Friday redefined the screwball comedy
Little White Lies: The French Dispatch sounds like Wes Anderson’s biggest movie yet
Little White Lies: Why I love Carole Lombard’s performance in No Man of Her Own
MacStories: Sensei: A Beautifully-Designed Dashboard and Set of Utilities for Your Mac
Media Play News: Netflix Lost 553,000 Disc Subs in 2019
Michael Tsai: Apple Dropped Plans for End-to-End Encrypted iCloud Backups After FBI Objected
Technology: Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil
The Sweet Setup: How to Use Microsoft To Do as a Cross Platform GTD Solution
Waxy.org: EFF on YouTube’s new feature to trim copyright-claimed content from videos
Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World: The Best TVs
Offspring: The Best Non-Food ‘Treats’ for Kids

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Links for the Day – January 20, 2020

Ars Technica: Radiohead.com unveils “The Radiohead Library,” an official band depository
Cartoon Brew: Netflix Acquires Global Streaming Rights To Studio Ghibli Library
MacSparky: Mac Power Users 519: Workflows with Greg Pierce
Open Culture: Fellini’s Fantastic TV Commercials for Barilla, Campari & More: The Italian Filmmaker Was Born 100 Years Ago Today
Open Culture: How to Draw Like an Architect: An Introduction in Six Videos
Short of the Week: Netflix Surprise Drops a New David Lynch Short
Super Punch: Compare Mondo’s even more deluxe Iron Giant figure to the $28 Diamond Select version
The Atlantic: Weathering With You Confronts a Quiet Climate Apocalypse
Tools and Toys: VSEER Phone Mount for PS4 Controller
Wirecutter: The Best Measuring Cups
Wired: A Practical Guide for Building Ethical Tech

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