Untitled Folder Wallet Final.Final.2

I think I first learned of Nik Bentel on Colossal. But it was this feature of the brand refresh on Under Consideration that brought me back to the site. I do love some Optima. And this wallet makes me smile. The name alone!

nikolasbentelstudio.com

Untitled Folder wallet

Porkbun’s awesomeness page

Tucked away in their footer is a link under about us that simply reads awesomeness. Well that's delightful! / thanks Erik!

porkbun.com

Illustrations of pigs with domain extensions

Eddy Goldfarb

Thanks to this CBS Sunday Morning segment, I now know the person who created Stompers (and a BUNCH of other iconic toys) is named Eddy Goldfarb and his daughter made a documentary about him, toys and aging.

eddysworld.net

Four toys and games designed by Eddy Goldfarb

NailStudio

Select a color, fill or pattern and click to paint. It's fun and easy. A project by @yasly & @sabrichu with thanks to to Kid Pix, JS Paint, interact.js, Sustem.oss, and the OG Susan Kare. / via Yewknee

notcrying.club

Pixelated drawing of hand with painted fingernails

Adventures in Snail World

Sam Copeland and Aleia Murawski make these miniature sets. These particular ones are populated by snails and they put a big smile on my face. Oodles more shots on Aleia’s insta.

thisiscolossal.com

Snails on a miniature game show set

Workspaces

A collection of desk setups from all sorts of folks. Most are pristine (admission: I almost always tidy my workspace before taking a snapshot) — but there are a few lived in examples as well. A bonus of sites like this? All the new paths to wander and explore different personal corners of the internet!

workspaces.xyz

Workspace setup with desktop computer

screw :) project

Designer Yuma Kano with the help of Komuro Industry in Osaka made these screws with smiley faces (and accompanying screwdriver). It's now a participatory art project with a map of all the screws photographed around the world. I love this. / via Things to Click

screw-project.com

Screw with smiley face head

Mashing up Star Wars ships with old aircraft in Lego

Jordan Fridal has quite the knack.

instagram.com

X-51 Mustang Lego Mashup

Ansel Adams Lego concept

Reddit user LobsterThermidor calls this “The Landscape Photographer”. I’d dig seeing a Lego series like this, with artists in their element/studio over recreating just their works.

reddit.com

Ansel Adams Lego concept

It’s the Coolest Rock Show in Ann Arbor.

And Almost Everyone There Is Over 65. (This thread by Joe Bernstein is a great introduction to his article about the “Geezer Happy Hour”).

nytimes.com

Older folks dancing at a club

Search dog or cat on Google

And then click on the paw icon, repeatedly. / via my friend Zana's retweet

google.com

An illustrated dog paw on top of the Google search results page for dog

Imaginary Beverage Reviews

"Reviews of products that mostly do not exist..." as Kevin Fanning puts it, "This is so dumb, But maybe it’s not totally dumb?" (but it's also about just writing, you know, for fun.)

whygodwhy.com

Insprial web

Nathan Friend brought Spirograph to the browser (and an app). / via Sidebar

nathanfriend.io

Electronic version of spirograph, where two cogs interact to create patterns

A tiny RC car

With headlights, turn signals and reverse indicators! Now I'm furiously searching to see if anything like this is available to buy.

kottke.org

A tiny red remote control car on a cutting mat

They mic’d up their 4 year old snowboarding

There is not only wisdom in this Tiktok, but also joy. Weewhoo! / via @realdougwilson

tiktok.com

A 4 year old weaing a dinosaur coat snowboarding

A Hot Dog and a Martini

Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, and more look back on Betty White's unforgettable week at Saturday Night Live. ( I'm going to ready this Vanity Fair article after work)

vanityfair.com

Betty White on the set of SNL in pink dresses with several cast members

Park My Spaceship

Overlay spaceships from Star Wars, Star Trek, Mass Effect and more on a map for scale. Then press the play button to fly around. Fun. / via @CincinnatiPhil

parkmyspaceship.com

A Millennium Falcon parked on a baseball diamond

Wordle

You get 5 tries to guess a single word each day. It's like Mastermind, but with language. Super fun. / via Waxy

powerlanguage.co.uk

An online word game called World

False Knees Clear Skies

A thought in four panels

falseknees.com

A drawing of a bird on a clear blue sky

Infinite Zoom

Click or tap anywhere to change up the pattern. Mesmerizing.

infinitezoom.net

A circular pattern