Afflictor: Trying to stress the positive–Hey, great dress!–since 2009.
- Classic DVD: Fahrenheit 451 (1966).
- Old Print Articles: Tales from the Flatbush Insane Asylum (1888-96) + Innocent man refuses to leave prison (1896) + Lone lady letter carrier in the Old West (1900).
- Classic Photographs: Fun in the sun at Midland Beach (1890s) + Harry Houdini was the son of a rabbi (1899).
- Featured Videos: Henrietta sings, as does Merna + Leonard Cohen predicts the future will be murder (1993) + Record producer Joe Meek was nuttier than Phil Spector + Effed up Orson Welles selling liquor + Larry King interviews futurist Jacque Fresco (1974) + Ronald McDonald’s daughter in Japan + Great wire walker in NYC (1904) + Perhaps the fakest Bigfoot ever + Cosmonaut dies; it makes for a great song + Opossum pedicure tips + Melancholy instructional video about cleaning bathrooms (1966) + Elizabeth Taylor on What’s My Line? (1954) + Great acrobats from Japan (1904) + Antique footage of Calcutta (1899) + London street life (1930s) + Star Trek theme played on a saw + In praise of the washing machine + The history of communications from the 1800s to 1976 + Exoskeleton suit for senior citizens.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: I’m convinced I’m an artist, so send me a tape of you having sex + Some jerk stole Fletch’s bike + Small guy needs ‘roids + Mom threw out my newspapers + Offering occult store memorabilia + Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are apparently too expensive to purchase + That Spice Girls yo-yo that you’ve been looking for.
- Frank Sinatra had a cold–and a hot temper–in 1965.
- Paul La Farge meditates on the dark side of Utopia.
- That scissors grinder with the trumpet is no joy (1898).
- Gerald Daniel Blanchard is really, really good at stealing stuff.
- Design guru Jonathan Ive conducts unusual research for Apple.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein thought the technological age was the end of humanity.
- Economist Tyler Cowen praises amateurism.
- Puzzle master Henry Hook is an enigma.
- Susan Orlean’s profile of Maui surfer girls from 1998.
- Hollywood children train to be entertainers.
- A look at Larry Page as he assumes leadership of Google.
- Baby food for adults didn’t really catch on.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.