Spam of the day

“Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface.”

Made me laugh. If only computers were as easy as guns, you know? You can pry my computer from my cold dead hand.

Design History of New Orleans' Iconic Shotgun Home

This simple vernacular architecture is more complex than it seems.
Fauxliage

Disguised Cell Towers of the American West
City Describer on Twitter: "a circuit board"

A photo of the city of Chicago, awkwardly described by Microsoft's computer vision AI.
We Rode Amtrak’s California Zephyr Train Across Colorado. Here’s What We Saw And Who We Met

Classic travel. Recommend.
River Runner

Click anywhere on the map and watch a satellite fly-through of where a drop of water falling there will end up.
The Psychology, Geography, and Architecture of Horror

How Places Creep Us Out
Pong Island Was a Neighborhood Oasis Until It Got Paddled by Parks & Rec

Neighborhood Ping Pong: 0, The City and County of Denver: 1.
The LEGO lunar baseplate

An icon, a canvas, the opening lines of a story to be written.
Reading a tennis serve based on your opponent's tongue placement

For serious.
How trucker country music became a '70s fad

This was fascinating. Plus, you're about to learn the saddest country music song ever.