Ars Nihil

The Bialetti mascot by Paolo "Paul" Campani , © Bialetti The Moka coffee pot is one of those design icons I admire but am pretty certain...

These four videos from YouTuber Unscary Ghosts actually make up a larger story - the less said, the sillier they are: Reminder: I'm...

"Against Self-Optimization" by David Zahl (Plough) Photo by Shiromani Kant ( Unsplash ) "There’s nothing wrong with conserving our time...

"We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unflailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient,...

I have a touch-and-go relationship with drawing, in that I can draw simple cartoony figures but not much else. I've always like drawing...

Continuing from similar posts showing some of my favorite Likes on Instagram and Tumblr, as a way of sharing cool things I find there....

I don't have a lot to add for Ozzy's passing since I wasn't the biggest fan, even though I had a fondness for his time with Black Sabbath...

A fun thing about being on Reddit and other social media is that despite all of the garbage you have to ingest, you often also find...

This is one of the best analogies I can think of regarding the U.S.A. as an American. Started reading Caste the other day and this...

July 20th seems to be a big day for observation days, with chess and ice cream and all - apparently it's also National Moon Day too...

Along with chess , today was also National Ice Cream Day . Here's a clip from Modern Marvels about how it gets made:

A little late to the party (writing this at 9pm) but still wanted to make a quick post to mark today as International Chess Day . Here...

After finding out there is, indeed, a Bone Museum in Brooklyn, I was asked by my spouse to share what I found. It's certainly a thing....

Ibn Battuta was quite a character - his travels hilariously wild. The video from Extra History is a good start but I've also added some...

Photo by Sebastian Unrau ( Unsplash )

Despite all the checklists and attempts at motivation, cleaning the house always seems to vex me. Luckily there's other people out there...

Photo from Vlad Deep ( Unsplash )

Living with someone who's got amazing memory, I always jealous since mine's closer to that of a goldfish on most days save for random...

Continuing from similar posts showing some of my favorite Likes on Instagram and Tumblr, as a way of sharing cool things I find there. (...

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