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Try this simple puzzle about the likelihood of gender distribution among four children.

If you’re a Beatles fan you already know this but Peter Jackson just released a new documentary on Disney+ featuring hours of never before seen footage of the Beatles writing and recording material shortly before they broke up.

This short video from Vox reports on a phenomenon I’d not heard about but, as a central London resident, is apparently happening all around me.

This is the most powerful and memorable article I read this week.

Check out this fascinating and beautifully produced visual explaination of the wonders of your immune system.

My Mom was born in 1932.

In my younger years I spent a ridiculous amount of time perusing The Book of Lists’ fasinating collections of arcana.

Part travelogue and part profile in courage, this film tells the story of Aaron Ralph’s insane 2,700-kilometer bikepacking trip from the bottom to the top of the United Kingdom.

Watch this beautifully filmed, intimate conversation between two people from radically different backgrounds, yet strikingly similar experiences, reflecting on their respective journeys.

This poignant tale of grief and recovery is the best article I read this week.

Depending on your risk tolerance, this video will give you either sweaty palms or a vicarious adrenaline rush.

Check out this beautiful and sad original song by Reina Del Cid, performed with fellow musician and youtuber Josh Turner.

Did you know that your eyes can’t properly focus on blue colored objects and your brain compensates for this built-in design problem?

This beautiful short film tells the unforgettable story about a young man who spent three years living in a tree, along with several associates, to protect a grove of ancient redwood trees.

Check out this beautiful short film showing some of the most dramatic tides in the world on the northwest coast of France.

Peter Jackson’s documentary on the Beatles’ final chapter is due out this Fall.

Twitter’s 280 character limit raises an interesting question: how many tweets are possible before nothing new can be said?

This short video is a fascinating study in the reaction to panic.

Right now - do you have hundreds or even thousands of emails in your inbox?

Today you’re going back to school.

Check out this video of street busker Damiyr, working one of the toughest crowds in the world - New York subway commuters.

I just read this article: Programming is Hard.

There’s a worrying social trend in the US that is going largely unnoticed: Nearly half of middle-class workers may be forced to live on a food budget of as little as five dollars a day when they retire.

My good friend Jose shared this video with me earlier this week, and it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before.

My friend Gus shared this ingenious demo of an old puzzle on twitter.

Yesterday, my friend Ali tweeted a lovely original limerick about Node.js and invited his followers to contribute more.

In 1969, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young performed for nearly half a million people at the legendary Woodstock Festival.

This is effectively a one and a half minute commercial, but it’s also one of the most soothing, satisfying things you’ll see today.

In Bret Victor’s groundbreaking talk Stop Drawing Dead Fish, he compellingly argues that new media call for new ways to express ourselves, and not just to repeat our old styles of expression in a new format.

The economic devastation wrought by the pandemic is forcing a lot of people to rethink their career choices.

The new logo you see in the upper left corner was made for me by a very talented artist named Berk Tarakcıoğlu.

An open letter to my employer…

I’m not going to say anything about this short film.

Here are ten promising documentaries coming out this year, courtesy of Esquire Magazine, with corresponding trailers.

Some people wonder why victims of abuse often don’t report the crime until years later, if ever.

What happens when you hit the big time but can’t scale your production fast enough to keep up with demand?

In the last few decades, the World Wide Web, search engines, mass video broadcasting, social networks, and many other tools attributed to the so-called “attention economy” have fundamentally changed human behavior and self-organization.

This short video works on multiple levels.

My favorite article of the week is this tongue-in-cheek review of the product that no one needs - the Microclimate Air.

The original incarnation of today’s puzzle talked about winding a clock but who even knows what that means anymore?

In a mere four minutes, this interactive page imparts some of the most basic rules of good web design.

Everyone knows the sad story about how John Lennon was senselessly killed on the street in front of his apartment by a deranged fan.

Let’s face it - 2021 is going to look a lot like 2020.

As 2020 draws to a close, check out this fascinating summary of things learned this year, from a very inquisitive person.

Check out this beautfully written profile of a woman caring for her husband, who has developed rapidly progressing Dementia in the prime of his life.

You are standing in a hallway with three light switches.

If you’re of a certain age, then you remember Pez, the candy, and even more so, the ingenious spring-loaded mechanical dispensers.

If you really want to know what’s going on, ask the people on the front lines.