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Our subscriber base has grown so much since we first started nine years ago, that most of you have missed all our earliest recommendations. The best of these are still valid and useful, so we\u2019re trying out something new \u2014 Retro Recomendo<\/strong>. Once every 6 weeks, we\u2019ll send out a throwback issue of evergreen recommendations focused on one theme from the past 9 years.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home DIY videos<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How To Home<\/a> is a YouTube channel with excellent videos that demonstrate how to complete common household repairs, such as wiring switches, fixing faucet leaks, and threading wire through walls and ceilings. Unlike many DIY videos, these feature high-quality audio, are well-lit, and aren\u2019t blurry. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Culinary curiosities from around the world<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gastro Obscura<\/a> is an Instagram account with photos and descriptions on unusual foods from around the world. You\u2019ll find Japanese cream puffs that look like kittens, fruit that looks like an exploding planet, fruit that tastes like chocolate pudding, and lots more. It gave me a greater appreciation for just how diverse the world\u2019s culinary options can be. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laugh out loud caricatures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Watch sidewalk artists in Waikiki<\/a> draw extreme caricatures of customers, and their customer\u2019s hysterical reactions. The drawings are much more exaggerated than typical caricatures yet they look uncannily like the subjects. I was laughing along with the people who bravely sat for the drawings. A guaranteed mood lifter. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick research explainers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Two Minute Papers<\/a> is a YouTube channel featuring short videos (sometimes 5 minutes long) created by a professor who reviews new research papers in visual programming, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer graphics, simulations, and other state-of-the-art computer science. He explains the research\u2019s significance, while running very cool graphics demo-ing the results. I find it a painless way to keep up in this fast moving field. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strange images<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The instagram account Welcome.jpeg <\/a>calls itself a digital museum. It\u2019s kinda art, kinda meme, kinda kitsch, kinda weirdo. It collects oddball, strange, unorthodox, found images and delivers these misfits as little visual collections. It\u2019s my guilty pleasure. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joyful social media<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve intentionally cut down on my social media time, but there\u2019s one account I never scroll past because it always makes me smile: Official Stick Reviews<\/a> on Instagram. It\u2019s the internet\u2019s go-to spot for stick reviews submitted from around the world. Initially, I thought it was satire, but I soon realized the enthusiasm for finding cool sticks is both genuine and contagious. Here\u2019s a good example<\/a>. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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