A massive spinning road tester, and a correction.
23rd May 2022
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Hello!
In this week's video, I visit the massive fatigue carousel that helps keep roads safe. Doing a piece to camera, with that thing whirling behind me, was a bit nerve-racking.
In this week's video, I visit the massive fatigue carousel that helps keep roads safe. Doing a piece to camera, with that thing whirling behind me, was a bit nerve-racking.
The first thing I want to do here is issue a correction: I mistakenly said that the Damn Interesting article last week didn't cite its sources. I was wrong: they absolutely do, in the black section at the
bottom of the page that my brain dismissed as "site navigation" rather than "relevant to the story". The worst part of it is: Damn Interesting has a viciously-phrased page about copyright and reuse, talking about how they've been repeatedly ripped off! Complete blunder on my part, thanks to Lexi who replied and pointed it out to me. Thankfully, Damn Interesting have
not noticed the blunder, but still: apologies.
(On a side note: if I make a small mistake like a typo in this newsletter, which happens quite often, please don't tell me about it — there is absolutely nothing I can do about it!)
Anyway! Here's some good stuff I've found on YouTube this week:
- Mossy Earth is spending €40,000 to flood a forest, and here's why. I hadn't heard of their channel before this: it's a great video, and it's picked up traction for good reason.
- Nicole Rudolph looks at an old photo that looks like it shows a time traveller.
- I've been enjoying some of the back catalogue of Honest Guide, a couple of people from Prague who show off their city, and also expose the people who rip off tourists. This video about a ripoff with old bank notes is a great introduction: it includes some of their history, and what they're planning to do in future. Alternatively, they remove love locks from a famous bridge with bolt cutters, and there's a good reason for it.
Away from YouTube this week, interesting stuff I've found while researching:
- US food delivery app Grubhub decided to give New York City a free lunch, and the promotion went very very badly, something which literally anyone working for their company should have been able to predict. I'm astonished that
- The town of Neversink, which sank.
- The incredible story of the US Army's earth-shaking, off-road land trains.
- Insightful, in-depth analysis of period typography in movies, in an article which is now old enough that typography has changed since it was written.
All the best,
— Tom
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