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Deep dive: An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt.

Good god, The Complete Kubrick from Criterion.

Collected here for the first time are Kubrick’s thirteen features and three shorts, all restored in 4K, with their original soundtracks alongside the 5.1 mixes, restored and remastered; over twenty-five hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials; and deluxe packaging illustrated with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick himself, all housed in a singular box inspired by the director’s legendary archive.

Altogether it’s 30 discs, $480 if you pre-order, and it’ll be out in mid-October.

P.S. While it’s not a fancypants box set, the KDO tag page for Stanley Kubrick functions pretty well as “DVD extras” — and it’s free. (via df)

Tags: Criterion Collection · movies · Stanley Kubrick · video

"One remote highway in Nevada links far-flung communities that attracted settlers for generations. Why are some still drawn there today?"

Rolfe Winkler, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): The company briefly took down its Apple Online Store early this morning as it typically does when announcing new products. When it came back online, the price tags for Mac computers rose roughly 15% to 20%...

New prices across the board for everything.

A huge rescue and recovery operation is under way across northern Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes struck on Wednesday evening, killing more than 160 people and injuring over 1,000. Rescue teams are searching for survivors in Caracas and several other states after th...

Millar's meticulous mixed-media works conjure enigmatic contraptions and look-and-find books.

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A Visual Cacophony of People, Places, and Things Fill Chris Millar’s Mixed-Media Paintings appeared first on Colossal.

Apple raised their prices on their laptops, iMacs, and iPads today due to the high cost of memory (driven by AI demand). The Macbook Neo’s price went up $100 with most other machines getting a $200-500 bump.

But those prices have yet to take effect at Amazon, where Apple computers are still cheaper than the old prices. Macbook Neo for $590, MacBook Air M5 for $1150, and the M4 iMac for $1150. You can check other models (MacBook Pros, etc.) and their pricing here. Not sure when RAM costs are going to come down…these might be the lowest prices you see on Apple machines for quite awhile.

Tags: Amazon · Apple

Fulfilling the purpose for which it was built almost 2000 years ago, football fans packed the Roman Theatre of Amman to watch the Jordan v Algeria World Cup match. I don’t know whether Roman rulers, builders, and architects envisioned their works would remain standing & useful millennia after their construction, but longevity is certainly not a priority these days.

Here’s a video of Jordan fans watching their opener vs Austria in the amphitheater:

Tags: Jordan · soccer · sports · video · World Cup 2026

"Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?"

"Ricky Jay does closeup magic that flouts reality."

Why it's important to cultivate resilience and curiosity as a writer.

A state of emergency is declared in Venezuela after two strong earthquakes close to the capital, Caracas. The authorities fear many casualties as rescue operations take place amid the rubble of collapsed buildings. Also: President Trump launches the 250th birthday celebratio...

simonw/browser-compat-db Inspired by Mozilla's new MDN MCP service - source code here - I decided to try converting their comprehensive mdn/browser-compat-data repository full of browser compatibility data into a SQLite database. This new GitHub Repo includes a Claude Code f...

To the Michelin stars by hard ways