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The Surreal Sight of Skyscrapers Encased in Colored Fabric

Here in the USA, when a building is under construction, we are used to the sight of scaffolding partially encaging the structure. In Hong Kong, the tradition is to completely wrap even the most immense buildings in sheets of fabric. Photographer Peter Steinhauer documents these colorful monoliths in stunning detail. The purpose of the giant…

Video of the first dog in the world to fly on a wingsuit

I’m all for people risking their lives and getting a thrill out of jumping from anywhere in the world. But I’m not a fan of people who get their dog along for the ride. As fun as it may look, I’m pretty sure the dog—who doesn’t understand what the hell is going on—is not a…

A Car Seat With Retractable Stroller Wheels Frees Up Trunk Space

In addition to kissing all of their free time goodbye, new parents also have to get used to every inch of space in their home being filled with baby gear. But not their car, because the Doona is a clever car seat that features a set of retractable stroller legs and wheels so nothing has…

A Visualization Of Popular Opening Chess Moves Over Time

Theoretically, there are 71,852 positions that can be obtained in chess after each player’s fourth move, the vast majority of which are strategically useless. So where to start? This remarkable visualization shows how the opinions on this matter have changed over time. These graphs were put together by computer science graduate research assistant Randal Olson.…

Who Designed the Weather Icons?

To modern eyes, they’re as intuitive as the alphabet: The bubbly cloud, the circle and its simplistic rays of sunshine. But our weather icons are actually pretty new inventions. Up until the 1970s, meteorologists used an enigmatic system of symbols to forecast the weather—until a design student came along and changed everything. In The New…

Anime Fans Explain What They Hate About Live-Action Adaptations

It’s not easy to adapt a beloved animated series to live-action, and there are plenty of terrible movies that stand as a testament to that fact. But what is it, exactly, that fans hate about these live-action movies? Well, a Japanese site called MyNavi Woman recently surveyed a group of men and women to find…

Wiley’s First Camping Trip

Here’s and old article about Wiley’s first camping trip to Big Sur. https://jalopnik.com/how-to-have-an-epic-road-trip-with-an-11-week-old-puppy-458369788

The Best Campsite In Big Sur

Here’s an article I wrote before we started IndefinitelyWild. It’s the best car camping spot I’ve ever found, so figured it should be surfaced. https://wessiler.kinja.com/how-to-find-the-most-beautiful-car-camping-spot-in-the-1464936250

​So You Want To Go Camping For The Very First Time

Don’t be intimidated; going camping is simple, almost unbelievably cheap and a lot of fun. Here’s a basic guide for first timers with everything you need to know. This article is inspired by you guys, who’ve been asking for basic advice. Here that is. Take a read, let me know if you have any questions,…

How Can a Movie Series Bounce Back From “Franchise Fatigue”?

X-Men: Days of Future Past didn’t just have one of the biggest Memorial Day openings ever. The seventh X-Men movie also had the best opening since X-Men 3 in 2006, nabbing $110 million over four days. Does this mean that “franchise fatigue” is over? Or just that the right movie can overcome it? Industry watchers…

There’s an Electric Skateboard For Commuters Hiding Inside this Backpack

Unless you work at a subway station or a bus stop, public transit can only get you most of the way to work. The remaining distance you have to cover by foot, or just hold off on actually getting a job until the Movpak—an electric-powered skateboard that folds up into a backpack—is available. With the…

The 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base flunked a test when security forces were unable to regain control of a nuclear missile that was captured during a hostile takeover simulation. Since only the president has the launch codes, the main security concern would be the fissile material inside the warhead.

10 Revealing Photos Of Skin

We only think about our skin when something is wrong—it’s dry, winkled, or broken out—but our skin is more than a map of our imperfections. It’s a record of our lives. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-skin-1576819066 Winner: Grandmother This is a portrait of my 89-year old grandmother. Rather than showcase wrinkles for the sake of showcasing them, I wanted…

Mercury, The Madman, and the Drunken Celestial

A crater on Mercury bares the name of Liang Kai, a human painter from China’s Southern Song Dynasty. While Kai is from hundreds of years ago, living 1140 to 1210 CE, substantial erosion and infilling indicates his crater is much older. Liang Kai went by the nickname Madman Liang, although I doubt that was by…

Watch Seven Years’ Worth Of Meteor Showers Condensed Into Two Minutes

Need a quick escape from your day? Put on your headphones and watch this dizzying time-lapse video at full screen as meteors from years and years of showers flit across the sky. Thomas O’Brien shot and edited this video, which captures the Perseid, Geminid and Leonid meteor showers, sometimes showing the path of the meteors…

That Time a Commercial Aircraft Ran Out of Fuel Mid-Flight

On July 23, 1983, in the small town of Gimli, Manitoba, Captain Robert Pearson and Co-Pilot Maurice Quintal expertly glided a 100-ton Boeing 767carrying 69 people to a safe landing without engines, air brakes or flaps, and minimal control of the aircraft. Bad Math The flight plan for Canada 143 that day began with a…

Exoplanets Close to Earth’s Size Are Surprisingly Common

A recently-finished study of Kepler data is providing a new glimpse into the Milky Way’s exoplanetary composition. Planets about one to four times the size of Earth appear to be typical around Sun-like stars. But researchers say we don’t know yet whether they have the potential to harbour life. This latest survey, which was conducted…

I never thought fishing with dynamite worked like this

I never expected dynamite fishing to be like this. I thought that a lot of dead fish would appear on the surface and then they would pick them up but, as this video shows, the dynamite makes the fish go crazy and they start to jump everywhere—including inside the fishing boat. According to the description,…

Meet the Busiest Citi Bike in All of New York City

There’s a guy who is working to take his picture with every Citi Bike numbered 0001 through 0100. An impressive venture. But, if you happen upon Citi Bike #17279, you have got your hands on the busiest Citi Bike in all of NYC. I myself have not knowingly stumbled upon that bike, but I wanted…

The Chinese Comic Book Version of Star Wars Is Dazzling, Baffling

In 1980, not everybody had a chance to see Star Wars in China — but they could read the comic book adaptation. And now, thanks to historian Maggie Greene, so can you. Marvel at the stunningly beautiful art. But also some weird choices, like Darth Vader attacking the Kennedy Space Center. Writes Greene: In addition…