Seal “Hangs Fin” with Local Surfers

Super-fluffy pancakes, inflatable concrete, Baroque photojournalism and more in our look at the web this week

The internet was abuzz this week with animal cuteness from an unlikely critter. A curious baby seal joined a group of surfers in the chilly waters of the North Sea near Northumberland, UK for a surf session. The friendly mammal hopped up on longboards, played with the surfers and even did a bit of bodysurfing of its own. After an hour the surfers headed into …

Web Fonts and the Global Economy

Super-fluffy pancakes, inflatable concrete, Baroque photojournalism and more in our look at the web this week

Before web fonts, designers were bound to whatever came bundled with software. For English, the Latin alphabet and commonly used scripts this didn’t pose a major hurdle. But, building a webpage for Farsi readers posed a real problem. Web fonts make it so users don’t need pre-bundled alphabets in order to see a page, browsers download the fonts automatically. Whether it’s a proprietary font in …

How To: Fluffy Pancakes

Super-fluffy pancakes, inflatable concrete, Baroque photojournalism and more in our look at the web this week

Everyone loves pancakes, but not everyone knows how to make a quality stack. From inside his home in Toronto, Chef Matty Matheson takes matters into his own hands with a hilarious, helpful and mouthwatering how-to video via Munchies, VICE’s food channel. After just over eight minutes you’ll know the secret to the fluffiest flapjacks ever—and who wouldn’t want to know that?