The Professional Line-Sitter

An obituary for the Great Barrier Reef, vintage Nike ads, life as a professional line-sitter and more in our weekly look at the web

Necessity is the mother of invention, and the long lines in NYC—whether you’re attempting to taste a Cronut for the first time or to see popular art installations like the “Rain Room” at MoMA—have bred a new type of startup: line-sitting. Chelsea resident Robert Samuel started his business Same Ole Line Dudes (or SOLD Inc) after losing his job. Now, he endures 19-hour waits and …

The Origins of Matthew Dear

Astronaut Chris Hadfield at TED, Casey Neistat surfs in J. Crew, the origins of Matthew Dear and more in our weekly look at the web

Taking it back to Kingsville, Texas, the fourth installment of Resident Advisor’s ORIGINS film series, in collaboration with SONOS, charts the path of Ghostly International co-founder Matthew Dear. The electronic artist, who rose up in the Detroit techno scene beginning in the late ’90s, has substantially changed the music industry for the better. In this documentary, Dear revisits his childhood and offers a beautiful glimpse …

Universal Fear

Astronaut Chris Hadfield at TED, Casey Neistat surfs in J. Crew, the origins of Matthew Dear and more in our weekly look at the web

Known around the world for his floating rendition of Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” retired astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield took the stage at TED this week to discuss the connection between fear and danger, and the importance of changing perceptions in order to accomplish your dreams. From his vivid description of a rocket ship’s intense liftoff to going blind in space, the Canadian astronaut relayed some of …