Friday, May 27, 2005
Before I get to the links from others, I am noting that Pretoria has changed its name. Bunny tells me that his grade school had them sing "We are marching to Pretoria" repeatedly. Take that, music teacher! We are no longer marching to the country known as Pretoria!
Okay. NOW, we move on to links from others. Thanks, everyone!
From Satori: the Phallic Logo Awards. This is marginally safe for work. I think.
From Glenna: find your Star Wars name. I think this is a variation on one that was out earlier.
From Bill: Midnight Macabre, a new webcomic about the travails of a would-be horror host. It's so close to the truth it's almost not funny.
From Kathryn: marketing vampires for fun and profit. Maybe they could get a gig on horror host shows...
And finally, a slew of bizarre writing from Odd Books, covering such topics as:
- "domineering blondes"
- cyclomancy
- reincarnation of the famous
- the gender of Jesus
- clairaudience
- chocolate bunny sculptures!
Have a great holiday weekend, everyone. Back on Tuesday.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Dear George Lucas: I would like very much to work in your archives. I promise that I will not accidentally destroy any Jar-Jar Binks paraphenalia, even though it would be tempting, and I am willing to travel to exotic locations (within or outside the galaxy) at a moment's notice. Thanks!
The always impressive Librarians' Index to the Internet takes on Dragons, Dreams & Daring Deeds. This is not quite as cool as the Lucas archives, but it's pretty close.
Also, from the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" department: librarians establish a presence on Wikipedia.
The Library History Buff has some really cool stuff tucked away in the site, like postal stamps, for instance. (Want your library on a stamp? It could happen!)
And finally, Newsmap is really incredible. It's a real-time visualization of the news as it's happening, fully interactive. Wow.
Tomorrow: links from others!
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Also, who knew there was an actual Indiana Jones? His name isn't actually Indiana (perhaps he named his dog Indiana), but wow. He might be good at figuring out the as-yet-unsolved ciphers around the world, too, once he finds the Ark. And then there are the scientific secrets of the Jesuits, too. And then there's the mysterious death of a Golden Dawn member that's never been properly solved, either...
For people not so interested in spooky matters: it's garden season! The Chelsea Garden Show just opened, and the German Garden Show lasts from May to October. Go and be dazzled! Also, the Eternal Egypt site is amazing, regardless of whether you go to Egypt physically or can only visit virtually.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Hey! A staged brainstorming...er, "concepting" shot from Meet Cleaver Theatre! These sessions usually spin off into twisted, intricate scenario building. Then we remember that we have a budget of about seven dollars.
Hey, who knew there was an International Space Hall of Fame? Is Laika there?
Disney World's 50th anniversary is upon us, and the models of Tomorrowland and the Haunted Mansion look especially cool.
Blogpoly takes Monopoly to the web. The best part is that you can click on each space and see the site it represents!
Visual Ideology is a fun little survey which evaluates the way you "see" politics, and then compares your answers to other respondents and breaks it down by political affiliation.
Here's a great idea: declare a vendetta against something and ask readers to send that thing to you. In this instance, it's dimes. Send all your dimes to the Anti-Dime Foundation!
And finally, FilmPigs is a brilliant idea. And you don't even have to send them any dimes, although I doubt they'd protest if you did.
Monday, May 23, 2005
Emergo waits, not so patiently, for his turn in front of the camera. (We shot another episode of Meet Cleaver Theatre over the weekend.)
Geek update: We saw Revenge of the Sith, but not Hitchhiker. My review of Sith is essentially, "Hooray! They pulled it off!" (I could geek out about it for hours, but I will spare you. Aren't you grateful?)
Cool artist of the week: Jeffrey Lacson. If you like Transformers, you will love his work.
Now that I'm into stained glass, I have a new appreciation for color theory. The Causes of Color goes into serious detail on the subject.
For writers, the Daily Prompt Generator might help on those days when inspiration is in short supply. (Or you could just take a break, so that you don't end up having a nervous breakdown in the middle of class. I'm just saying.)
The Exeter Statue: not just art, but a riddle too!
