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Friday, January 06, 2006

Happy Epiphany, everyone! The three kings have made it to the manger and it's time to burn the Christmas tree. If you're into that sort of thing, that is.

The Club Creatures send in the amazing news that Pete Burns (of Dead or Alive fame) is on the UK's latest Celebrity Big Brother. This is going to be...interesting. So far the forums are buzzing about Pete's statements on fur, his appearance, and, er, rugby, and it's only Day 2 of 21. The eBayers are also cashing in, selling Pete Burns paper dolls for marked-up prices!

(Also on the show: Dennis Rodman and someone named Maggot. Maggot???)

Speaking of flamboyantly fun people, has anyone been watching Clinton Portis's press conferences? He has a new character and costume every week. It's enough to make you want the Redskins to make the Super Bowl, just to see what he does.

From Bell: a hyperspace method of traveling to Mars? Have they been reading Bell's stories?

Have a spiffy weekend, everyone. See you Monday.

Jinnet @ 1/06/2006 : comments: 2

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Today I am carrying books down to storage. This is a project I should have started a long time ago, so the pile of books to lug about is now gargantuan and sort of overwhelming. Therefore, I am making you work as well! No passive reading here! These are links urging you to do stuff! (Well, most of them.)

help rebuild the New Orleans Public Library!
vote for the new seven wonders of the world! (I've linked to this before, but voting just started January 1st.)
listen to NASA podcasts!
use Retrievr to draw what you want to see on Flickr! It's a sort of visual search that is not quite on track yet, but is so cool in and of itself that it's a total timesuck. As an added bonus, you may find some really good photographers. (If you're not very good at drawing, like me, you may find some really bizarre stuff as well. I tried to draw a fire and got pictures of jellyfish instead.)
if you worked at Google, you could be wrestling with 250 pounds of Silly Putty.
Go out and spread the word about libraries via graffiti, like this one which has a distinct Party Girl mentality. Woo!

Tomorrow: links from others. I think. If anyone sends in any. Otherwise, it'll be a grab bag.

Jinnet @ 1/05/2006 : comments: 0

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Happy birthday, Bunny! Welcome to the world of 33! See, it's not so bad.

It's also the birthday of Louis Braille. So sayeth Google, anyway. In Braille, no less.

For the morbid millionaires among us, Teardrop Memories has some beautiful things. The rest of us will just muddle through somehow. (It's still fun to look at all the stuff.)

Danny points us to the great Edge Question Center. This year's question is about dangerous ideas. Very very cool! Vive les dangerous ideas!

There was an explosion on the moon recently, and here's what it might have looked like. (Love the space art. What, there were no real photos?)

Were celtic crosses, henges (a la Stonehenge) and pyramids all ancient navigational tools? I think this is a brilliant idea. I hope it's explored! (Note to Jack Beltane: even if this turns out to be wrong, I think you should write a story about it.)

The Ghost Whisperer TV show is based on the real-life adventures of an Ohio medium/psychic/whathaveyou...that we've actually talked to! How cool is that?

Jinnet @ 1/04/2006 : comments: 3

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Happy New Year, everyone! Today is the last catch-up day of the links. We get back on schedule tomorrow. For now, it's all goofy stuff. To wit:

Panda and frog humidifiers!
A lumberjack doll that transmogrifies into a werewolf!
Marie Antoinette action figures (with "ejectable head")!
An interactive game from the BBC called "Death in Sakkara" which is all 1930esque and adventurous and fun.
Musings from an artist on a 1956 interior decorating book's artwork. Neat stuff.

Jinnet @ 1/03/2006 : comments: 3