Friday links: July 24

Lunar satellite takes pictures of the moon landing sites. [link]

12 horrible things that have happened to guys' Junior Patrick. [link]

Some Klan members can blend into the public. Not these guys. [link]

Thanks to Malaise Inc. for this blog about the horrors on CraigsList. [link]

You may have heard that Futurama is coming back. The bad news is that Fox is trying to recast the voices. [link]

David Tennant (Dr Who) and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) are both on the list of likely candidates for the role of Bilbo Baggins in the movie "The Hobbit". Final announcement coming at Comic-Con next week. [link]

Remote control plane flown through a 3 kilometer tunnel.

Camera on the booster rockets from a Space Shuttle record their launch and fall back to Earth.

How to help ensure your wallet gets returned. [link]

Matchstick oil rig. [link]

Jimmy Carter on why the culture of misogynism made him leave the Southern Baptist church. [link]
Sorry, Jimmy, denouncing Bible based sexism by quoting the Bible isn't a good way to convince anyone of anything.

A contest to write your own creation myth. [link]

An evolution quiz that completely fails to understand evolution. [link]

Death Trilogy Commissioner. Keep up on the latest batch of 3 famous people to die. [link]

A 911 operator that needs lessons in how to help people.

Another good thing about having a decent human being in the White House is that I can disagree with Pat Buchanan again. While Bush and Cheney were running things Pat Buchanan was a moderate. I found myself agreeing with many things he said and it disturbed me. Now he's a frothing loon again and all is right with the world.
Here Obama addresses the NAACP and then Buchanan argues that only white men should be on the Supreme Court. [link]

An oldie but a goodie. Buzz Aldrin punches out a conspiracy theorist.

If you're one of the Moon Hoax believers you need to read this. [link]

The High Line in New York is now open. It's a park built on old elevated railroad tracks. [link]

Here's who's coming to the 2009 Library of Congress Book Fest. [link]

Microscope attachment for a mobile phone camera. [link]

Forearm keyboard. [link]

Russian multiplication method. [link]

Ink diffusion calendar. [link]

Another car we'll never see.

Season 1 of "Spaced" is on Hulu. [link]
I've got it on DVD. If you liked "Shawn of the Dead" you should watch this.

Sidewalk Economy
People are trying to relearn lost skills. Ten skills you should have. [link]

Check these sites for examples of what others are doing, to get ideas, and lessons on how to do it yourself. [dudecraft.com] [blog.makezine.com] [instructables.com]

Quick lessons in hand sewing. [link]