Friday, September 11, 2009

Friday links: Sept. 11

First, yesterday was the one year anniversary of when Yummy and I met.

Now, what you came here for.

Build a Faraday generator to replace the batteries on your remote control. [link]

Neil Gaiman's bookshelves. [link]

Al Franken talks health care reform to both sides of the debate. This is what you get when you don't have disruptive GOP plants. You have to listen carefully to hear over background noise.

Al Franken, comedian, Senator, cartographer.


Why the intelligent designer makes such crap designs.

New orbital photos show how close the Apollo 14 astronauts got to Cone Crater before being forced to turn back. 30 meters. Click on the orbital image to blow it up and look close. You can see a dark, wiggling line that shows their footsteps. [link]

A closeup of a letter in an old "Leave it to Beaver" episode. [link]

I love/am horrified by this idea. [link]

If this steel Velcro stuff can support so much weight how do you take it apart? [link]

Technology of THE FUTURE! No. Come on. Say it right. "THE FUTURE!" [link]

Music for monkeys. [link]

The artistry of corridors in science fiction TV and movies. [link]

Just for the weirdness of it.

Now you know who to blame. Blame Drew's Cancer. [link]

A report about profits made from the bailout of the banks. [link]

Obama's diplomacy and war having a greater effect on terrorists than Bush's "fuck you" and more war. [link]

How to drill a square hole. [link]

Game: Equanimity - Tetris with balance. [link]

The future of our star system. [link]

Shaping pears into Buddha. [link]

Purebred dogs being bred to death. [link]

Lots and lots of steampunk adaptations of movie. [link]

Nature videos with narration. [link]

A 92 year old who was in Hitler's suicide bunker talks about what he saw. [link]

The story of a blind phone hacker. THE blind phone hacker. [link]

Modern children review The Beatles. [link]

Game: The Wizard's Notebook - 11 levels long. Type words that become what's needed to solve the puzzle. [link]

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