Friday links: April 23

Scott Adams talks about assembling space heaters. [link]

Bishop blames those "God killers" the Jews for all that child rape by the priests. [link}

Michael Specter discusses the importance of science and the danger of science denial.

I've been monitoring an effort to re-record Star Wars in lots of different ways in 15 second chunks. Different people pick a section, record it, and send it in. They're almost done. Here's the trailer.

Star Wars Uncut "The Escape" from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.

What do musicians earn online? [link]

"Ethics" based pharmacy fails. [link]

Make a printable magazine from your Flicker account. [link]

Japan's version of Moaning Myrtle. [link]

Regular readers know I watch all my TV online. Me and, apparently, 800,000 other people. [link]

Members of the Oklahoma state legislature are encouraging the formation of militias. [link]

Best of the cat videos.

The British Chiropractic Association has ended their lawsuit against Simon Singh. [link]
Apparently it was drawing attention to the fact that they're full of crap and trying to stifle honest analysis of their claims. [link]

You may have heard that the President recently passed a law allowing same sex partners equal hospital visitation rights as family. [link] Cases like this are why the law needed to be passed. [link]

Age breakdown of the actors who have played Dr Who. [link]
I would have placed the first two as much older.

An Iranian leader is claiming that immodest dress by women is responsible for earthquakes. On Monday, April 26, you women should wear skimpy clothes and try to start an earthquake. [link]

A fourth state has passed a law making nonconsensual implanting of chips in people illegal. The rationale being that they're the Mark of the Beast mentioned in Revelations. The Georgia legislature passed this law despite the fact that the witnesses they heard testimony from are clearly mentally ill. [link]

The second verses of famous nursery rhymes. [link]

George Washington owes a hefty library fine. [link]
note: another article give different, much larger, numbers. [link]

Proposal to corral floating plastic into a new island. [link]

Why can't they slap this body on a Prius frame? [link]

Pig shit can be used as a replacement for oil in making highways. [link]

Trumpet made from hose.
EMBED-Guy Makes Do It Yourself Trumpet - Watch more free videos

Legend of cow tunnels under New York City. [link]

The first solar cell. [link]

Comic creating advice from the creator of Zippy the Pinhead. [link]

Unexploded ordinance in a soldier's head. [link]

Game: Talesworth Adventure - guide the knight through the maze by placing bait and barricades. [link]

MST3K treatment of the Ace Combat 6 intro.

Jules Verne hidden in a painting. [link]

Satellite surfs Venus' atmosphere. [link]

Picture: colorful picture of the sun. [link]

The Amazing Randi's talk at TED.

This article is longer than it needs to be, but it starts out interesting. A champion cyclist goes insane when he rides. [link]

Interview with Ray Harryhausen. [link]
Yes, he's still alive!

The first motorcycle is up for auction. [link]

Pictures of wooden churches. No, actually, there's some good stuff. [link]

Video of the demolition of a Texas football stadium. [link]
It's got a rhythm and you can dance to it.

Why did it take 300 years to give the Giant Tortoise a Latin name?

Hamster wheel.

I need one of these for my kitchen. [link]

A guy who does some voice over work for GEICO called up FreedomWorks, the neoconservative group that organizes the Tea Parties, and asked some questions. He wanted a call back so he left his number. They published his phone number and a recording of his message. They harassed him and GEICO. Despite what Tea Party supporters may claim, the Tea Baggers are an unstable and dangerous lot. GEICO dumped the guy because they were afraid of the Tea Baggers. And with good reason if this is how they respond to a message left on an answering machine. [link]
There are some sane Tea Baggers with legit complaints. Before taking back their country they need to take back their Tea Party.