Friday, July 31, 2009

Friday Links: July 31

Sand artist in Russia. Looks like some kind of "Ruskies Got Talent" type show.

If you're gonna have a wedding rehearsal there better be something to rehearse.

10 Reasons I Know the Moon Landings Were Faked. [link]

Secretary of Energy telling the press why people should paint their roofs white. When I had my roof redone they painted it with a reflective silver stuff. It seems to work great.

Stem cells used to help restore site in partially blind patients.

Taxidermy nightmares. [link]

Where Do Piranhas Get Their Morality. An argument for the existence of right and wrong not needing a divine lawmaker.

Doctor's 1905 notes on the study of a head in the moments following decapitation. [link]

"Tron 2" teaser. [link]
Please don't suck.

Crows can identify us, but we can't identify them. A report and game can be found here. [link]

Sweet business card. [link]

How to make a knife handle from an antler. [link]

Alice in Wonderland trailer. [link]

Dear Cecil's most useless answer. [link]

Response to Fox News lies about Amsterdam.

Congressional Republicans - extremist loons or simply hostages of extremist loons?

A new Simon's Cat cartoon.

Great pictures of lightning from The Big Picture. [link]

Ghostbusters trailer circa 1954.

Free books online. Expired copyright stuff. [Bartleby] [Project Gutenberg]

Giant bubble made with dry ice. THE SUSPENSE!!!

How crafty do you feel? Think you could add a USB port to a laptop battery? [link]
I may have to try this.

How to deal with the schedules of programmers and other makers. As opposed to managers, I mean. [link]

It's a teenie house! [link

A recipe for crunch frog. [link]

Why the hell would I want a crunchy frog?

Transparent aluminum. [link]
This isn't the first time transparent aluminum has been made. You can also get it by compressing it with the kind of pressure commonly only found in the heart of stars.

1 comment:

GreenCanary said...

I love Simon's Cat :-)