As usual, this is 80% BoingBoing, 20% weird-shit-my-friends-sent-me.
Links: Happy-making Vids
Ze Frank pwns optical illusions.
Whack-a-kitty doesn't actually involve kitties being hurt, don't worry. But it does have banjoes! [YouTube]
Advanced Cat Yodelling also was cruelty-free. (Though some of the cats look kinda annoyed.) [YouTube]
Since dogs should have to put up with some human ridiculousness too, here's footage of a European Pet Spa, with an automatic dog washer that seems like a really bad idea.
I totally adore this fan-made time-lapse vid for a Death Cab For Cutie song. I think it's a fantastic argument for the good that Creative Commons licenses could bring to the world. (I have no idea if Death Cab for Cutie CC licensed this song? but I hope they embrace this vid and tell the maker how awesome it is.)
"My name is Julia Dales and I want to win the Beatbox Battle Wildcard." (And she did!)
Since ukuleles will never not make me happy, here's the trailer for the ukulele doc, Mighty Uke.
Links: Things To Make & Do
Ever need fresh basil while on the go? This handlebar garden box is for you!
Wondering what to do with your old VHS tapes? How about some furniture?
Links: Science! and Tech
Very cool: An off-the-grid wind- and sun-powered street lamp, which also works as a WIFI broadcast device! Why don't we install these RIGHT NOW?
Very not cool: Apple turns down Eucalyptus free ebook reader app for the iPhone because some of the content available (free in-the-public-domain texts from Project Guggenheim) is racy
Links: Misc. Neato and/or Silly
The USB ports for everything! photoshopping contest is disturbing.
I joined Heterosexuals for Same-Sex Equality today. It's a very good idea for a movement.
A very bad idea: going on a tiger hunt in your MaidenForm bra. [Jezebel - vintage ad]
Also dumb: some one leaked the talking-points memo that the Canadian Conservative gov't is giving to their MPs. [BoingBoing]
Someone aggregated a list of the best 101 free games on the web. I should bill that someone for the four hours I took to explore the list.[1UP]
Links: Stuff I Want
Next time I go to Ikea and get something flat-packed that I will need to assemble, I'm gonna be sure to request one of their free nail-holding doodads.
This Frank Lloyd Wright in Lego kit is just so cool. [BoingBoing Gadgets]
As is this shark attack hat. [Craftster]
And the Space Invader soap set! [Etsy]
This Transformer flash drive is coooool.
And this Dalek wedding cake looks like it would exterminate my hunger.
Links: Fannish Misc.
Leonard Nimoy's Ballad of Bilbo Baggins kind of has to been seen to be believed. [YouTube]
Also, for some reason, Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine did an epilepsy PSA.
Links: Happy-making Vids
Ze Frank pwns optical illusions.
Whack-a-kitty doesn't actually involve kitties being hurt, don't worry. But it does have banjoes! [YouTube]
Advanced Cat Yodelling also was cruelty-free. (Though some of the cats look kinda annoyed.) [YouTube]
Since dogs should have to put up with some human ridiculousness too, here's footage of a European Pet Spa, with an automatic dog washer that seems like a really bad idea.
I totally adore this fan-made time-lapse vid for a Death Cab For Cutie song. I think it's a fantastic argument for the good that Creative Commons licenses could bring to the world. (I have no idea if Death Cab for Cutie CC licensed this song? but I hope they embrace this vid and tell the maker how awesome it is.)
"My name is Julia Dales and I want to win the Beatbox Battle Wildcard." (And she did!)
Since ukuleles will never not make me happy, here's the trailer for the ukulele doc, Mighty Uke.
Links: Things To Make & Do
Ever need fresh basil while on the go? This handlebar garden box is for you!
Wondering what to do with your old VHS tapes? How about some furniture?
Links: Science! and Tech
Very cool: An off-the-grid wind- and sun-powered street lamp, which also works as a WIFI broadcast device! Why don't we install these RIGHT NOW?
Very not cool: Apple turns down Eucalyptus free ebook reader app for the iPhone because some of the content available (free in-the-public-domain texts from Project Guggenheim) is racy
Links: Misc. Neato and/or Silly
The USB ports for everything! photoshopping contest is disturbing.
I joined Heterosexuals for Same-Sex Equality today. It's a very good idea for a movement.
A very bad idea: going on a tiger hunt in your MaidenForm bra. [Jezebel - vintage ad]
Also dumb: some one leaked the talking-points memo that the Canadian Conservative gov't is giving to their MPs. [BoingBoing]
Someone aggregated a list of the best 101 free games on the web. I should bill that someone for the four hours I took to explore the list.[1UP]
Links: Stuff I Want
Next time I go to Ikea and get something flat-packed that I will need to assemble, I'm gonna be sure to request one of their free nail-holding doodads.
This Frank Lloyd Wright in Lego kit is just so cool. [BoingBoing Gadgets]
As is this shark attack hat. [Craftster]
And the Space Invader soap set! [Etsy]
This Transformer flash drive is coooool.
And this Dalek wedding cake looks like it would exterminate my hunger.
Links: Fannish Misc.
Leonard Nimoy's Ballad of Bilbo Baggins kind of has to been seen to be believed. [YouTube]
Also, for some reason, Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine did an epilepsy PSA.