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So, four years ago, Lady Gaga was just Stefani Germanotta, an NYU student who occasionally performed at the annual NYU talent show.
I KID YOU NOT.
I guess she had a lower budget in those days? (If you can't see the embed, it's on YouTube here) [found via BoingBoing]
Next, if it's mean to laugh at stuff like this, I don't want to be nice:
(If you can't see the embed, you can watch this small child's home movie take a really unexpected turn here on YouTube.) [found via30toseoul]
Third, France has crazy hotels!
(Clip of the Hamster Hotel here on YouTube.)
Fourth, in case any of you want to look like Sailor Moon (you know, for Hallowe'en, or a con, or just a Tuesday), here's an instructivid:
(Watch here on YouTube if the embed doesn't work.)
Links: Things To Make & Do
There's a Dutch publisher who's made a DRM-free eBook of Cory Doctorow's truly excellent YA novel, Little Brother. If you (or a friend) speak Dutch and would like to read the book in that language, here it is! (Totally above-board, by the way. Doctorow's providing downloads of the book from his own blog, which is what I linked to.
BoingBoing is having a 100 word fiction competition. Enter to win a home server!
These anti-cancer cross-stitch kits are totally awesome. Also, I would really love it if someone made one in the style of an ONTD macro.
Is your pain manpain? Find out with this handy flow-chart.
Links: Science!
The lung flute is an incredibly amazing medical innovation. Also a little gross, but it's going to make thousands of people's lives easier, so I can handle the mucous talk. [PopSci, via BoingBoing
Links: Misc. Neato and/or Silly
A story, in which Jon Ronson tries not to tell his son the worst swear word in the world. (Jon Ronson is the guy who wrote the book "Men Who Stare At Goats," which was subsequently turned into a movie starring George Clooney, and this is pretty funny.) [The Guardian]
Jezebel suggests some very fine additions to Life Magazine's Sexiest Men of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Seriously fine additions. Helllllooooo young Sidney Poitier:
I don't have a "Misc. Creepy and/or Sad" section, but if I did, this would go into it: Michael Wolf's 100 photos of rooms in Hong Kong's oldest public housing project. Each flat is 100 square feet. This was simultaneously fascinating and saddening -- many of the residents seem to be impoverished seniors. [found via BoingBoing]
Nobody show this to the Birthers, okay? [Me Against Them]
Man. Am I glad I never did door to door canvassing. [Not Always Right]
Links: Stuff I Want
I really like Unshelved's new Recycle Books t-shirt. (I also like their "The Book Was Better" shirt, next one down in the page linked to, above.)
I could really, really murder a smoked meat sandwich, probably because I saw one of these awesome Caplansky deli ads. [Canadian Design Resource]
These shoes intrigue me ... although I kind of think they're a figment of this customer's imagination. [Not Always Right]
Bacon-flavoured envelopes: good idea or best idea? [Gizmodo]
The Erotica Phone would look really great in... okay, it would look terrible no matter where I put it, but I kind of want to replace my desk phone @ work with this. [found via the LJ comm![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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Links: Fannish Misc.
Ha ha Batman. Those aren't three words I normally put together. [Me Against Them]
Nathan Fillion wants to be The Greatest American Hero! [found on Reelz Channel, via Whedonesque]
The California Browncoats eBay auction in support of Equality Now ends in four hours! Quick, get in your bid for a signed Firefly poster!
Jerk dad tries to raise his son to have Klingon as a first language. To be fair, it's usually psychologists who use their kids as guinea pigs, so I guess it was time that the computational linguistic PhDs got their go.
I'll just put this picture here:
(Found via Fuck Yeah Men In Suits.]
nicci_mac's Bradley James as Bowie manip is epic. And made me snort my wine.
AND LASTLY (and outside of the cut, because seriously, none of you want to miss this) -
So, first, in the realm of totally embarrassing and inappropriate Twilight tie-ins, there were these panties [found via Leila at Bookshelves Of Doom], which honestly, were bad enough. (After you click that link, scroll down for extra brain-bleach-needed-ness!)
BUT NOW THERE IS ALSO... DAH DAH DAH... a Twilight-themed dildo.
Um. Obviously, don't click on that link at work. Or watch the accompanying video, in which disembodied hand turns the dil in the light to catch the sparkles.
I only bring you the best internet items, my friends. Only the best.
(Recs forthcoming! And nothing Twilight-related there, I promise.)
ETA:christycorr let me know that there is a whole gallery of disturbing Twilight tie-ins. I made a lot of whimpering noises as I skimmed through. [via io9]
So, four years ago, Lady Gaga was just Stefani Germanotta, an NYU student who occasionally performed at the annual NYU talent show.
I KID YOU NOT.
I guess she had a lower budget in those days? (If you can't see the embed, it's on YouTube here) [found via BoingBoing]
Next, if it's mean to laugh at stuff like this, I don't want to be nice:
(If you can't see the embed, you can watch this small child's home movie take a really unexpected turn here on YouTube.) [found via
30toseoul]Third, France has crazy hotels!
(Clip of the Hamster Hotel here on YouTube.)
Fourth, in case any of you want to look like Sailor Moon (you know, for Hallowe'en, or a con, or just a Tuesday), here's an instructivid:
(Watch here on YouTube if the embed doesn't work.)
Links: Things To Make & Do
There's a Dutch publisher who's made a DRM-free eBook of Cory Doctorow's truly excellent YA novel, Little Brother. If you (or a friend) speak Dutch and would like to read the book in that language, here it is! (Totally above-board, by the way. Doctorow's providing downloads of the book from his own blog, which is what I linked to.
BoingBoing is having a 100 word fiction competition. Enter to win a home server!
These anti-cancer cross-stitch kits are totally awesome. Also, I would really love it if someone made one in the style of an ONTD macro.
Is your pain manpain? Find out with this handy flow-chart.
Links: Science!
The lung flute is an incredibly amazing medical innovation. Also a little gross, but it's going to make thousands of people's lives easier, so I can handle the mucous talk. [PopSci, via BoingBoing
Links: Misc. Neato and/or Silly
A story, in which Jon Ronson tries not to tell his son the worst swear word in the world. (Jon Ronson is the guy who wrote the book "Men Who Stare At Goats," which was subsequently turned into a movie starring George Clooney, and this is pretty funny.) [The Guardian]
Jezebel suggests some very fine additions to Life Magazine's Sexiest Men of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Seriously fine additions. Helllllooooo young Sidney Poitier:
I don't have a "Misc. Creepy and/or Sad" section, but if I did, this would go into it: Michael Wolf's 100 photos of rooms in Hong Kong's oldest public housing project. Each flat is 100 square feet. This was simultaneously fascinating and saddening -- many of the residents seem to be impoverished seniors. [found via BoingBoing]
Nobody show this to the Birthers, okay? [Me Against Them]
Man. Am I glad I never did door to door canvassing. [Not Always Right]
Links: Stuff I Want
I really like Unshelved's new Recycle Books t-shirt. (I also like their "The Book Was Better" shirt, next one down in the page linked to, above.)
I could really, really murder a smoked meat sandwich, probably because I saw one of these awesome Caplansky deli ads. [Canadian Design Resource]
These shoes intrigue me ... although I kind of think they're a figment of this customer's imagination. [Not Always Right]
Bacon-flavoured envelopes: good idea or best idea? [Gizmodo]
The Erotica Phone would look really great in... okay, it would look terrible no matter where I put it, but I kind of want to replace my desk phone @ work with this. [found via the LJ comm
vintage_ads]Links: Fannish Misc.
Ha ha Batman. Those aren't three words I normally put together. [Me Against Them]
Nathan Fillion wants to be The Greatest American Hero! [found on Reelz Channel, via Whedonesque]
The California Browncoats eBay auction in support of Equality Now ends in four hours! Quick, get in your bid for a signed Firefly poster!
Jerk dad tries to raise his son to have Klingon as a first language. To be fair, it's usually psychologists who use their kids as guinea pigs, so I guess it was time that the computational linguistic PhDs got their go.
I'll just put this picture here:
(Found via Fuck Yeah Men In Suits.]
nicci_mac's Bradley James as Bowie manip is epic. And made me snort my wine.AND LASTLY (and outside of the cut, because seriously, none of you want to miss this) -
So, first, in the realm of totally embarrassing and inappropriate Twilight tie-ins, there were these panties [found via Leila at Bookshelves Of Doom], which honestly, were bad enough. (After you click that link, scroll down for extra brain-bleach-needed-ness!)
BUT NOW THERE IS ALSO... DAH DAH DAH... a Twilight-themed dildo.
Um. Obviously, don't click on that link at work. Or watch the accompanying video, in which disembodied hand turns the dil in the light to catch the sparkles.
I only bring you the best internet items, my friends. Only the best.
(Recs forthcoming! And nothing Twilight-related there, I promise.)
ETA:
christycorr let me know that there is a whole gallery of disturbing Twilight tie-ins. I made a lot of whimpering noises as I skimmed through. [via io9]
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Date: 2009-11-23 12:50 am (UTC)Also, nothing makes me want sandwiches more than Jed and Maurissa's song. Which you've probably already seen, but oh, they're so much love ♥
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Date: 2009-11-23 01:18 am (UTC)(I just made a lot of whimpering noises as I scanned through it. Decals of RPattz watching over you while you sleep! WRONG.)
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Date: 2009-11-23 01:19 am (UTC)...the underwear still wins, though.