Author: Harold
Protected: What’s that saying about never meeting your heros?
Protected: So tired…
Protected: Three days in the bay
Protected: Weekend wrapup
Delicious Links for 2013-01-06
- The Web We Lost – Anil Dash
A brief reminiscence of the way the web used to be, when it truly was a realm of infinite possibilities.
- Grandmother faces up to her hair loss by getting her entire HEAD covered in a £700 tattoo | Mail Online
This is pretty awesome. If I ever lose my hair, I’m going to go with a horseshoe mohawk, like some kind of bird of prey.
- Daily Illuminator: The Incredible Plush Discworld
It looks like the elephants and turtle were pre-made, but I think the Disc itself was homemade. I so have to make one of these when we have kids.
- UChicago College Admissions, Mischief Managed For those of you who have…
How the university of Chicago ended up with a package addressed to Indiana Jones. The most interesting bit, from what I read, is that if you can put a package with what looks like canceled postage into the delivery stream, the post office will accept it and continue it on its way.
- 1982 volvo shihitbox left tire still has air – Ottawa Cars For Sale – Kijiji Ottawa Canada.
I don’t know if this is real, or an elaborate practical joke, but it’s absolutely hilarious.
- “I cant help it if some of the light goes across the road. Put something up in your window.”
A small spat between neighbors, with diagrams, over a security light.
- US Mint Testing New Metals To Make Coins Cheaper
Interesting, the way the various demands on and of coins determines how they’re made. My main thought, as I read the article, was the lengths some collectors would go to to get their hands on these test coins.
- 26 Moments That Restored Our Faith In Humanity This Year | Belle of Ravenclaw
I’ve been looking at this for a few days whenever I start to feel down on humanity.
- ‘Arrest us all’ | World news | The Guardian
Wow. A gang of over 200 women beat up and killed the rapist that had been terrorizing their community.
- Blink To The Future – A Doctor Who / BTTF Mashup – YouTube
Brilliant animated concept, not sure if it would work full time.
- Exclusive: Warm Bodies – The First 4 Minutes – YouTube
Looks like a promising movie, very dry humor.
- The real Bruce Wayne (morph between West / Keaton / Kilmer / Clooney / Bale) : batman
The idea is great, but the actual execution was wonderful. This same person has also done Jame Bond, the Doctor, and others.
- Skylab 4 Rang in the New Year with Mutiny in Orbit | Motherboard
I just love the sheer audacity of this. “Yeah boss, we’re not going to work today. What are you going to do about it?”
- Allow the import and sale of Kinder Surprise Eggs in the United States. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
The ban on Kinder Eggs in the U.S. is stupid. The reasoning is that you’re not supposed to have a food item with a non-edible object inside it, but that works on the idea that you might accidentally swallow the non-edible object. Have you ever seen a Kinder Egg? The egg with the toy is between one and two inches across. You’d have to shove the whole thing in your mouth, like some kind of stupid college-party stunt, to accidentally swallow the toy. Cracker-Jack toys are far more dangerous in that respect.
- 53 Terrible Jokes! – YouTube
Some of these are groaners, but by the end I kept having to go back because I was laughing over the next joke.
- House Naming guide – How to name your home.
Neat. I kind of wondered how some houses would get a name, and now I know.
Protected: Living room finished, fish kind of freaked out
Protected: No free venison
Protected: Weird dream
To Be Or Not To Be
Last night I contributed to my first ever Kickstarter project – a Choose-You-Own-Adventure Chooseable Path version of Hamlet. It looks like it’ll be a pretty solid book, and I recognize a lot of the names involved in the project, so it’ll be kind of neat to actually own some of their work in printed form.