Category: Link Dump

Hot Links Я Us

Trivia:  Sluggo had a dual role in Ernie Bushmiller‘s  “Nancy” comics. He played himself as well as Nancy’s Aunt Fritzi.

WWII in Facebook.

Ken Nordine’s got a website… Last updated July 2006.

There be some funny in the comments section here. [Tip o’ the Tarboosh to Wheels for the link.]

Acme Corporation was sued for product defects. Writ of litigation  may be viewed here.

This made me laff and laff and laff.

Is Snopes for real? Click here to find out.

Gorilla suits from the past: great article here.

“Curta” is an awesome mechanical calculator designed by a POW in WWII. More retro calculators at the home page.

Hot Links and the Temple of Doom

“Dylan Hears a Who” was a classic parody from 1997. The original website was promptly shut down by the heirs of the Dr. Seuss franchise, as if it were a threat to the profitability of the classic children’s book series.

[Click on the image for a sample, or download a .zip here. If you don’t trust that site, leave a request in the comments and I’ll forward a clean .zip file. It’s 59MB of fun. ]

Rain on the Tracks:  Flooded train track is flooded.

Build a virtual solar system here [via Neatorama].

I squish your head.

Chatroulette vs. Chatroulette here.

Been burned in a website chat? Here’s a way to report the abuse.

Mess with your mind here. Be sure to leave a trail of breadcrumbs.

Wanna know where the speed traps are in your area? Slow down here.

Lasercat dogfight here.

Close Encounters of the Hot Links

Image found here.

Amazing interactive video. Take a drive through Haiti [found here.]

Cool Architecture and design here.

“But I don’t like Wikipedia.”

Axe Cop is AWESOME. Do not miss this action strip, created and written by a 5 year old, drawn by a 29 year old, and previously posted here. [The Awesome Miss C found this gem.]

Muddy Waters Iguana [via].

Chairlift.

How to build a space station animation.

This blog post is fascinating in its basic analysis of the topic while being dissected in the comments section. [Found here.]

This looks like an entertaining time waster.

Never played snooker, don’t know the rules, but this is impressive. [Found here.]

What type are you? [Found here.]

How to get from Las Vegas to Honolulu here. Direction 26 is the tough part.

Nice collection of clips of Tom Waits in the movies.

Strider’s collection of  Crappy Album Covers is new and improved, cutting edge, wave of the future.

The Official Collection of Hot Links here.

Fat Tuesday

I like these guys, but there’s just too damn many of them.
(Barranquilla, Colombia)

If I were younger and single, I’d hang out with her. She’s fun.
(Barranquilla, Colombia)

The Wave:  Here’s how they do it in Ovar, Portugal.

Rio de Janeiro has a large population of diminutive people, and they built a floating recliner just for Jennifer Lopez.  She’s a goddess down there.

[Hundreds of awesome photos of Carnival from around the world, starting *ahem* here.]

Awesome Town is Awesome.

Nobody lives in Awesome Town. There is no plumbing, no electricity and no air conditioning. There is no city council, no Police Department, no Fire Department, no Post Office. There is a jail where no one will be incarcerated. There is no telephone service and no weekly trash pickup.

Awesome Town has no industry, no farming, and no business.

There are no stores or restaurants in Awesome Town, but there is a 5-story hotel. Nobody has ever checked in to the hotel and no one ever will.  There are no gas stations because there are no cars, and children are not allowed in Awesome Town.

There are no newspapers in Awesome Town because there is no one to read them. There are no medical facilities or pharmacies either, and there is no hospital. There is no internet service or broadcast radio or television.

Awesome Town is located on San Clemente Island, California. It is a Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training Complex.

[From this Architect’s perspective, this would have been a fun project.  Found via here. Photos from here. Detailed description from CMA below the break.] Continue reading “Awesome Town is Awesome.”

404 Not Found Hot Links

Robert Crumb is the greatest cartoonist as far as you know.

Classic rock hits on piano here, here, here, here and here. Click on each, one at a time,  and look away quickly. See how long it takes you to recobanize ’em.  (I posted this one yesterday.)

Speaking of classic rock, David Lee Roth did something here.

YAY! Leech Farm!

Scary Baby. The title sums it up.

Raindrops. Kind of hypnotic.

Excellent photos from an Antarctic cruise.

Early Saturday Morning TV ca. 1966.

For those of you who peruse and/or participate in discussion blogs, especially tempermental ones, check out the Flame Warriors Home.

Molecule of the Month for January 2010:  Green Fluorescent Protein – A molecular tag that can be inserted into genes to make animals and plants glow green.

Put fuldkommen gak into google translate.

The Best Things On the Internet 2009 according to Buzzfeed [via].

Google the word “why” and see what pops up in the autocomplete box. More fun google tricks here.

Fun Fart Facts.  Here’s the link you asked for, Danny.

Fingerbutts from around the world.

“Now those of you will notice the bloody mess on Jenny’s back and that is the most important part of the ritual that will give her wings.” Read more here.

Happy New Year’s Eve To All Our Friends

Lotta comments this pist year, and we thought that y’all should be recobanized for what you are: Goaders.

Y’all are goaders, but I mean that in a friendly way. Every last one of you who leaves a comment gives us a reason to respond to your comment, and to post more. We feed off of YOU!.

We can’t pay you back directly, but we can certainly list all those who made the day in one way or the other, so thanx and a tip o’ the tarboosh to:

a dood, aimeerenee, alfred, AmyOops, aNa, anabel, andiscandis, Andrew, Apple, archiearchive FCD, ArmedGeek, Artiespet, azahar, bad, Becky, Bo Weez, booo, bramw8, brianna, Cactus Man, Caplin Rous, Cathrine, cbullitt, cc, Chiqui, chris, Chris@Maugeritaville, christie, cindy, crosby, Crystal!, cynder11, daisyfae, Dalton J. Fox, Dan, Dan Johanson, DarkMatter, Darryl, datora, David, David C., David S., davidhmercier, davidisherenow, Davis, Dennis the Vizsla, diesel, Doraz, Dr. Van Wolfieburg, Ella, Eric Anderson, Evil Klown, fantasiaspillowtalk, Feng, Finicky Penguin, fracas, Frank, G Eagle Esq, Gabriel…, Garryk, Gerry, gigiwiwi, gnus, GoingLikeSixty, Grannyweasel, Gretal, Hannah, haroldsnodgrass, healingmagichands, Heather, humorousreview, iguana feeding, ingrid, izaakmak, jc, Jen, Jessica, Jingle, John M., Kait, Karl, Katie Frank, Kissa, Kitty, lahru, Leeuna, LGS, lolarusa, Maddy, MadMadMargo, Magdalini, mary lee stropes, Matt Ross, MauMau, Max, Melanie, Mental Mist, Metro, michele, Milk Lion, Miss Cellania, MR T himself, nathaliewithanh, Nicole, Nifty Nick, nikolaykotev, Notoriously Conservative, Nurse Myra, Observer, Ola Glomstulen, otterhavver, Otto Mann, P.L. Frederick, Pete Aldin, phil cordery, Phil E. Drifter, Planetross, Potzorbie, Pwn Greenland, pyratelickitysplits, RGS, raincoaster, ramblette, razzbuffnik, renerup, richard, Ricky, roppolo, S. Le, sam, sandysays1, Sara, sarahenity, Senem, sHx, silverstar98121, Skybluepink, Skye, Slippy Lane, Stanimal, steve miller, steve smith, Steve Stevenson, Strider, Susi Spice, tahrey, tape, Tattoo Jim, The Necromancer, theliteraryhorse, Tony, Torben, tylerdurden, Uncle Keith, Unfinished Rambler, VE, VHDT10, WannaSmile, warlock6, waterjay, Whatigotsofar, wheels, Woodstock 1969, woosk, worldwar1letters, Zanypickle, Zeusiswatching.

Another decade behind us, and now we get a new one to mess with starting tomorrow. Best wishes to all –Bunk

ALL YOUR HOT LINK ARE BELONG TO US

[Image above found here.]

List of everything reported to be affected by Global Warming Climate Change (with links!) here.

US Unemployment animation from January 2007 through September 2009. Not good.

Laptop Steering Wheel Desk. Read the reviews, click on the pictures to see it in use.

Bad Spock Drawings (link found here).

Nurse Myra mentioned that she wears this perfume.

Zoom.

How many people are in space right now? Click to find out.

I really don’t want to know the story behind this.

Antarctica kicks U.S. butt. Not cool. But exposing a Hoax IS.

Antarctica US size comparison_Bits and Pieces 091020

“I’d like to see a calculation to show how long it would take for its miles-thick icepack to melt at 33 degrees F. Sea level increases wouldn’t matter because if you weren’t living closer to the poles you’d be dealing with 150-200 degree temperatures on the surface. I hear it’s gonna happen in five years or so.”
–Bunk Strutts, 20 October 2009.
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Folks, this post was sitting around for a while, and I was about to delete it except for recent events regarding the AGW hoax debates.  If you haven’t been following, here are some links to bring you up to speed.

Soylent Green’s cbullitt posted the error data cluster from the AGW folks at East Anglia University’s world renowned Climate Research Unit.  (BTW, thanks for the hat tip cbull.)

The UK Telegraph chimes in on “Climategate.”

AJStrata has been debunking (gawd I hate that word) AGW for some time now.

Chris Horner of Watts Up With That has filed three NOIs:

“Today, on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I filed three Notices of Intent to File Suit against NASA and its Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), for those bodies’ refusal – for nearly three years – to provide documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act.”

Iowahawk dissects the situation. Don’t miss this one.

Even CBS (!?) seems to have gotten the story right. Lookee here.

AND IT’S ALL JUST IN TIME FOR COPENHAGEN! YAY!

[Image found here. Related post here. And here’s our  Cache of Related AWG Snark.  Let’s make Greenland green again!]

Hot Links – Cephalopoodle Edition

And then I’ll call Pup Tentacle

Note that we have once again made Google History by being the first to post the term “Cephalopoodle.” It’s right up there with the first mention and commentary about Igde Pshat. Y’all are cordially welcome.

zen haiku:
knock knock knock knock knock
knock knock knock who’s there? Not that
octopus again

From that same link comes this great Zen google translation:
“Neurotic he is already.You can repair the way the octopus laugh : it is like empty.”

Congrats to Hanan of GrowABrain for the new addition to his family unit.

Tribute websites exist for just about everything, including the WWW. Don’t badmouth Artemus Gordon.

Interesting lecture on creativity by Sir Ken Robinson. I don’t agree with everything he espouses, but it’s an entertaining commentary on the public education system.

Given that a circle is comprised of line segments, and that each segment is tangent to the center of that circle, then the simplest circle that one can draw is an equilateral triangle.

Soldier’s Mail came from a comment on this post. Good stuff.

Military Magazine is still a good read. Get a free copy and decide for yourself.

Oh, and BTW, Hobotopia rocks.