Cartoon Brawl t-shirt (link roundup)

Today's $9 Tee Fury t-shirt by Damian King features classic cartoon characters fighting.

And a few more links:

1. From Bill Simmons latest excellent mailbag:

maybe there should be a Real Men of Genius Hall of Fame. Our first draft class could include, the guy who came up with the idea for women to shave their legs; Danny Biasone (the guy who invented the 24-second shot clock in basketball); the guys who invented aspirin, Halloween, the snooze button, the remote control, pizza and gambling. That's a killer first class. And my friend Wildes thinks we should throw in the first guy who looked at a cow and said "F this, I'm drinking that milk" in a fit of thirsty bestiality. That's a strong first class.

More importantly ... couldn't you want to walk around a Hall of Fame like this for hours? Why doesn't it exist? Why hasn't Budweiser built a Real Men of Genius Hall of Fame in St. Louis? This wouldn't replace the Arch and Albert Pujols as the No. 1 attraction in that city?

2. And from the same mailbag, have you heard of the LeBomb James? Pour 3 packs of Splenda on your hands, drop a shot of Crown Royal into a glass of Red Bull, chug it down, then throw the Splenda up in the air like baby powder.

3. There's apparently a new, increasingly popular formula for making methamphetamine that involves simply shaking the chemicals in a bottle. Unfortunately (or fortunately for Darwin fans), it's just as combustible as the old way, and frequently leads to bottles exploding in people's hands. Via.

*Previously: 2 inmates brawl over Woody Allen.

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Jar-Jar stars in a Microsoft ad

OK, for those of you who missed it, here's a typically bland Microsoft print ad, featuring a beautiful cultural rainbow (and what looks suspiciously like a MacBook).



The Polish apparently aren't as enthusiastic about the colors of the rainbow, and the ad was slightly modified for that market:



TechCrunch invited parodies, and received a huge number. My favorites star Jar-Jar and the blue screen of death:



I mean this sincerely, the Clone Wars episodes featuring Jar-Jar were so funny that I've become quite fond of him.

*Previously: If Jar-Jar became Dr. Manhattan.

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Clinging Spider-Man backpack (link roundup)

Spider-Man seemingly clings to your back in this backpack that's on sale for $45. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Evan Ratliff, who wrote an article for Wired called, Gone Forever: What Does It Take to Really Disappear?, is trying to hide in the USA for 30 days. If you find him, you'll win $5,000. Wired is running a blog tracking his movements.

2. I've seen this repeated enough that I guess it really is true - - police in Richmond upon Thames (near London) have taken to removing items from unlocked cars and replacing the valuables with a note saying they can be retrieved at the police station. Perhaps unclear on the concept, Superintendent Jim Davis, "the officer behind the initiative," says, "We want to stop people from being the victims of crime."

3. Two weeks ago, the United Arab Emirates seized a ship carrying North Korean-manufactured weapons to Iran in violation of United Nations sanctions.

*Previously: Key chain pouch unfolds into full size backpack.

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Papercraft Riot Police Officer (link roundup)

Download the police officer in riot gear paper toy here.

And a few more links:

1. Carrie McLaren writing at the Consumerist says she caught a Home Depot employee writing a fake review.

2. "Palaeontologists have drawn with ink extracted from a preserved fossilised squid uncovered during a dig in Trowbridge, Wiltshire." See a photo here. My fondest school memory came from fifth grade science - - we dissected small squids, popped out the eyes, wrote our names using the squid's ink and "pen" as the quill, and then the teacher cooked the fillets for us to eat in class.

3. How to find free Wi-Fi.

*Previously: Baby's first riot gear.

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New school, old school (link roundup)

"New school, old school" t-shirt design by Lars Mander. If you'd like the chance to buy it, click on the voting widget:



And a few more links:

1. Clumsily-staged event for French politicians promoting a government freeze on school supplies. Via.

2. Chip Kidd talks about the lackluster cover work he's done for DC Comics. Via.

3. Camel spiders being brought back to the USA in soldiers' gear? Via.

*Previously: Suntan "tattoo."

*Buy Chip Kidd's Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan at Amazon.

Plush squid (Link roundup)

Plush squids based on Kevin Sherry's I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean are now available in Jen's Etsy shop.

And a few more links:

1. Photos from a Gundam-themed wedding. The giant Gundam statue stars. Via.

2. Sam Worthington says he "feels like an idiot" for not protesting obvious plot holes in Terminator Salvation, suggests that Avatar only looks lousy because we haven't paid IMAX admission prices. Via.

3. I'd have hoped that the stock market's collapse would have eliminated this sort of foolishness, but Gavin Turk's sculpture "Brillo 5" is expected to sell at auction for $30,000. It's a bronze sculpture that looks like a plain cardboard box. Via.

*Previously: Papercraft Gundam.

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Video of the HD screen at new Cowboys stadium blocking a punt (link roundup)

Rough year for Dallas Cowboys' stadiums. First, their training facility collapsed during a hurricane. And now they learned the hard way that the jumbo HD screen hanging from the middle of the arena is too low - - Tennessee Titans reserve punter A.J. Trapasso kicked a ball into the screen during a game.

And a few more links:

1. Little boy wearing a homemade cardboard box airplane.

2. Photo of dancing cupcakes.

3. Tri-Clops has a great online profile photo.

*Previously: Sushi cupcakes.

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Amanda Visell's Skunk King (link roundup)

Amanda Visell's Skunk King wooden sculpture. More photos here.

And a few more links:

1. Just assume everything you put on a computer will eventually be public knowledge - - the iPhone and iPod Touch’s Mail app doesn’t properly delete email.

2. Is this how Gizmodo advertises the Slanket?

3. McDonald's Japan has a new ad campaign mocking white foreigners.

*Previously: McDonald's Japan hired 1,000 actors to line up in front of its new minimalist store.

*Buy Amanda Visell toys at eBay.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed concept art (link roundup)

There's a nice gallery of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed concept art at Amy Beth Christenson's site.

And a few more links:

1. Animated gif of a bunny licking ice cream. Via these sites.

2. I bet you'll never drink Fiji water again after you read this. Fiji wrote a response, and the Mother Jones author responded to the response in the comments. Via.

3. Proposing to your fiancee on a boat at night is charming. Staging a fake police raid before the proposal is not charming. And using on duty officers to stage the twisted stunt displays "some poor judgment." Via.

*Previously: Young Darth Malak art.

*Buy Polish Star Wars posters at eBay.

Amorous dogs disrupt a news broadcast (link roundup)

Funny video of a news station trying to advertise dogs up for adoption. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Popular Science lists five tools, including a solar-powered charger and UV water purification system, to help you survive the apocalypse.

2. DC Comics Solicitations for November 2009.

3. I find this hard to believe, but the White House apparently set up a tip line and asked people to forward emails critical of the proposed health care reform. They've since canceled the program.

*Previously: Plush dog wearing underwear.

*Buy survival tins at Amazon.

Ominous Tetris ad (link roundup)

One of several ominous Tetris ads by Daehong Communications featuring Tetris blocks descending on major cities.

And a few more links:

1. Ward Jenkins posted a bunch of pages from his book How To Train With a T.Rex.

2. The NHL's Phoenix Coyotes are owned by Jerry Moyes, and are currently in bankruptcy court. Last year, the team spent $2.6 million on chartered flights, and the league is demanding that the team fly US Airways instead this year. But the team is fighting to continue using Swift Air which is owned by...Jerry Moyes.

3. Avalanches were used as weapons in World War I.

*Previously: When the local godfather is a Tetris fan.

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Watch a puff of air knock down a house made of straw (link roundup)

From and episode of Bang Goes the Theory, a vortex cannon knocks down straw houses with puffs of air. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Sign says, "Yay! We r super gay!!"

2. Detroit didn't become a disaster by itself. More corruption exposed.

3. Hard to believe Newsweek is going out of business with well-thought out pieces like this roundup of people recalling the Great Depression as "a time of resourcefulness, altruism, and even joy."

*Previously: The Big Bad Wolf dissected.

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Rejected Twitter Mascots (link roundup)

Chubby kiwi - - one of a series of rejected Twitter mascots by Steven Anderson.

And a few more links:

1. The Swedish embassy in Berlin arranged a meal for kids suffering from gluten intolerance/celiac disease. Alas, the caterer fed the kids a pasta containing gluten. All 60 attendees became ill. Via.

2. Family is the sole occupants of a 32-story condo in Florida, that wasn't able to sell any other units. Excellent setting for a movie:

Pause for a moment anywhere in the building during the day and the silence is deafening.

At night, Vangelakos said, they often hear people on the grounds or even inside the building itself. It’s not hard to break in one of the many entrances.

I think this condo is part of the development. Via.

3. Megan McCardle has written extensively about food and diet of late, and made an excellent observation: "there's no evidence that exercise makes you lose weight--ever discussed dieting with a long distance runner or ballerina?"

*Previously: Twitter beard mask.

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Light-up anglerfish (link roundup)

Light-up anglerfish by Christine Prusha. Here's Christine's Etsy shop.

And a few more links:

1. Defective New York DMV inspection stickers keep falling off people's cars. Via.

2. In the UK, one in five books is purchased at the supermarket. Via.

3. Not a good sign for the Raiders that they're former number one overall franchise quarterback showed up for training camp, admitting that he was overweight.

*Previously: Lego anglerfish.

*Buy NFL bobbleheads at eBay.

BBDO recruiting image (link roundup)

Gang-style hand signs and tattoos star in this BBDO recruiting image of questionable taste. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Apparently Kevin Federline decided not to tip at a recent visit to the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, which retaliated by issuing a press release pointing out his miserliness and weight gain.

2. Kraven’s Last Hunt was originally intended as a Batman story with the Joker. (I was way too young to read that story when it came out, yet I read it anyway.)

3. Samus vs. Mario illustration.

*Previously: There's a new frozen bar in Las Vegas.

*Buy Nintendo toys at eBay.

Philadelphia has solar-powered trash cans, artistic recycling trucks

Philadelphia has solar-powered trash cans and artist-decorated recycling trucks. As to the "Big Belly" trash cans, they're motorized and compact trash. When they're full, they seal themselves and send out a notification to headquarters. They open like a mailbox, so they'll presumably become disgusting to touch almost immediately, and something tells me that any energy savings earned by the fewer required pickups will be outweighed by the sophistication of the cans' construction and need for upkeep.

*Previously: Trash can with built in hair-removing comb.

*Buy garbage truck toys at eBay.

Cyborg skull (link roundup)

Cyborg skull by Christopher Conte. He has many metal sculptures on display at his site, and a skull plate on sale here.

And a few more links:

1. Pathetic. Now Nike says it will return the videotapes it confiscated of LeBron James getting dunked on.

2. Great photo of the Matterhorn's Yeti.

3. Check out the gorgeous Strandkanten housing development in Norway. Via.

*Previously: Yeti-riding Viking.

*Buy cyborg toys at eBay.

There was an X-Men character called "Adam-X the X-Treme"

There was an X-Men character called "Adam-X the X-Treme," and he was intended to be Cyclops' and Havok's brother.

*Previously: A guy in a Delta 6 accelerator suit does some extreme tricks on half pipe.

*Buy Marvel Legends action figures at eBay.

EA encourages people to harass women at Comic-Con

Back at E3, the Dante's Inferno advertisers hired actors to pretend to protest the game. Their ill-advised promotion at Comic-Con is called "Sin to Win" and encourages people to photograph themselves committing "acts of lust" with "any . . . costumed spokesperson at Comic-Con or outside of Comic-Con." Best photo wins a "Night of Lust." Clever idea guys. Encourage malcontents to harass women at Comic-Con, which is infamous for sexual harassment of women. The team has since posted this half-hearted clarification:



Foul ad campaign.

The wizarding world's Roomba (link roundup)

Meet the Broomba, which does move around, but unfortunately does not clean. On sale for $40 here. Via these fine sites.

And a few more links:

1. A shame, I've mentioned in the past how good Trent Reznor's Twitter feed was, but he opted to delete it because he was so repulsed by hateful replies he was getting.

2. And in other maybe you don't want to be popular online news, ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews who was largely famous for wearing tight tops, was somehow videotaped naked in her dressing room through the peephole. This NY Post article on the crime suggests that it may have happened on multiple occasions in multiple hotels and likely had to have been done by someone with knowledge and access to her rooms. The article also charmingly includes an Erin Andrews photo gallery. Outsports is exactly right in describing the way in which popular sports blogs have created an atmosphere encouraging such behavior.

3. I sure hope Zappos' excellent customer service rubs off on new owner Amazon.

4. For weeks, sports blogs have been talking about the claim that LeBron James got dunked on by a student at a basketball camp, and then had Nike goons seize video of the dunk. eBaum and TMZ have now both posted videos showing how trivial the play was and how incredibly foolish LeBron and Nike look for trying to suppress it.

*Previously: Make a broom-shaped pinata.

*Buy NBA bobbleheads at eBay.