Cactus Spaceman (link roundup)

"Domsai" cactus spacemen by Matteo Cibic on sale here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. South Park versions of the characters from George Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.

2. Giant Olivia costume (last photo). Via.

3. The Cat in the Hat's hat cake, Very Hungry Caterpillar made out of cupcakes, and more book-inspired cakes.

4. Cracked shows again that it creates the best lists on the net: 6 Real Islands Way More Terrifying Than The One On Lost. (My favorite reader should not click through.)

*Previously: Cactus theft is a major problem in California.

*Buy Dr. Seuss toys at eBay.

Ghostbusters versus Jesus (link roundup)

Ghostbusters versus Jesus by Jon Andrew Davis on sale at Etsy. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Apparently, you can get a free "Roastburger" from Arby's today with purchase of a drink.

2. If the Watchmen were all MODOKs.

3. If you like blogging lists in the hopes of attracting Diggs, here's several ideas.

4. Dharma project paper toy.

*Previously: A list of my favorite lists.

*Buy Ghostbusters toys at eBay.

Deep Sea Diver Popeye (link roundup)

I've always been partial to toys with diving helmets. There's lots of photos of this Deep Sea Diver Popeye by Mezco here. And there's quite a few of the Mezco Popeye toys on sale at eBay.

Here's a few more links:

1. The year in media errors and corrections.

2. 2008 Plagiarism/Fabrication Round-Up.

3. Chuck Klosterman relates a charming anecdote about Michael Jordan trying to cheat at cards.

4. Spain's "copyright police" sneak into wedding to prove venue is playing music without paying royalties . . . ends up fined for invading the wedding couple's privacy. Via.

*Previously: Sarah Connor Chronicles poster was a total rip-off.

*Buy Popeye toys at eBay.

Ten alternative movie theories

Valerie D'Orazio offers ten alternative theories of popular movies.



7. The Obi Wan Was Totally Banging Amidala Theory
In this theory, Obi Wan was secretly totally banging Princess Amidala, mostly because Anakin was Hayden Christensen. This is the real reason Anakin goes apeshit at the end of "Episode III." And of course, Luke and Leia are really Obi-spawn.

See the whole list here. Her interpretation of Ferris Bueller's Day Off is particularly interesting.

*Here's my alternative theory of The Lorax.

*Buy "How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age" at Amazon.

Why aren't you subscribed to Orbital Debris Quarterly?

Why aren't you subscribed to Orbital Debris Quarterly?

The Orbital Debris Quarterly News is a publication of the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office. It is published four times a year and is available in downloadable PDF files. Each newsletter contains information on some of the latest events in orbital debris research. The sections of the newsletter are news, project reviews, meeting reports, orbital debris statistics, and upcoming events. The newsletters are filled with illustrating graphs, charts and pictures.

Catch up on back issues here.


Here's a few more links:

1. Most ridiculous list of 2008? "Top Thirty Errors That Doomed McCain."



2. Runner plans on running half-marathon, misses turn, runs full marathon by accident, finishes first [!], but end up disqualified from both races since he didn't finish the race he was registered for!!


3. Everything you learned in school is wrong: stretching just might be bad for your muscles.


4. Lemmings are real animals, do not blindly jump off cliffs and commit suicide, and earned that reputation thanks to a Disney "documentary" in which filmmakers threw lemmings into the sea and filmed them drowning.


5. Finally, The Factual Opinion demonstrates how to conduct a funny and interesting interview - - about a terrible comic book, no less.

*Previously: I can make lists, too.

*Buy "My Shot: The Very Best Interviews from Golf Digest Magazine" at Amazon.

I can make lists too

10 ways Digg users are smarter than Boing Boing commenters.

5 ways Boing Boing's commenting system stifles more creativity than copyright law.

10 best-written blog posts rebutting articles claiming that bloggers are losers.

5 essential life skills you can only really learn by playing video games.

10 lists listing the 20 most powerful people on the web.

10 photos of George Bush that make him look exactly like Hitler, if Hitler had been a monkey.

10 most evil ways Karl Rove tricked dumb Americans.

10 lists of the most popular lists that made it to the front page of Digg.

10 things that aren't very interesting and that everyone saw years ago and that haven't become more interesting just because they've been assembled together on one blog post.

25 excuses to insert a photo of a busty woman into a news article.

(If anyone wants to actually create these lists, I'll be happy to link to you.)

*Buy the very best books featuring lists at Amazon.

Ten dangerous activities photographed at Flickr

Here's the full list, and here's a follow-up at the same blog. You can see number 3, above. Via.

*Here's previously posted dumb moves.

Buy the Darwin Awards at Amazon.

7 Scariest Women At The 2008 Olympic Games

I try to avoid linkbait, but hey, I had to post something Olympic-related. And these women are fairly scary. Via.

Anyone want to nominate the scariest men in the Olympics?

And since I'm on the topic, here's a reader submission: 10 famous ugly people.

*There's already over 4,000 collectibles for the 2008 Olympics at eBay.

Lifehacker's top 10 harmless geek pranks

See the whole list here, including installing the blue screen of death screensaver.

10 dumbest action figures

Well, 10 needless figures in toy lines. These are actually all pretty old. I'm sure someone could come up with a more recent list. Build-A-Figure Blob comes to mind. Was anyone buying a figure just for the chance to build him? Notice: no bids.

Maybe I'll try putting together a list of more recent useless action figures this weekend. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

10 Sci-Fi Techs We Could Build If They Weren't So Damn Expensive

Fun article, and the illustration for railguns cracked me up.

A comparison of the deaths in the various Rambo movies

Genius. For example:

Number of bad guys killed by Rambo with his shirt off

I: "First Blood" (1982): 0

II: "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985): 46

III: "Rambo III" (1988): 45

IV: "Rambo" (2008): 0

Lots more stats here.

Fascinating: 7 Viral Videos You Didn't Know Were Staged

For example, I certainly heard about Pauly Shore getting punched onstage.



I didn't know it was staged



Read the whole list here.

America's Ten Dumbest Congressmen

It's a target rich environment. List.

Which books correlate with high (and low) SAT scores?

Fun list here. Here's the FAQ.

A handy list of responses to "hippie" causes

Hemp
Hippie tech: It's a miracle plant that's been banned due to pressure from America's powerful tobacco lobby.
Reality check: The European Union and China subsidize hemp growers. Canada, the UK and Germany, which had banned hemp production, have allowed its commercial growth and sale since the 1990s. The result? Dude, check the people's encyclopedia: "British production is mostly used as bedding for horses; other uses are under development. The largest outlet for German fibre is composite automotive panels." And that's the propaganda in Wikipedia. Sorry, Sparkle Bunny, hemp just ain't the new soybean.

Read the rest.

Now THESE are the oldest tricks in the book

Tap neighbor on left shoulder. When he turns to look, club his wife and drag her to your cave.

Kill mammoth. Crawl into mammoth carcass. When saber-toothed tiger comes to feast, explode from mammoth with spear.

Read the whole list by Neil Reynolds for McSweeney's.

List of everything that made Bruce Banner turn into the Hulk (tv series)

For example:

3. Thinking about either of his wives.

Via Fark. The second comment at the link features a great Hulk animated gif.

Top 10 Worst Realtor Photos

A target rich environment. Link. Via.

Eight ways to drive a graphic desinger mad

When you have to send a graphic designer a document, make sure it's made with a program from Microsoft Office. PC version if possible. If you have to send pictures, you'll have more success in driving them mad if, instead of just sending a jpeg or a raw camera file, you embed the pictures inside a Microsoft Office document like Word or Powerpoint. Don't forget to lower the resolution to 72 dpi so that they'll have to contact you again for a higher quality version. When you send them the "higher" version, make sure the size is at least 50% smaller. And if you're using email to send the pictures, forget the attatchment once in a while.

See the whole list.