Link roundup

1. Create a free book by purchasing or renewing a Flickr Pro account.

2. New eco-friendly McDonald's in Southern California, complete with green arches. Via.

3. Mitt Romney got his new book atop the bestseller list "by asking institutions to buy thousands of copies in exchange for his speeches, according to a document obtained by POLITICO." Via.

4. Relatedly, the writer of The Oatmeal was apparently a SEO spammer. This discussion at Reddit about infographics and how they're used by spammers to game Digg, Google, and Reddit is pretty fascinating. (I mentioned this once before, but you should question sites that post a lot of infographics - - I've repeatedly turned down offers of payment in exchange for posting infographics with specific embedded links.) Via.

Misinterpreting spam emails (link roundup)

Elliott Burford's interpretations of spam emails are hilarious.

And a few more links:

1. Apparently, there's a fastener you can get at Ikea that's perfect for holding nails in place.

2. Where the Wild Things Are papercraft - - Bernard.

3. There's some Aquabats desktop wallpapers here, including the Aquabats rounding up a monster.

4. Win a steampunk computer.

*Previously: Spam king escapes from prison.

*Buy Where the Wild Things Are toys at eBay.

Craigslist is being overrun by spam

Details here: "With these power tools, the defenses of Craigslist have been overrun. Some categories on Craigslist have become over 90% spam. The personals sections were the first to go, then the services categories, and more recently, the job postings."

Via.