Anatomy of a goldfish cracker (link roundup)

Anatomy of a Goldfish Cracker by Jason Freeny, who has art on sale here.

And a few more links:

1. "Viva la Resolution."

2. Universal Orlando's Wizarding World of Harry Potter now has a website complete with virtual flying tour. Via.

3. "New evidence supports that dwarf dinosaurs once existed on a Transylvania island."

4. New article by Malcolm Gladwell about spies. Not as sharp as his usual work, but the book about WW2 spies that's the focus of his article sounds great - - it's called Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory. Relatedly, you can buy tickets to hear Gladwell speak on a mystery topic.

*Previously: Harry Potter ends, Sporanos style.

*Buy anatomy models at eBay.

Plague Doctor (link roundup)

Plague doctor from the National Museum of Health and Medicine at the Walter Reid Medical Center. See more disturbing exhibits in this photo set, including the Wall of Facial Injury.

And a few more links:

1. Anatomical cross-section of a Cootie (from the game Cootie).

2. Penny Arcade's comic about the birds and the bees, and a remix.

3. For my favorite reader, new Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown's nigh-naked Cosmo centerfold. Relatedly, Jon Stewart mocks Coakley's campaign.

*Previously: You've got crabs Charlie Brown.

*Buy vintage medical equipment at eBay.

Horse anatomical model

Want to learn about horses? Check out the painted anatomical models at Horses Inside Out. Via these fine sites.

*Previously: Chestburster anatomical model for the classroom.

*Buy anatomy models at Amazon.

Hello Kitty anatomy toys (link roundup)

Hello Kitty Anatomy Toys by Dr. Romanelli and Hello Kitty. See more photos here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Sam Mendes will direct a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical.

2. I'm really enjoying SuperFreakonomics, and this paragraph does a great job of demonstrating how good the writing is, and how interesting the topic choices are:

Such birth defects aren't as rare as you think. Douglas Almond, examining U.S. Census data from 1960 to 1980, found one group of people whose terrible luck persisted over their whole lives. They had more physical ailments and lower lifetime income than people who'd been born just a few months earlier or a few months later. They stood out in the census record like a layer of volcanic ash stands out in the archaeological record, a thin stripe of ominous sediment nestled between two thick bands of normalcy.

Yes, they provide the answer. There's a similar heightened occurrence of birth defects for people born in certain months.

3. Former Army Ranger Gustavo Zamora Jr. rescues/recaptures people's children when they've been taken to another country as part of a custody battle. Via.

*Previously: Papercraft Willy Wonka.

*Buy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory toys at eBay

Anatomy of a Wiimote (link roundup)

The organic inside of a Wiimote is revealed in this cross section by Angela Moramarco. You can see the anatomy of the Wii here. Via these fine sites.

And a few more links:

1. Every Sunday at Gorilla Artfare is "dirty" Sunday, featuring sexually explicit art, such as this naughty image of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf.

2. Relatedly, check out Noma Bar's illustration of Little Red Riding Hood being devoured by the Big Bad Wolf (halfway down).

3. News to me, but Mark Cuban says it's illegal to have unpaid interns in the US.

*Previously: Spock by Noma Bar.

*Buy Little Red Riding Hood toys at eBay.

Shark anatomy model (link roundup)

Smart Lab Shark Anatomy Model - - $19 at Amazon. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Robert X. Cringely offers the most interesting comment I've read about Chrome OS:

What Google’s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, has to fear more than anything else is that he’ll awake one day to learn that the Google search engine suddenly doesn’t work on any Windows computers: something happened overnight and what worked yesterday doesn’t work today. It would have to be an act of deliberate sabotage on Microsoft’s part and blatantly illegal, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen. Microsoft would claim ignorance and innocence and take days, weeks or months to reverse the effect, during which time Google would have lost billions.

Read more.

2. 20% off at Tenacious Toys all Wednesday with the code 500FRIENDS.

3. Obama's teleprompter is jokingly called TOTUS. (The President of the United States is POTUS.)

4. Nice photos of Yuki 7 paper dolls.

*Previously: Spider/Jellyfish/Shark chimera.

*Buy Obama posters at eBay.

Clockwork virus (link roundup)

Steampunk robo-virus sculpture by cazouillette. See also: Clockwork spider.

And a few more links:

1. If you like looking at wild, colorful, monstrous tattoos, check out the links listed here.

2. Gingerbread Man anatomy.

3. Kitty Pryde and Lockheed take down a robot.

4. Terror carousel.

*Previously: So disturbing it can't possibly be real carousel seats.

*Buy books about tattoos at Amazon.

Mermaid anatomy painting (link roundup)

Lots of anatomy drawings and skeletons of fantastical creatures in Walmor Corrêa's gallery. The mermaid is probably the least creepy one. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Nancy Dorsner moved her art blog and unfortunately discovered that the old feed no longer works. Help spread the word about her new rss feed. She's offering a swell prize for help.

2. Stuck zeppelin.

3. More theories about the horrifying worms in the North Carolina sewer. (This would have been an excellent viral ad for Guillermo Del Toro's and Chuck Hogan's The Strain.)

4. Little Red Riding Hood on the beach.

*Previously: Cat mermaid.

*Buy Red Riding Hood posters at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Lego minifig anatomy diagrams by Jason Freeny.




2. Damnation desktop wallpaper.



3. XKCD vs. New Yorker cartoon drawing competition.


4. Steampunk Princess Leia.


5. Star Trek Experience to reopen better than ever in Las Vegas?


6. LAPD acknowledges people have been wrongfully charged due to errors by fingerprint experts.

*See previously posted Lego creations here.

*Find vintage Star Trek toys and collectibles at eBay.

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