Link roundup

1. Nick Denton's latest advice to Gawker staff on pulling in a big audience.

2. Terrible story about an Air Force general forced to retire and stripped of his rank for supposedly ordering unauthorized airstrikes against North Vietnamese military targets. He actually acted by order of President Nixon. Via.

3. How conservatives bury liberal stories on Digg. Via.

Worst parking job ever (link roundup)

Feel better about your own driving skills as you watch this BMW park a little over the line. The destroyed car was a Hyundai, and Hyundai apparently seized the opportunity for some good press and bought the owner a new car.

And a few more links:

1. Psychedelic Doctor Strange art. Via.

2. Kevin Rose of Digg costume.

3. Passenger going for a ride in a jet accidentally ejected himself. Via.

*Previously: Doctor Strange paper toy.

*Buy Doctor Strange toys at eBay.

Lego Felix the Cat (link roundup)

Lego Felix the Cat. Lots more photos here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Some funny gossip about the Fast Company CEO.

2. How NFL Teams set up fake social media profiles to dig up dirt on prospects. Via.

3. Website for showing off IKEA design features a talking gramaphone and other weirdness. (But no furniture that caught my eye.)

4. John Gruber says "Digg sends a tremendous amount of traffic to sites that make it to the top of their front page, but it’s the worst kind of traffic: mindless, borderline illiterates." And he puts his money where his mouth is, showing how to block the traffic. The story was apparently buried on Digg.

*Previously: Felix the Cat vinyl toys.

*Buy Felix the Cat toys at eBay.

"Push button for Digg" (link roundup)

Digg button cleverly placed on a pedestrian crossing button found here.

And a few more links:

1. If you act fast, you can subscribe to a new personalized magazine from Time, Inc.

2. Previously, I enjoyed reading Reason as a source of news. However, I gave it up as a trustworthy source after I learned its writers had largely supported Ron Paul even though they knew about his history of sending out racist newsletters. The entire episode did damage to the concept of libertarianism. Well, Ron Paul's starring and apparently homophobic and moronic role in Sacha Baron Cohen's movie will only make things worse.

3. Some officer's wife wrote the the newspaper of the naval base in Ventura County to complain that gate guards were not surrendering salutes to officer's vehicles. The commanding officer's response was...vigorous.

4. Being born in the United States was like winning the lottery. The North Korean government apparently divides the population into three political groups: a loyal "core class," a suspect "wavering class," and a politically unreliable "hostile class." The core class is only 25% of the population. Via.

*Previously: Working Digg costume.

*Buy US President bobbleheads at eBay.

Neon plastic horsemen desktop wallpaper (link roundup)

Valt3r Rav3ra's Flickr gallery is full of beautiful desktop wallpaper sized images, including these neon blue plastic horsemen, and this mournful statue.

And a few more links:

1. Adorable animated gifs of the Human Torch, Mazinger, and Gizmo turning into a Gremlin.

2. A claim that the Mormon Church, US Marines, and others are buying votes at Digg and Stumbleupon. Via.

3. Self defense pen. (I'm not sure what makes it a self defense pen other than it's strong and useful for stabbing.) Via.

4. A guy who sued Google in small claims court and won tells his story. Via.

*Previously: Mazinger desktop wallpaper.

*Buy Mazinger toys at eBay.

Trash can with built in hair-removing comb (link roundup)

Hye-Min Jung designed a trash can with built in hair-removing comb to make it easy to get hair off a brush. More photos here.

And a few more links:

1. There's apparently a campaign to discredit toy customizer John "Jin-Saotome" Mallamas.

2. Article explores how the Village Voice games Digg. Via.

3. A blogger points out that the whistleblower who tried to convince the SEC to investigate Madoff could have saved everyone the trouble simply by posting his concerns online. Via.

4. Last year, "four of Japan's top 10 best-sellers were about how blood type determines personality." Although it's illegal, many employers ask blood types at job interviews.

*Previously: Girl spontaneously changes blood type after organ transplant.

*Buy blood type home test kits at Amazon.