Link roundup

1. New Marvel vs. Capcom videos show off a truly devastating, screen shattering finishing move by the Super Skrull.

2. Intel pays Dell a whole lot of money to prevent them from using chips made by rivals.

3. The most valuable material the LA Times has ever published - - its ranking of Los Angeles public school teachers and school. Thankfully, the school my boys will attend gets an excellent score.

*Buy Skrulls at Amazon.

Mug with temperature sensor (link roundup)

Heat activated mug tells you when your batteries are fully charged.

Relatedly, here's a heat-activated mug featuring Tim Burton's Toxic Boy:



I didn't see it on sale anywhere.

And a few more links:

1. Mignola-esque mermaid.

2. Spiral man.

3. The US Foreign Service Institute has made available online language courses for every major language (except English). Via.

4. Burger King has Iron Man kid's meal toys right now.

*Previously: Very cool and absurdly expensive coffee mug.

*Buy heat sensitive mugs at Amazon.

Chimera toy (link roundup)

Painted version of the vinyl toy based on Melita Curphy's design. $52 at Patch Together. Relatedly, over at Toycutter, I've posted a large gallery of custom Mez-Itz by artists including Curphy that will be displayed at Comic Con.

And a few more links:

1. Online-only Concord Law School made it to the finals of a law competition that included top schools such as Michigan, Duke, and Berkeley, before losing to Stanford.

2. Big Bad Toy Store has concept art for a Donald Duck/Bumblebee Transformer.

3. I'm giving away a couple of lenticular Coraline cups at Evil Buttons.

4. The chibi Kingdom Hearts phone charm I mentioned previously is $11 at Entertainment Earth.

*Previously: Kingdom Hearts amigurumi.

*Buy Kingdom Hearts toys and collectibles at eBay.

Library on a donkey

Louis Soriano brings book to the countryside of Columbia on his book-laden donkey. He calls it the BiblioBurro. Via.

*Previously: Wyoming library sexes it up to attract business.

*Buy vintage library posters at eBay.

Daycare at Google costs $29,000 a year

That's not a typo and that's just the cost to the parents. Google's picking up part of the tab. Link.

*Previously: Google News Pillow.

Science Documentaries for Youngsters

A poster at Slashdot asked for suggestions. You can read the answers here (just skip over the side discussion about The Matrix).

Here's a few links:

NASA for Kids

Teacher's Domain

Symmetry Magazine

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

Fun list here. Here's the FAQ.

Periodic table and solar system shower courtains

Buy. Via Neatorama.

Crazy woman poses as a student at Stanford for four years...

gets caught, and moves on to UCLA.

Professors Alan Dershowitz and Norman Finkelstein Hate Each Other

Mr. Finkelstein has called Mr. Dershowitz a "raving maniac," "hoodlum" and "evil." On normanfinkelstein.com there is a recent Finkelstein article titled "Should Alan Dershowitz Target Himself for Assassination?" On Mr. Dershowitz's Web site ( alandershowitz.com), he has had students compile lists of "The Most Despicable Things Finkelstein Has Said," "The 10 Stupidest Things Finkelstein Has Said," and so on.

Read on.