Using barnacles to warn about Global Warming

To help the David Suzuki Foundation warn about global warming, Spring Advertising wrapped telephone poles with shells and barnacles.

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Windmills are scary

Horror movie-style teaser trailer for Windfall, a movie about the drawbacks of wind turbines. Via.

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Cerberus the Cat (link roundup)

Three-headed cat via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Fox tossing was a popular competitive blood sport in parts of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, which involved throwing live foxes and other animals high into the air. Via.

2. Al Gore has a new house with nine bathrooms.

3. Babar Lego CubeDude.

*Previously: Flaming skull Cerberus.

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Rick Astley in a box (link roundup)

Nice gallery of photos of one of the Rickroll boxes W+K sent video game bloggers to promote Dante's Inferno.

And a few more links:

1. Relatedly, Dante's Inferno Christmas ornament. (Clearly, my goal for 2010 should be to become an "influential video game blogger.")

2. David "The Edge" Evans wants to protect nature (by building a big compound for himself near Malibu). Via.

3. Plants have some pretty impressive defenses, including the ability to swiftly produce volatile chemicals to attract "large predatory insects like dragon flies, which delight in caterpillar meat." Via.

*Previously: Demon box.

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Jon Stewart on Climategate (link roundup)

Jon Stewart chimes in on Climategate.

And a few more links:

1. The absurd early lionization of Charlie Weis.

2. This Donald Duck riding toy is deeply wrong. (Per the comments, it's at Euro Disney.)

3. Green dahlia cupcakes.

4. Downloadable reindeer mask. Via.

*Previously: Design for a riding toy/working vacuum.

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Cesspool the Eco Warrior (link roundup)

Photos of one of the villains from the G.I. Joe Eco Warriors line.

And a few more links:

1. X-ray of a woman opening her mouth animated gif. Via these sites.

2. Cute wedding save the date card.

3. Lil' Jason Voorhees. Via.

*Previously: Wedding invitation for a scientist.

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Lego boy with backpack and sneakers (link roundup)

Lego boy with backpack and sneakers by Polywen. See also: Lego football player.

And a few more links:

1. Nature is ghastly. Don't read about this Isopod and what it does to a fish's mouth. And definitely do not look at a photo. Via.

2. The city of Santa Monica wants to install a net under the Santa Monica Pier to keep pigeons away in the hopes that it will cut down on the tremendous amount of bacteria in the nearby ocean. Animal rights activists have "blasted" the plan. Via.

3. Two Los Angeles Police Officers have been placed on leave, under suspicion that they leaked photos of Rihanna to TMZ.

*Previously: Ghastly Mickey Mouse sculpture.

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Big Trouble in Little China t-shirt (link roundup)

All Jack Burton fans will appreciate the Pork-Chop Express t-shirt, new at Last Exit to Nowhere.

And a few more links:

1. Federal authorities had wanted to use controlled burns to clear away dry foliage to prevent the type of massive fires that we've had the last two weeks in Los Angeles. But Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich says, "The environmentalists have gone to the extreme to prevent controlled burns, and as a result we have this catastrophe today." Via.

2. Relatedly, hydrofluorocarbons were introduced in the 1990s to replace ozone-depleting gases used in air conditioners, refrigerators and insulating foam. It looks like the switch worked, and the hole in the ozone is shrinking. Unfortunately, the new chemicals "act like 'super' greenhouse gases, with a heat-trapping power that can be 4,470 times that of carbon dioxide." Via.

3. Seattle Mariner Adrian Beltre missed a few weeks of playing time after injuring his testicle. When Beltre came up for his first at-bat, the theme for Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" was played at Ken Griffey Jr.'s suggestion. Via.

*Previously: David Lo-Pan Mighty Mugg.

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Dinosaurs in suits pollute the Earth (link roundup)

Dinosaurs in suits pollute the Earth in an ad campaign by I.D.E.A.S. for The Climate Institute that someone for some reason doesn't want embedded.

And a few more links:

1. On the one hand, it's refreshing that the President can't simply snap his fingers and make such problems disappear. On the other hand, this is a sad statement on the law, political discourse, and rational thought: "law firm Perkins Coie has billed Obama's lobbying organization more than a million dollars while trying to suppress lawsuits over Obama's eligibility to be president." Via.

2. Daniel Lyons savages David Pogue (and his employer the NY Times) for writing reviews of Apple products, while making lots of money on the side writing Mac-user guides.

3. Consumer Reports says generic store brands aren't just pretty good, in many cases they taste better than the brand name. Via.

*Previously: Glow-in-the-dark dinosaur fossil poster.

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Rothbury Festival poster by EMEK

Green-themed Rothbury Festival poster by EMEK. This is the Rothbury Festival 2008 poster EMEK created:



And here's one more Rothbury poster, on sale for $20:



*Previously: Drilling for oil in Alaska won't lower the price of oil BUT it will raise $921 billion dollars.

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Obama and the Statue of Liberty are O-Force (link roundup)

Obama and a gun-toting Statue of Liberty by Doug Harvey.

And a few more links:

1. Article in Forbes about Peter Limmer & Sons, which makes $650 custom boots.

2. Business Week says Nike has learned that it does better when it doesn't emphasize its green innovations.

3. Scooby Doo/Mortal Kombat mashup.

4. Cute polar bear toy.

*Previously: Obama nesting doll.

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Show your love for the environment with these Star Wars t-shirts

Two of the new environmentally-themed Star Wars t-shirts on sale at Zazzle.

*Previously: Battle of Endor costume.

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Conserve energy the Sam Fisher way

Three ads by Marketforce, promoting energy conservation (60 Earth Hour) in Perth, Australia. (I'm not sure how using night vision goggles would help the environment, though.) Via.

*Previously: Low tech energy savers.

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Retro Sci-Fi Posters by Bradley W. Schenck

A nature-loving robot, jukebox, and rocket scientist star in a few of the retro sci-fi posters by Bradley W. Schenck on sale here (use the links on the right side of the screen).

*Previously: Retro Star Wars poster.

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Here are the logos from some of Sacha Baron Cohen's shell companies (link roundup)

These are the logos to four of the fake companies Sacha Baron Cohen and his crew created. You can read all about how they were used here.

And a few more links:

1. Fascinating article by Pablo Torre about pro athletes squandering their money. This passage about basbeball player Torii Hunter is difficult to believe:

About five years ago, Hunter says, he invested almost $70,000 in an invention: an inflatable raft that would sit under furniture. The pitch was that when high-rainfall areas were flooded, consumers could pump up the device, allowing a sofa to float and remain dry.

Read about more wacky investments here.

2. And here's an article about the next young basketball player who has already been identified as a star. He's in the Sixth Grade.

3. Perhaps not fully grasping that the reason to have a clean Earth is for people to live there, one of Gordon Brown’s "leading green advisers" says "Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society."

4. To go along with the Orthodox Priest Warrior costume I posted yesterday, here's a fighting censer.

*Previously: Fake mascot contest (including the Chernobyl LOLCats).

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Origami Manticore (link roundup)

Origami Manticore by Chad Killeen.

And here's a few old links I'm finally getting of of the way:

1. Nissan's "eco-pedal system" includes an eco light that warns you if you're hitting the gas pedal too hard.

2. Slayer meets AC Slater in this t-shirt.

3. Dismember-Me Plush Zombie.

4. Superman riding Devil Dinosaur by Zander Cannon.

*Previously: Origami Beholder.

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A CFL spares a dime for an old-fashioned lightbulb

A CFL spares a dime for an old-fashioned lightbulb in this image by John Martz.

*Previously: CFL Triumphant t-shirt.

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The Envious Lemon (link roundup)

Envious Lemon by Jon Klassen.

And a few more links:

1. Some evidence that new rain forest is growing at a pace offsetting logging. Best line in the article: "The idea has stirred outrage among environmentalists who believe that vigorous efforts to protect native rain forest should remain a top priority." Via.

2. Rolling Stone interviewed Steve Jobs in 2003. He was exactly right on how things would play out. Via.

3. Interesting evidence that JP Morgan knew Madoff was crooked and might have caused his downfall. Via.

4. South Carolina anti-gambling statute seems to apply to Dungeons and Dragons and board games (games played with dice).

*Previously: Lemon shark photo.

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Lizard Lighter (link roundup)

Lizard lighter by Terry Border.

And a few more links:

1. Popular Science considers whether a popcorn kernel would pop during re-entry if dropped from space.

2. LA Times includes CFLs in it's "Bad design trends we hope die in 2009" list.

3. The worst sweatshirt anyone has ever received for Christmas. Ever? Via.

4. The HP Consumer Buyback and Planet Partners Recycling Program offers money in exchange for any brand of PC, monitor, printer, digital camera, or smartphone that HP determines still has some sort of value. Via.

*Previously: Astonishing ugly rugby jersey for Stade Français; Durex pillows feature photos of ugly people to help guys last longer.

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Jason de Caires Taylor's underwater sculptures (link roundup)

Jason de Caires Taylor creates sculptures that are placed in the ocean. You can see his work, buy prints, or commission a statute here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Gawker's 10 worst media moments of 2008.

2. Seattle's politicians have interesting priorities, deciding not to use salt and chemicals to make roads safely drivable because the salt is bad for the environment. Via.

3. Police find mosquito in car, extract dna from blood found inside it, and match dna to suspected car thief. Via.

4. Harvard's endowment fund might have lost $18 billion. Via.


*Previously: Video of underwater restroom.

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