Link roundup

1. Common sense security for your iPhone.

2. "Santa Monica Place recently unveiled the nation's first camera-based 'Find Your Car' system. Shoppers who have lost track of their vehicle amid a maze of concrete ramps and angled stripes can simply punch their license plate number into a kiosk touch screen, which then displays a photo of the car and its location." Via.

3. Michael Weinstein has redesigned the logos for the Clippers, Warriors, Nets, Hornets, and Kings. Via these sites.

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Link roundup

1. Kotaku's list of best free iPhone games.

2. New There Will Be Blood t-shirt at Last Exit to Nowhere.

3 Gallery 1988 is currently welcoming submissions.

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Link roundup

1. How to Break Down the Barrier Between Your iPhone and Computer; and Your Android Phone and Computer.

2. California's "budget deal gives company owned by founders of Gap clothing chain a $30-million tax break." (Maybe enough to buy a decent logo?)

3. Byron Scott's swastika tie.

*The HTC Droid Incredible is $50 at Amazon.

Turn an iPhone into a plush creature

The Griffin Woogie gives cuddly protection to an iPhone or iPod touch. On sale for $20. Via.

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1. NY Jets receiver Braylon Edwards was just arrested for a DUI, with two other Jets in his car. It's ironic because the Jets organization makes available to its players a free car service staffed by off-duty police officers.

2. Crisp Chipotle Shrimp with Corn and Scallions recipe.

3. How to Convert an iPod Hard Drive to Compact Flash. Via.

*Buy iPods at Amazon.

American Apparel Halloween Costumes (link roundup)

Go here to see the entries in American Apparel's Halloween Costume Contest - - costumes made using at least a little bit of American Apparel clothing. Above are iPod Silhouette, Hipster Han and Slave Leia, and Wolverine and Poison Ivy. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Fark headline: I just won a radio contest to have backup dancers follow me around for a couple hours this Saturday. Sadly there is no cash equivalent. How can I best utilize this weird, semi-retarded prize?

2. How to design your site to avoid takedown notices. Via.

3. An argument for why we should blanket the world with low-flying satellites to provide internet service, and explanation for why we haven't done it before. (Soviet nukes play a starring role.)

*Previously: Amira Sa'id is a professional Slave Leia belly dancer.

*Buy Slave Leia costumes and toys at Amazon.

Vintage iPod, perhaps? (link roundup)

One of several 18th century color charts posted here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Homemade Indiana Jones props: Amulet from The Fate of Atlantis, and wrapped Grail diary from The Last Crusade.

2. This post about Comcast's efforts to buy NBC is a good reminder that the vast majority of "news" reporters report is really whatever facts some interested party has leaked.

3. Here's a list of 22 magazines that are earning more this year than last. (I'm not sure I'd want any of them even if they were free). Via.

*Previously: Indiana Jones goes over a Lego waterfall.

*Buy Indiana Jones lunch boxes at eBay.

Walley World t-shirt (link roundup)

Plucked from Vacation, the newest t-shirt on sale at Last Exit to Nowhere stars Walley World.

And a few more links:

1. Charming wedding invitations. Via these sites.

2. Here's a diagram listing all the weapons in the Crazy for Cult 3-D poster I featured previously.

3. The $50 Clickfree Transformer for the iPod apparently is an easy way to move mp3s from the iPod to a computer. Via these sites.

*Previously: Make surprisingly attractive iPod speaker out of paper cups.

*Buy Saul Bass posters at eBay.

Use four paper cups and two toothpicks to make iPod speakers

That's right, go here to make iPod speaker using two paper cups, two toothpicks, your iPod and earbuds. Via.

*Previously: 20 best iPod utilities.

*"Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made" is 34% off at Amazon.

Monstrous iPod cozy

On sale here.

Useful iPod Links

Lifehacker has posted the 20 Best iPod utilities, how to set iTunes to monitor a folder and automatically add new songs, and how to find free mp3s.

Steampunk iPod Skin

Buy. Via.