Link roundup

1. Yet another ad campaign ripping off an artist.

2. Chef Jamie Oliver's kids are named Buddy Bear Maurice Oliver, Poppy Honey, Daisy Boo, and Petal. Via.

3. An Egyptian newspaper was caught photoshopping a picture of Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

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1. Map of nightclubs in Harlem in 1932. Via.

2. Art giveaway.

3. Gawker on the woman accusing Julian Assange of sex crimes.

4. Jezebel on photoshopped images of Jennifer Aniston.

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1. Fascinating story by ESPN about Purple Drank, a codeine and gummi bear-laced drink popular in the South. (Former Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell was arrested this week for possession of codeine.)

2. Nordstrom's initially denied and then admitted it "went too far" in photoshopping a model to make her look inhumanly thin. (Of course, the untouched photo makes the model look inhumanly thin.) Via.

3. Glen Greenwald on efforts to prevent reporters from reporting on the Gulf spill, the curious decisions the NY Times makes as to when to use the word torture, and Democrats calling Republicans unpatriotic for questioning strategy in Afghanistan.

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Hummer on tracks (link roundup)

H2 Bomber with rubber tracks by GeigerCars.de available as various desktop wallpapers.

And a few more links:

1. Pete Emslie drew caricatures of his art students.

2. "I Will Kill You With My Bare Hands," and Other Fun Tales of Russell Crowe.

3. Here's what happens when a media outlet thinks a Reuters photo looks too good to be true. Via.

*Previously: Hummer with wagon wheels.

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Mario Bros. Plumbing and Rapture t-shirts (link roundup)

Video game t-shirts on sale at GamerPrint.

And a few more links:

1. Tina Fey's scar was photoshopped out of a Vogue cover photo. Via.

2. RIP Dick Francis. Via.

3. Chibi Big Daddy drawing.

*Previously: Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button.

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Altair with a rifle (link roundup)

Assassin's Creed concept art (circa 2007) by Michelle Hoefener.

And a few more links:

1. Han Jovi - - one of many Star Wars Band Names.

2. Badly photoshopped image of Demi Moore on the cover of W magazine.

3. Los Angeles County Superior Court judges are donating a portion of their salaries to their staff.

*At Toycutter: Altair Heroclix.

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Ninja nursery (link roundup)

Ninja-themed nursery based on designs by Raymond Lau and painted by John & Jen of Cake Wrecks fame.

And a few more links:

1. Highlights from the The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception, which is available for $15 at Amazon.

2. A convincing case that Demi Moore's entire body was replaced for the cover of W magazine. Via.

3. Rotated photo fun.

*Previously: Ninja dungeon.

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Thundercats cake and cupcakes (link roundup)

Thundercats cake and cupcakes. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Hulk/Wolverine mashup.

2. Cory Doctorow responds to a legal threat from Ralph Lauren. You don't want to miss the horribly photoshopped image that's at the heart of the matter.

3. Coraline director Henry Selick has "left" Laika.

*At Evil Buttons: Coraline and Goth Coraline dolls.

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Jar-Jar stars in a Microsoft ad

OK, for those of you who missed it, here's a typically bland Microsoft print ad, featuring a beautiful cultural rainbow (and what looks suspiciously like a MacBook).



The Polish apparently aren't as enthusiastic about the colors of the rainbow, and the ad was slightly modified for that market:



TechCrunch invited parodies, and received a huge number. My favorites star Jar-Jar and the blue screen of death:



I mean this sincerely, the Clone Wars episodes featuring Jar-Jar were so funny that I've become quite fond of him.

*Previously: If Jar-Jar became Dr. Manhattan.

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"Tattoos" made with suntan and vinyl stickers (link roundup)

Janine Rewell uses vinyl stickers and a tanning bed to create complex patterns. Don't miss the packaging Rewell made for bamboo sporks. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Insectoid samurai robot.

2. Clever painting/papercraft creation. Via.

3. Did you know Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald were in a rock band together?

4. A good list of bad web design mistakes.

*Previously: Gorilla samurai.

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Grand Theft Auto: Spider-Man (link roundup)

Grand Theft Auto: Spider-Man and GTA: Dark Knight. See also GTA: Tarzan. Relatedly, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS is the best game I've played for the DS. A+. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Trivia from the movie Clue, including Jane Wiedlin of the GoGos played the Singing Telegram Girl.

2. A whirlpool of rocks.

3. How to create "fake" 3D in Photoshop. Via.

4. Law and Order billboard makes clever use of a light.

*Previously: Giant billboard with real cars attached.

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Stephen Colbert hilariously mocks Twitter (link roundup)

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Colbert's at his best in this interview of Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. But the most uncomfortable moment is when Colbert simply lets Stone explain that Twitter is building "value" instead of "profit." Via.

And a few more links:

1. Relatedly, Mark Cuban says Twitter is for old people. I wonder if that's true.

2. Photoshop Disasters points out that new glamour photo of Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian strongly indicates that Reggie Bush is a vampire.

3. Proposed law in Massachusetts will make it illegal for consenting, competent adult 60 years old and over to pose for nude photos.

4. Boston Globe editor says good journalism is "shockingly expensive" and uses as an example the fact that in 2002, the Globe spent more than $1 million to investigate and report on sexual abuse of children by priests. Anybody here think the media's ability to ferret out that scandal decades (centuries?) after it started represents a triumph of the old way of reporting news? Via.

*Previously: How to announce you're on Twitter.

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If Greedo had lived during the French Revolution

A Rodian stars in Jacques-Louis David's Death of Marat. Part of a Star Wars-themed edition of Photoshop Phriday.

*Previously: Encased in carbonite costume.

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Wampa Nose Art (link roundup)

The new Lego Republic Drop Ship with AT-OT features Wampa nose art. More photos here. I'd like to see a book of hypothetical Star Wars nose art. Something tells me Twi'leks would be popular.

And a few more links:

1. Hypnotic swirl animated gif (scroll halfway down).

2. Sports Illustrated airbrushed out Danica Patrick's tattoo because "The Swimsuit Issue emphasizes natural beauty . . . . The freckles are left on and, in this case, the tattoos came off."

3. Praise for Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. I haven't seen it since it came out, but I actually thought it was pretty good. Via.

4. Jerry Brown's "25 Random Things About Me" list is interesting and funny.

*Previously: Salacious Crumb nose art.

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Guitar store facade looks like giant amp (link roundup)

"The Guitar Store" in the UK has a facade that looks like a giant Fender Super Champ.

And a few more links:

1. M.S. Corley posted redesigned book covers for The Spiderwick Chronicles (which I've never read).

2. The NY Times has an obituary for Ben Blank, "innovator" of graphics used in news broadcasts. For example:

When the launch of the first Sputnik satellite took Americans by surprise, in 1957, Mr. Blank created what is believed to be the first electronic animation by repeating camera shots of a rotating golf ball, which represented Sputnik, on the end of some coat-hanger wire; the wire was attached to a small rotating globe. For added effect he glued glittering stars to the black background.

Read more about him here.

3. The latest Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue includes a photo of race car driver Danica Patrick, but airbrushed out the tattoo on her lower back. Extensive photo evidence here.

4. "[A] leading genome researcher at Harvard says that a Neanderthal could be brought to life with present technology for about $30 million."

*Previously: Sun tattoo.

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Grouped monuments

A few of the world's great religious monuments grouped together by cns025 for Worth 1000.

*Previously: Church of La Sagarada Familia sandcastle.

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Vader at Nighthawks

A few of the standout entries at the recent Star Wars Renaissance Photoshop contest at Worth 1000.


Amidala by Alfons Mucha.


Darth Vader by Rembrandt.


Darth Vader by Edward Hopper.

*Previously: Nighthawks with a T-Rex.

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Classic paintings are much more interesting when you add a little Batman

Batman and Spider-Man star in these entries in a Worth1000 Photoshop contest.

*Previously: Classic art meets Star Wars.

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Retro Art Remixed

Retro Art Remixed at Something Awful. Part 1 and Part 2.

*Previously: Howl's Moving Castle papercraft.

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More on disaster girl

Earlier I posted this image of a girl and wondered if it was Photoshopped. Thanks to Joseph, I learned that the original photo was taken by Dave Roth of his daughter Zoe, and is called "Firestarter." The image was published in JPG magazine and you see a photo of Zoe holding the magazine here. She's now been photoshopped into a variety of photos of disasters. Including this famous disaster of the legal system:



Here's a handy image you can use to add "Disaster Girl" to a photo of your choice. I wonder if this will be brought up at her future job interviews? (And the fact that this was all news to me shows how little time I spend at sites like Digg and Reddit.)

*Previously: Conversation with your younger self meme.

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