LEGO entomology (link roundup)

Mounted Lego insects by Peter Fendrik. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Jack-o-Lantern is really sad that Halloween is over.

2. Good choices in this best movie posters of the decade gallery.

3. Drunk King Kong nose art.

*Previously: Cereal taxonomy.

*Buy insect specimens at Amazon.

Anglerfish pumpkin

Anglerfish pumpkin by David Arsenault.

*Previously: Anglerfish mask.

*Buy The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss at Amazon.

Vomiting pumpkins (link roundup)

Vomiting jack-o-lanterns.

And a few more links:

1. Not that much fun, but this flying game has an interesting made out of cardboard look. Via.

2. Lovecraft ghost-wrote a book for Harry Houdini.

3. Also, Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle were friends until they had a falling out over their differing views of supernatural phenomena. Here's an allegation that Doyle seduced Houdini's widow.

*Previously: Lovecraft figurine.

*Buy Houdini posters at eBay.

Papercraft guns (link roundup)

Papercraft armory by PostlerFerguson to eventually be distributed by Strangeco.

And a few more links:

1. Lego Max from Where the Wild Things Are.

2. Dachshund pumpkins.

3. Photo of a sperm whale eating a 30-foot-long giant squid. Via.

4. Tentacled strongman illustration.

*Previously: Plush strongman.

*Buy Nerf guns at eBay.

Do-It-Yourself Make-Up Handbook (link roundup)

Cover to the Famous Monsters Do-It-Yourself Make-Up Handbook. You can see interior pages here, and there are (expensive) copies on sale at eBay and at Amazon.

And a few more links:

1. Despite the economy tanking, the homeless population in Los Angeles has plummeted.

2. Monster elephant jack-o-lantern.

3. Chihuahua in a lobster costume.

*Previously: How to apply horror manga makeup.

*Buy pet costumes at Amazon.

Fail Whale pumpkins

Fail Whale jack-o-lanterns. Via.

*Previously: Fail Whale Assassin's Creed Edition.

*Buy pumpkin carving kits at Amazon.

Smear baby shampoo over your mouth to blow big bubbles (link roundup)

As the video demonstrates, simply smearing Baby Shampoo over your moth will apparently allow you to easily blow large bubbles.

And a few more links:

1. Where the Wild Things Are is doing well at the box office.

2. How griefers used the in game karma system in The Sims Online to harass newbies. Via these sites.

3. Hobo vampire pumpkin.

*Previously: Stewart Butterfield offers constructive advice to a griefer.

*Buy Where the Wild Things Are posters at eBay.

Jack-O-Lantern roundup

I've already posted a roundup of the Halloween food ideas I've previously amassed, and now here's a collection of jack-o-lanterns. And don't forget to participate in the Horror of Star Wars art contest, which features a combined $250 in store credits.



Cookie Monster, middle finger, and more.



KAWS pumpkin.



Monster jack-lantern.




Mustache.





Pumpkin in a cage.



Hung over pumpkin.




Monster face pumpkins.



Pumpkin robot.



Turn a photo into a jack-o-lantern template.




Unmasked Predator pumpkin.




Gunshot victims.



No cut.



LED eyes.



Obama.



Spider-man.




Death Star.



Beta-Carotene Molecule.


*Previously: Another huge batch of pumpkin-carving ideas.

*Buy Halloween crafts at Amazon.

Vessel Ideation's temperature change tea kettle

Vessel Ideation won a tea kettle design contest with the "ONE Teakettle." As the kettle heats up, a beautiful pattern appears:







An alternative design features Space Invaders:



Other projects at Vessel's website include a design for Sprite's "nightclub bottle," and these carved pumpkins:



Via these sites.

*Previously: The saddest photo of Cookie Monster you'll ever see.

*Buy color changing toys at eBay.

An awesome tribute to...Pat Morita? (link roundup)

The notes to this drawing by Jerome Opeña say "I did this piece in memory of Pat Morita soon after he died." Lots more monsters and robots on display at his apparently abandoned site.

And a few more links:

1. Ninja dad.

2. Clever "book cover" for The Sims.

3. Interesting claim: "Iran supplied U.S. diplomats with the location of Taliban military units in Afghanistan after the initial bombing campaign in the fall of 2001 failed to rout them, according to former officials in the George W. Bush administration."

4. A little out of season, but some good monster jack-o-lanterns.

*Previously: The Sims cosplay.

*Buy Karate Kid posters at eBay.

Bloodstained bath mat and shower curtain (link roundup)

Pretend you're a murder victim every day with the blood bath bat mat and shower curtain. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Move over MASK. China has MESK toys.

2. Six word science fiction stories. For example, "Time traveller dies tragically. (1967 - 1608)." Via.

3. Neat jack-o-lantern.

4. Top left photo is definitive proof that baseball is not a sport.

*Previously: Dexter flatwear and silverwear.

*Buy MASK toys at eBay.

Papercraft Demon and more Halloween links

Jack-O-Lantern with mustache.



Cute, creepy, and offbeat Halloween-themed desktop wallpapers.




Mutated face downloadable mask.



Move over Obama, here's a Frankenstein I can believe in. More Halloween-themed political signs here.



Pumpkin in a cage. More pumpkin carving ideas here.



Eyeball cocktails.



Hung over pumpkin. More pumpkin carvings ideas here.



Halloween desktop icons.



Papercraft Demon by Jack Hankins.

*Find more Halloween links here.

*Buy Halloween recipe books at Amazon.