Māori new year (& winter solstice) down this way! We miss you sun.
Wikipedia of course has a page on that thing when it seems like street lights are going out right as you walk by
The new “Where the hell is Matt” short. These always make me cry.
How to determine if a scientific claim you encounter is reliable. More people should know this stuff. (via Amanda Lyons)
Harry Potter fanfilm. Looks impressive, like these things do nowadays. We’re a long way from “Doctor Who and the Planet of the Killer Ducks”.
David Simon has a blog! Called, hilariously, The Audacity of Despair. And as Alasdair pointed out in comments last week, he has a commencement address too.
Wonka! A hidden filthy joke, some behind the scenes pics, and Gene Wilder’s genius.
Blade Runner – recreated, frame by frame, in watercolours
77-year-old guy who punches steel poles because he punches steel poles at age 77 (via Mike Hugill)
I wondered if I could find a closing item as deeply weird as last week’s “girl fight video”. Well, judge for yourselves: And finally…
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Dredd trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PifvRiHVSCY
Goddammit, Jack! I was going to tell Morgue! New Dredd trailer – it’s really rather fine on the third go!
That Brutal Knitting site is the bomb. It reminds me that some beautiful folk last week ninja-knitted a red and cream woolen cardie for Mr Plimmer’s dog and a scarf for the man too. Yes, they’re statues, but it’s the weather for it, and it’s community.
Now, the Orphic thing. I just knew we were asking for trouble sending those nudey pictures out into space on Voyager.
Have a cow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavUpD_IjVY
Duh, it’s because there are surveillance cameras in every streetlight, but some of them are wired wrongly, so whenever they take a picture it causes the light to turn off, or on, by mistake.
COWS
She will dance in my dreams. Nay, nightmares.