Up’n’attem Linky

Late last night I finished up the last chunk of major urgent work. Now to breathe deep and figure out what else needs doing, then maybe, just maybe, I get to move into a more normal sort of February.
So here come the linky. Ahhh, I love ’em so!
Fake Delicious. Friend of FTM Mallika has started a blog about stuff that looks like food BUT IS NOT ACTUALLY FOOD. Even I think this is crazy but it’s also completely amazing.
Exploring and understanding the Beatles through amazing, well-designed infographics.
The actual play of chess flies over my head, but I enjoy reading about it. The wikipedia article on The Immortal Game, a legendary match from 1851, is a great read, and includes an animation of the entire game so chess-heads can watch as it develops.
Tim Denee designed a calendar. If I had an A3 printer I would so print this out, it looks great. Not that I ever really use calendars. Anyway. It’s calibrated to New Zealand, by the way.
This one time, the television talked to Simon Pegg.
The New York Times writes a lengthy exploration of the strange saga of Little Green Footballs, which was for a long time a home for the most virulent anti-Muslim bigotry on the ‘net, but in recent times has cut ties with the American right-wing. Fascinating for its specifics, about this site and these people, and its generalities, about how stuff works in the political blogosphere. Cultural anthropologists will be fascinated.
Hidden in the entries of the OED is a secret history of typography.
And finally… The Estonians