Hobbit Linky

You’ve seen this, right? Peter Jackson’s update from the Hobbit set?

It’s quite lovely. And somewhat bemusing, because to us Wellington folk this is “local chaps talk about what they’re up to around the corner”.

Alan Greenspan and Ayn Rand – the fascinating story. There’s a movie to be made about Ayn Rand, but the upcoming adaptation of Atlas Shrugged is not it…

Warren Ellis describes a phone call with Alan Moore:

Hand-stitched covers for Vogue

She don’t like Firefly:

A chart showing comparative death tolls for various atrocities in the 20th century.
(via Svend)

You have seen this newspaper before

As Japanese game show pranks go, this is at the less crazy end, and I love it:

How many Cormac McCarthies does it take to change a light bulb?

And finally… two sets of freaky eyes:

Chicks With Steve Buscemi Eyes – you only need to see this once, and your fate is sealed for all time. (Via half the internet.) (Actually called “Buscemeyes”.)

And then: Muppets with people eyes.