NASA and we know it (via half the internet)
Trond thinks about the contradiction of corporates that don’t extend free market principles to their own internal structures, instead operating in strict command & control hierarchies.
Step aside Lego. Playmobil madness is here.
Famous album covers recreated with my socks (via Gem Wilder)
No doubt you’ve seen the remix Gotye made of his most famous track, entirely from YouTube clips of people covering (or parodying) the song. Svend has pointed out this was inspired by the interesting remix project ThruYou. There is also a TED talk.
War Sand: whoa.
15 minutes of lovely coffee chats between paired-off Brit comedians. Really enjoyable.
Backstage lingo in NYC restaurants (via Paul Litterick)
For my academia peeps: Why Impact Factors Suck
What makes Paris look like Paris?
I’ve seen a few guides to how to correctly fold fitted sheets, but I never remember them. Here’s an excellent step-by-step that is impossible to forget. My sheet-folding life has changed for the better!
David Tennant – spoken word performance of Spandau Ballet’s Gold
The story of…. pallets. Really interesting. (Allen Varney again)
New website actually reads through the Terms of Service for many websites & rates them. Cool cool cool. (Allen Varney again again.)
“Science chicks from history!” (a tumblr) (via Kat Urbaniak)
Mo Farah running away from things
More people are killed by cows than by sharks. So: cow attack survival guide
Indy scenes that never happened (via Craig Oxbrow)
And finally, via Dave Cormack and several other people: Baby Got Back, sung by the movies
And also finally, from everywhere, it’s another Call Me Maybe riff. Wait a second, Chatroulette is still a thing that exists??
Whaaat? No ‘Harrison Linky’? Nooo!
RIP Harry Harrison. I should have read more of you when I was a younger simian 🙁
I have sadly neglected Harry Harrison. I think I read one Stainless book, once? And Bil the Galactic Hero, maybe? Both when I was verra young.
I acknowledge this is a sign of moral decrepitude on my part.
I can’t judge. There’ll be a bit on Jetsam, but it’ll be a veeery small bit, as indicated above.
Still, from Gaiman: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/08/neil-gaiman-harry-harrison/
And Priest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/15/harry-harrison
And Jack Vance is still with us! 🙂
Okay, done. Back to you.
LOVED the socks! Though I’m pretty sure that Voodoo Lounge one might be some stealth grundies. Favourite is a toss-up between Daydream nation and Pink Flag. Oh, Wire. How can I choose between you and Sonic Youth?
Mo Farah better than I’d imagined! As was Sir Mix a Lot mixed. A lot.
All good. Sand was indeed fascinating, too.
Someone did a remix of Paranoid Android using fan’s YouTube clips too! It is neat!
I love the restaurant lingo. Of course.
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