{"id":3998,"date":"2012-12-21T09:47:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T20:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2013-08-23T15:04:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T03:04:42","slug":"mayan-xmapocalypse-linky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=3998","title":{"rendered":"Mayan Xmapocalypse Linky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>End of the Long Count, baby. Waste some time as the world comes crashing down with linky distractions!<\/p>\n<p>It ain&#8217;t the Mayan apocalypse that&#8217;s destroying the world, anyway. George Monbiot reckons the real culprit is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monbiot.com\/2012\/12\/10\/the-gift-of-death\/\">those rubbish Christmas presents you buy when you&#8217;ve run out of ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>William S. Burroughs reads his short story, The Junky&#8217;s Christmas. Plus claymation.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u6kHN92Yv48\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/americancaptaincomic.tumblr.com\/\">Captain America&#8217;s diary comic<\/a> (by Robyn E. Kennealy)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LewStoddart\/status\/281333254278225922\">This Homeland Security video is kind of amazing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tofeklund.net\/existentialanguish.html\">A very short interactive text story about a round-headed kid who really wants to kick a football<\/a> (by Tof Eklund)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/infocus\/2012\/12\/syrias-long-destructive-civil-war\/100426\/\">These pics of the Syrian civil war are gloomy<\/a>, as you&#8217;d expect, but you have to see the home-made warfare device in pics 14-16&#8230; (via Kathleen)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gameological.com\/2012\/12\/play-the-year-star-wars-debacle-simulatron\/\">Star Wars sequel debacle simulatron<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASA Gangnam Style riff is great fun<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Sar5WT76kE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com\/\">How many people are in space right now?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&#038;v=doN4t5NKW-k\">Check out also this tour of the International Space Station by its departing commander<\/a> (via Nate)<\/p>\n<p>Also from nate &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/dashes.com\/anil\/2012\/12\/the-web-we-lost.html\">an elegy for the web we lost<\/a>. It really is a different online world out there compared to a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/krulwich\/2012\/12\/06\/166685434\/what-to-do-when-the-bus-doesn-t-come-and-you-want-to-scream-an-experiment\">What to do when the bus refuses to show up<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/10\/is-evolutionary-psychology-worthless\/\">Is evolutionary psychology worthless?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of his 80th birthday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/opinion\/8087658\/Wizard-reminisces-as-he-turns-80\">NZ&#8217;s official national wizard speaks vividly about what he&#8217;s been doing these past few decades<\/a>. I find it weird that Gandalf is now more famous in NZ than our real-life official wizard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/b3ta.com\/challenge\/real-life-movie-posters\/\">Movie posters recreated at home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/loudwire.com\/christopher-lee-heavy-metal-classic-christmas-songs\/\">Christopher Lee&#8217;s Heavy Metal Christmas Songs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Merry christmas &#038; happy new year folks. I&#8217;m off on holiday for a bit so no bloggery for a little while.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>End of the Long Count, baby. Waste some time as the world comes crashing down with linky distractions! It ain&#8217;t the Mayan apocalypse that&#8217;s destroying the world, anyway. George Monbiot reckons the real culprit is those rubbish Christmas presents you buy when you&#8217;ve run out of ideas. William S. 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