Stephen Hawking: galactic tagger.

The long-list for the weirdest titled books of 2009 award (has been announced).

NYRB essay on the history of Facebook.

the Scentisizer!

Prophetic pictures from 1905 Wisconsin. (via Mefi.)

Clothing for the discerning clergyman.

Sometimes people are really into typefaces but also have too much free time; those people do things like this.

Hella sweet pictures of astronauts and such (warning: french text).

The BBC is going to talk to you about plankton for a little while.

Are you ready for spray-on liquid glass?

I assure you our heart is in the right place.

We aren’t sure if we love this or hate this, but damn it all it’s Friday and we are linking to some hipster puppies.

This year’s Olympic medals will be made out of recycled computer parts.

WWI dazzle camouflage. (Seriously, this is one of the most fascinating things I’ve ever seen)

VERY IMPORTANT: real rules for time travelers.

The US National Archives Flickr page represents everything I like about the internet (minus hipster puppies).

NY Times on how your brain physically manifests abstract ideas and the Tanzanian Spray Toad.

The Hubble has detected an alien spacecraft (or just a comet or something, whatever).

The universe is hella closer to death than we thought. (via Gerrycanavan)

“Don’t you ever link to anything nonscience related?” Here are some pictures of a frozen house in Detroit.

Thought controlled lighting! (Is kind of a scary thought.)

I really just want to use the phrase “acoustic wind pavilion.”

A look at a few of the 180,000 pictures from the Magnum photo archives.

Live feed of a Bald Eagle’s nest. (via MeFi.)

A look into the Swedish Pavilion at this year’s Shanghai World Expo (I heart world expos, or any expos really.)

David Blaine talks to TED about holding your breath.

Why yes, I DO like pictures of Dubai.

Pain Pack let’s you experience other’s emotional pain.

Photographing e-waste.

The ultimate graphic novel (in six panels).

Blue whales voices dropping.

What does your brain think is funny?

Tiny Swedish lighthouses.

A walk through JD Salinger’s New York.

Philip K. Dick’s book covers. (via MeFi.)

Behold the molecular Venus flytrap!

Accidental contemporary art.

C. D. Payne’s museum of oddities.

Some people live lives filled with beautiful Chinese tea house/spas. I am not one of these people.

New Scientist on our most likely next space location.

When someone sends you a link called “Axe Cop,” you put that link up.

Hungarian alphabet attack!

A look at the Society of Illustrator’s award winning art of Josh Cochran.

Now even earlier!

I have a thing about redheads.

The top ten books written by librarians.

Matthew Rainwaters looks at the Texas criminal justice system.

Why yes, I would like a giant chandelier made out of old light bulbs.

The first movie made by chimpanzees (officially).

Is it just me or is today really dorky?

We here at the Rumpus aren’t always so keen on the idea of steampunk, we do however like these lamps a lot.

Mark Twain is PISSED!

Perhaps you need to buy a porcelain envelope.

The artificial eyelid is coming.

Prisoner’s still can’t play D and D.

The Context Project is seeking to blur the line between industrial design and fine art. It is also totally rad.

Yesterday marked the 31st anniversary of the first robot homicide and the 50th of bubble wrap. So watch out I guess.

On the convergent evolution of dolphins and bats.

Some things you probably didn’t know about pinball.

So many things we meant to mean to say.

NYC’s edible schoolyard.

Wired on why mold is as efficient as Japanese urban planners.

Instead of changing the electoral college or senate systems, let’s just remake the states!

Look, everyone, I’m really sorry but I can’t not link to this cat with cat-shaped spots. I just can’t!

“Hidden asteroids are stalking the earth.”

Boingboing wants to talk to you about sloths for a second.

Gay for clouds!

How I plan to impress my girlfriend’s parents.

New York City shower portraits.

Maybe it’s time we rethink gravity a little. (hella entropy dudes!)

Passport photos of famous artists. (via MeFi.)

Dinosaur comics reminds us that there are still reasons to be excited.

Here is that info on exciting new Chinese infrastructure architecture you were asking about.

Crazy-gorgeous-washed-out-Spanish-photography of the day.

The actual use of a 60 second earthquake warning system is questionable, but none the less. . .

Monroe County Indiana Coroner’s reports, 1896-1935. It’s raining as I type this, so this seems like a good start. (via MeFi.)

Tattoo locations (and what they say about you).

Hey, climate change isn’t all that bad; sometimes it creates rad crystals!

The world is filled with amazing things that I had no idea existed, like the hummingbird hawk moth. Way to go nature!

Pictures of things that belonged to William S Burroughs.

Today’s theme is things that are good.

These appeal to me on at least three levels: 1980’s subway photography.

The top fonts of 2009.

“The primary goal is to change the attitude towards living on a houseboat.”

Seed Magazine on the relationship between Science Fiction and Science.

Buy a space shuttle at half the price!

Today is MLK Day so perhaps you’d like to kill time with first person Tetris?

Behold the sleep suit!

Alligators and birds breathe similarly! (psst… this is actually about dinosaurs, don’t tell anyone.)

The history of the ampersand.

“I’d really like to read an article about planets being created.” Well ok then.

Tomorrow, we’ve been told, will be another day as well.

Richard Nixon as art critic.

Christophe Gilbert’s photo-manipulations are pretty rad indeed.

Can doctors use your eyes to determine if you have Alzheimer’s? (spoiler alert: maybe!)

GerryCanavan takes this moment to point us to a fascinating Zizek article on Haiti. Meanwhile, Big Picture has a photo-essay all ready to go.

I’m sorry about all the foreign language links lately, but I think this installation speaks for itself.

Conceptual art we can get behind: the biggest disco ball the world has ever known.

Goodnight Keith Moon.

No, we don’t speak German, but we do like these pictures by Keith Davis Young a lot.

A completely awesome (if highly impractical) bike-lane idea.

There is no reason for us to be linking to these pictures of and facts about jellyfish, but we are going to do it anyway.

True story: this entry briefly read “morning of coffee”. I tell you this because I trust you.

The top ten places you can not go.

A guide to making cartoons in 1910.

This whale shaped water-cleaning-super-garden makes me happy to be alive.

Memories and brain entanglement.

Nate Silver proves that gay marriage bans are bad for marriage, using math!

By the way, did you see the NY Times netflix que map? Flavorwire points out some indescrepencies.