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Sherman Alexie has written you a poem about My Sharona. (via GerryCanavan.)
WFMU’s best show takes you through the darker side of power pop (mp3).
The always reliable New Scientist has a handy list of tricks for alien trackers.
Check out this little dude, made entirely through friction.
...moreScientifically speaking, we are all really boring.
I don’t really understand how this works at all, but the code organ is a mighty fine way to kill some time.
Diary Type is here to supply you with your weekly dose of font porn.
...moreStart your weekend off with some fine Victorian era photographs of Japan.
The Guardian UK takes a look at unreliable narrators.
Jeez, stop talking about the upcoming 2010 Shanghai World Expo, move on man, 2012′s will be way radder.
Long story short, everything in your house is trying to kill you.
...moreRobert Voit’s new trees.
Crazy rad optical illusion sculpture schizophrenia test!
If I understand this correctly, prosecutors are charging half eaten hamburgers with murder (note: this is a gross misread of this story).
Why yes, I am still into abandoned buildings and things.
...moreA little architecture porn to start your day, coming to you from Turkey, Japan, and Wayne Coyne’s heroin soaked brain.
Evidently there is some sort of sporting event going on right now. Here are some commemorative stamps.
Dead fly art (via MeFi.)
The prehistoric, possibly dinosaur eating, armored devil toad.
...moreDavid Maisel’s epic aerial-photography (is good).
NPR wants to convince you that you should be into macaroons. I’m willing to listen.
A brief history of pretty much everything.
Seed Magazine on bee’s past, present, and questionable future.
Totally bad-ass green design: futuristic urban farm!
...moreSome fun news for you this President’s Day: 38 percent of the world’s surface is in danger of desertification!
The entire coast of California in aerial photographs.
I am only linking to this because it contains my favorite word.
Wayne Levin’s underwater photography is fully sweet.
...moreThe sorts of things people try to smuggle.
Gary Chang’s sliding apartment.
I would be pretty happy if these air cruise ships become a reality sooner rather than later (I have a lot to do later you know?)
The inventor of the frisbee has passed away,
Now you can give SETI’s search for aliens the once-over.
...moreI was debating whether to link to Flavorwire’s write up on Roa’s Urban Zoo or their math-related pic of the day. But you know what, it’s Thursday so why not spoil you a little?
Being bored is going to kill you.
...moreThis is all very serious.
Everything in the world is going to be ok because this link is filled with tiny pandas.
The Royal Shakespeare Company is building a full-scale replica of their theatre and shipping it to New York.
...moreStephen Hawking: galactic tagger.
The long-list for the weirdest titled books of 2009 award (has been announced).
NYRB essay on the history of Facebook.
Prophetic pictures from 1905 Wisconsin. (via Mefi.)
...moreClothing 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.
...moreI 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.
...moreNY 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.
...moreI 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.
...moreWhy yes, I DO like pictures of Dubai.
Pain Pack let’s you experience other’s emotional pain.
The ultimate graphic novel (in six panels).
Blue whales voices dropping.
What does your brain think is funny?
...moreTiny Swedish lighthouses.
A walk through JD Salinger’s New York.
Philip K. Dick’s book covers. (via MeFi.)
Behold the molecular Venus flytrap!
...moreC. 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.
...moreNow 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.
...moreIs 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.
Perhaps you need to buy a porcelain envelope.
...moreThe 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.
...moreSo many things we meant to mean to say.
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.
...moreBoingboing wants to talk to you about sloths for a second.
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!)
...morePassport 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.
...moreMonroe 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!
...moreToday’s theme is things that are good.
These appeal to me on at least three levels: 1980′s subway photography.
“The primary goal is to change the attitude towards living on a houseboat.”
Seed Magazine on the relationship between Science Fiction and Science.
...moreToday 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.)
...moreTomorrow, 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.
...moreConceptual art we can get behind: the biggest disco ball the world has ever known.
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.
...moreTrue 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.
...more