Link roundup

1. "The best notebooks of the year so far." (Check back in six months and maybe there will be some real bargains.)

2. If you liked that Tokyo Rockabilly Club picture I posted the other day, check out this music video - - it shows how the guy achieves such a monstrously high pompadour. Via.

3. Useful wallpaper for learning geography.

*Buy vintage maps at eBay.

The Milk Scanner- 3D Fluid Scanning

Creating DIY 3D images is getting easier and easier and Friedrich Kirschner started his process with milk and legos. He was also featured at the Transmediale Festival this year.

"This 3D Fluid Scanning project originally started out as a 3D scanner using milk, but has since developed into many forms and sizes of capturing real world objects using all sorts of household materials. The basic idea behind this process is that you can capture the silhouette of an object easily when it is surrounded by a high contrast fluid, such as milk or ink.

By capturing the silhouette of an object at different stages of submersion, one can generate slices, that, if properly stacked together, can be interpreted as 3D data. This data can then be used in animation software or as basis for 3D printing. " Via Transmediale

To start experimenting yourself you can download the software here 

Cool.

Link roundup

1. More information about the British spy, whose decomposed body was found locked inside a large sportsbag in the bath.

2. Google Code University, a collection of tutorials on languages like Python, Java and Go for relative beginners. Via.

3. "The highest paid athlete of all time was a charioteer from ancient Rome, say researchers."

*Buy Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations That Helped Win the Cold War at Amazon.

Dapper Monster (link roundup)

Uncle Dapper plush monster by the incredibly prolific Melita Curphy. It'll eventually go on sale for $20.

And a few more links:

1. Lifehacker says Microsoft's security tools are good enough.

2. Outrage in Australia because Britney Spears lipsynched at a concert. John Mayer had a good line:

If you're shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, life may continue to be hard for you.

3. V's mothership was directly inspired by the new wing to the Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by Spanish artist Santiago Calatrava. (I was extremly unimpressed with the first episode - - plot recycled from countless sci-fi shows and books and characters ranging from boring to unlikable.) Via.

*Previously: Dapper pink Stormtrooper.

*Buy Visitors at eBay.

Dapper Monster (link roundup)

Uncle Dapper plush monster by the incredibly prolific Melita Curphy. It'll eventually go on sale for $20.

And a few more links:

1. Lifehacker says Microsoft's security tools are good enough.

2. Outrage in Australia because Britney Spears lipsynched at a concert. John Mayer had a good line:

If you're shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, life may continue to be hard for you.

3. V's mothership was directly inspired by the new wing to the Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by Spanish artist Santiago Calatrava. (I was extremly unimpressed with the first episode - - plot recycled from countless sci-fi shows and books and characters ranging from boring to unlikable.) Via.

*Previously: Dapper pink Stormtrooper.

*Buy Visitors at eBay.

Macintosh papercraft (link roundup)

Macintosh paper toy by Mads Hindhede, based on Marshall Alexander's Foldskool Heroes template.

And a few more links:

1. South Korean woman defeated Japan's passport checks by purchasing a fingerprint and applying it to her own finger with clear tape. Via.

2. Download and print a simple, pretty 2009 calendar. Via.

3. Gallery of Time magazine's FIFTEEN Barack Obama covers. Shouldn't they just cut to the chase and call it Obama?

4. Absolutely horrifying story about what a death row inmate did to himself. Hard to believe it was physically possible. Via.

*Previously: Monstrous Apple computer.

*Buy the "CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit" at Amazon.

Laptop sleeve that looks like a folder icon

You can buy the My Documents Laptop Sleeve here. Via.

*Previously: "Censored" sticky tape.

*Buy The Soul Of A New Machine at Amazon.