Cactus Spaceman (link roundup)

"Domsai" cactus spacemen by Matteo Cibic on sale here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. South Park versions of the characters from George Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.

2. Giant Olivia costume (last photo). Via.

3. The Cat in the Hat's hat cake, Very Hungry Caterpillar made out of cupcakes, and more book-inspired cakes.

4. Cracked shows again that it creates the best lists on the net: 6 Real Islands Way More Terrifying Than The One On Lost. (My favorite reader should not click through.)

*Previously: Cactus theft is a major problem in California.

*Buy Dr. Seuss toys at eBay.

Deep Sea Diver Popeye (link roundup)

I've always been partial to toys with diving helmets. There's lots of photos of this Deep Sea Diver Popeye by Mezco here. And there's quite a few of the Mezco Popeye toys on sale at eBay.

Here's a few more links:

1. The year in media errors and corrections.

2. 2008 Plagiarism/Fabrication Round-Up.

3. Chuck Klosterman relates a charming anecdote about Michael Jordan trying to cheat at cards.

4. Spain's "copyright police" sneak into wedding to prove venue is playing music without paying royalties . . . ends up fined for invading the wedding couple's privacy. Via.

*Previously: Sarah Connor Chronicles poster was a total rip-off.

*Buy Popeye toys at eBay.

Ten alternative movie theories

Valerie D'Orazio offers ten alternative theories of popular movies.



7. The Obi Wan Was Totally Banging Amidala Theory
In this theory, Obi Wan was secretly totally banging Princess Amidala, mostly because Anakin was Hayden Christensen. This is the real reason Anakin goes apeshit at the end of "Episode III." And of course, Luke and Leia are really Obi-spawn.

See the whole list here. Her interpretation of Ferris Bueller's Day Off is particularly interesting.

*Here's my alternative theory of The Lorax.

*Buy "How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age" at Amazon.

Why aren't you subscribed to Orbital Debris Quarterly?

Why aren't you subscribed to Orbital Debris Quarterly?

The Orbital Debris Quarterly News is a publication of the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office. It is published four times a year and is available in downloadable PDF files. Each newsletter contains information on some of the latest events in orbital debris research. The sections of the newsletter are news, project reviews, meeting reports, orbital debris statistics, and upcoming events. The newsletters are filled with illustrating graphs, charts and pictures.

Catch up on back issues here.


Here's a few more links:

1. Most ridiculous list of 2008? "Top Thirty Errors That Doomed McCain."



2. Runner plans on running half-marathon, misses turn, runs full marathon by accident, finishes first [!], but end up disqualified from both races since he didn't finish the race he was registered for!!


3. Everything you learned in school is wrong: stretching just might be bad for your muscles.


4. Lemmings are real animals, do not blindly jump off cliffs and commit suicide, and earned that reputation thanks to a Disney "documentary" in which filmmakers threw lemmings into the sea and filmed them drowning.


5. Finally, The Factual Opinion demonstrates how to conduct a funny and interesting interview - - about a terrible comic book, no less.

*Previously: I can make lists, too.

*Buy "My Shot: The Very Best Interviews from Golf Digest Magazine" at Amazon.

I can make lists too

10 ways Digg users are smarter than Boing Boing commenters.

5 ways Boing Boing's commenting system stifles more creativity than copyright law.

10 best-written blog posts rebutting articles claiming that bloggers are losers.

5 essential life skills you can only really learn by playing video games.

10 lists listing the 20 most powerful people on the web.

10 photos of George Bush that make him look exactly like Hitler, if Hitler had been a monkey.

10 most evil ways Karl Rove tricked dumb Americans.

10 lists of the most popular lists that made it to the front page of Digg.

10 things that aren't very interesting and that everyone saw years ago and that haven't become more interesting just because they've been assembled together on one blog post.

25 excuses to insert a photo of a busty woman into a news article.

(If anyone wants to actually create these lists, I'll be happy to link to you.)

*Buy the very best books featuring lists at Amazon.

Ten dangerous activities photographed at Flickr

Here's the full list, and here's a follow-up at the same blog. You can see number 3, above. Via.

*Here's previously posted dumb moves.

Buy the Darwin Awards at Amazon.

7 Scariest Women At The 2008 Olympic Games

I try to avoid linkbait, but hey, I had to post something Olympic-related. And these women are fairly scary. Via.

Anyone want to nominate the scariest men in the Olympics?

And since I'm on the topic, here's a reader submission: 10 famous ugly people.

*There's already over 4,000 collectibles for the 2008 Olympics at eBay.