Four-week-old panda cub visits the doctor (link roundup)

Go here for video of a tiny panda getting a checkup. Via.

And a few more links:

1. It really is time for a special Palm FAIL tag: Sprint posts $100 Pre deal, rescinds it hours later.

2. Lovers encounter aliens on the beach, perhaps.

3. Win a copy of Odd and the Frost Giants.

*Previously: Papercraft panda.

*Buy panda toys at eBay.

Lego Robot (link roundup)

Lego robot with jetpack and gun arm by Dan Rubin. Check out his Lego Alien Fleet Lictor's Ship. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Invasion of paper mache pandas. Via these sites.

2. Magnus Larsson wants to build a 6,000km-long wall of artificially solidified sandstone across the Sahara Desert. The wall would be created by injecting bacillus pasteurii, a "microorganism, readily available in marshes and wetlands, [that] solidifies loose sand into sandstone." Concept art here.

3. Barkevious Mingo beat out Iris Macadangdang in the name of the year contest.

4. Floating city sculpture.

*Previously: The Most Pretentious Baby Name Consultant Contest 2007.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Tomas Schneider's incredible ceramic creations

Tomas Schneider's incredible ceramic and mixed media creations. In order, "Self Portrait as Panda," "Ohm," "They Were Right The Whole Time," and "Business as Usual." More photos here and here. Don't miss his octopus pirate. Via.

*Previously: Ceramic Little Sister figurine.

*Learn how to work with ceramics with these books at Amazon.

Pandas and Mao by Joe Alterio

Someone commissioned a whole bunch of Panda and Mao-themed robots by Joe Alterio:







You can order your own robot or monster illustration by Alterio here.

*Previously: Panda Kaiju t-shirt.

*Buy Panda-Z toys at eBay.

Panda on a slide FAIL (link roundup)

Panda photo found here.

1. Coraline ads in New York.

2. Digg loses roughly $5 million a year. Via.

3. Mice accused of starting fire that killed 100 cats. Via.

4. Looks like Chinese Democracy is a flop. I bought a copy for my brother a couple of weeks ago and had assumed there would be a big display in Best Buy. But they were actually buried downstairs with all the other cds. Via.

*Previously: Monster Panda.

*Buy the Coraline Graphic Novel at Amazon.

Monster Panda

Monster Panda t-shirt design submitted at Design by Humans by ginoroberto.

*Previously: Adorable mutant plush panda.

*Buy panda toys at eBay.

Panda-Z in Lego

By takahamada. Via.

(If you're not familiar with Panza-Z, there's quite a few genuine Panda-Z toys at eBay.)