Link roundup

1. Want that cute guy to call you? Pick him up on a rickety bridge. Via.

2. New short story by Kelly Link. (I haven't read it yet, but I've liked everything else I've read of hers.) Via.

3. The winners of the inaugural Google Science Fair.

4. Always nice to be reminded that I'm not the only person who prefers email to Twitter and Facebook. (I love Google Reader, too.)

5. FYI, I'm continuing to experiment with Super Punch 2 at Tumblr and mostly post images there that I'm not also posting here.

Link roundup

1. Webcomic: Zero Suit Samus Googles herself for the first ... and last time. Via.

2. Three fairly lackluster reviews of SVK by Warren Ellis and BERG.

3. "There are two lessons here. The first is that Gatorade is a waste of money. If you really want to improve performance, gargle with something that actually tastes good, since it was the activation of reward areas that allowed the cyclists to exert maximum performance."

*Buy Metroid toys at eBay.

Image roundup

Photo of a Rosy Maple Moth.



Cat, lightning, volcano wallpaper.



Faux virus wallpaper.



Cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji.



Darwin, Tesla, and an explosion of science.

Link roundup

1. Doktor A. posted his sculptures from this weekend's show at Oh No Doom.

2. Pretty cool science experiment - - heating paperclips to learn about swordmaking.

3. M.S. Corley posted a preview of the latest issue of Dark Horse's The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde.

Magic pyramid in real life

Incredible photograph by Juan Carlos Casado. Why does the volcano's shadow look like a giant pyramid? Click through for an explanation. It's like the highway of the gods. Via.

Keep me in your mind's eye

Druggist's logo.

Link roundup

1. Devastating review of Puzzle Agent 2:

But sadly there’s not a glimmer of interest or wit in the telling, so you’re in fact drumming your fingers as people slowly jabber about nothing, waiting until it ends. I chose to play good puzzle games on my iPhone during these times.

2. Grotesque corruption in medicine.

3. The sale items for July at Things from Another World have been posted.