Link roundup

1. French baguette vending machine (the video is at the bottom). Via.

2. Thomas Barnett on Libya.

3. Pin-up drawing of the White Queen. And this is a cool vintage pin-up.

*Buy Emma Frost art at eBay.

Book vending machines (link roundup)

Cigarette vending machines in Germany repurposed to sell books and comics. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Great starting premise for your next novel: "LSD Blamed For Epidemic Of Madness And Self-Castration In Small Town."

2. Simple diagram designer. Via these sites.

3. Minor league baseball catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia has developed a mental block preventing him from throwing the ball back to the pitcher. Did Mackey Sasser ever solve the problem? Via.

*Previously: Ambulatory Coca-Cola vending machine.

*Buy baseball bobbleheads at eBay.

The secret to getting an image on Ffffound (link roundup)

A helpful guide to getting your work on Ffffound. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Umbrella vending machine.

2. Silly pancake sculptures. Via these sites.

3. How to make peanut butter sushi.

*Previously: Bloody, severed hand waffle.

*Buy fun food recipe books at Amazon.

Coca-Cola uVend (link roundup)

A Coca-Cola uVend:

The vending machine has a 46" interactive touch screen that dispenses limited edition Olympic WE8 Coke bottles and users can also download ring tones and wallpapers to their mobile phone using Bluetooth technology.

More photos here.

And a few more links:

1. Chickens look upon their own mortality.

2. Unfinished Big Sister costume.

3. Lobbyists apparently being well worth their money: "The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently, and quietly, granted Mattel's request to use its own labs for testing that is required under a law Congress passed last summer in the wake of a rash of recalls of toys contaminated by lead. Six of those toys were produced by Mattel Inc., and its subsidiary Fisher-Price." Via.

*Previously: Win a Nissin Cup of Noodle vending machine.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.