Link roundup

1. The April Fool's Day episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold will be a Scooby-Doo crossover.

2. Etsy is the latest company to decide that its users have no right to privacy.

3. NY Times article complaining about the fonts on new road signs in London.

Enjoy real beer flavor

Cook's Goldblume Light is Drew Magary's cheap beer of the week.

*Buy Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon at Amazon.

Enjoy real beer flavor

Cook's Goldblume Light is Drew Magary's cheap beer of the week.

*Buy Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon at Amazon.

Unfortunately designed C-3PO tape dispenser

C-3PO tape dispenser on sale at eBay. Via.

Unfortunately designed C-3PO tape dispenser

C-3PO tape dispenser on sale at eBay. Via.

The Temptation of St. Anthony (link roundup)

The Temptation of St. Anthony sculpture by Kris Kuksi. Wikipedia says, "The Temptation (or Temptations) of St. Anthony is an often-repeated subject in history of art and literature, concerning the supernatural temptation reportedly faced by Saint Anthony the Great during his sojourn in the Egyptian desert."

And a few more links:

1. Erotic candy wrappers for Maoam. Via.

2. Meet the Peace Monster.

3. Frozone and Mrs. Incredible pose for a photo.

*Previously: Inner peace through outer violence.

*Buy "The Oxford Dictionary of Saints" at Amazon.

I sure hope the UFL got a great deal on their logo and uniform design

Above are the heinous logos and jerseys for two of the four UFL teams, the California/San Francisco Redwoods and the Florida/Orlando Tuskers. The other two teams in the league have the same design, with different colors. So, somewhere someone saw the horrendous logo and jersey design and decided it was good enough for every team in the league.

*Previously: Stunningly Ugly Volvo V70 Police Car Debuts In UK.

*Buy NFL bobbleheads at eBay.

High-detail Spore creature render (link roundup)

A Cthuloid, created as a Spore creature by Hellopike, and then exported out of the game and rendered in Mental Ray by Ocean Quigley. At the same site, check out Mike Khoury's render of a bunch of stylized military vehicles. Relatedly, if you'd like to have a Spore creature turned into a toy, you can order one here. The results are apparently pretty good. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Like the last article I posted describing a heist, this explanation about how moon rocks were stolen from NASA sounds like a half-truth at best. Fun reading, though. Most interesting detail:

Building 31 North, which sits on the grounds of Houston's Johnson Space Center, is where NASA keeps all 600 pounds of the moon rocks it has secured. They are the sole property of the government, collected over six lunar missions and protected with the dramatic intensity of national treasures. Building 31 North is one of the few buildings on earth constructed under Class 100 standards—it is a structure that can withstand 1000 years of water submersion, among other durability metrics that should not be tested this side of Armageddon.

2. Former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy on trial for trying to smuggle 161.5 grams of heroin, 24.4 grams of methamphetamine and 51.5 grams of marijuana into the correctional facility where he was a guard.

3. Dinosaurs may have died from the effects of massive volcanic eruption, rather than an asteroid impact.

4. Is it still April Fool's Day? Amazon expects people to pay $500 for a Kindle and pay extra for newspapers to read on it? Have they asked Sony how that price point on the PS3 is working out for them? You can read Mark Wilson's description of the Kindle here. And, by all means, if you want to buy one, buy one through this link.

*Previously: Terrific dinosaur costume.

*Buy dinosaur posters at eBay.

High-detail Spore creature render (link roundup)

A Cthuloid, created as a Spore creature by Hellopike, and then exported out of the game and rendered in Mental Ray by Ocean Quigley. At the same site, check out Mike Khoury's render of a bunch of stylized military vehicles. Relatedly, if you'd like to have a Spore creature turned into a toy, you can order one here. The results are apparently pretty good. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Like the last article I posted describing a heist, this explanation about how moon rocks were stolen from NASA sounds like a half-truth at best. Fun reading, though. Most interesting detail:

Building 31 North, which sits on the grounds of Houston's Johnson Space Center, is where NASA keeps all 600 pounds of the moon rocks it has secured. They are the sole property of the government, collected over six lunar missions and protected with the dramatic intensity of national treasures. Building 31 North is one of the few buildings on earth constructed under Class 100 standards—it is a structure that can withstand 1000 years of water submersion, among other durability metrics that should not be tested this side of Armageddon.

2. Former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy on trial for trying to smuggle 161.5 grams of heroin, 24.4 grams of methamphetamine and 51.5 grams of marijuana into the correctional facility where he was a guard.

3. Dinosaurs may have died from the effects of massive volcanic eruption, rather than an asteroid impact.

4. Is it still April Fool's Day? Amazon expects people to pay $500 for a Kindle and pay extra for newspapers to read on it? Have they asked Sony how that price point on the PS3 is working out for them? You can read Mark Wilson's description of the Kindle here. And, by all means, if you want to buy one, buy one through this link.

*Previously: Terrific dinosaur costume.

*Buy dinosaur posters at eBay.

Seatbelts save lives (link roundup)

Memorable photos of a car crash and its aftermath. And here's the victim's Etsy shop.

And a few more links:

1. As if you couldn't tell from the horrendous trailers, the Wolverine movie is apparently terrible (and pretty much the same as the version that leaked weeks ago).

2. "I don't paint flowers. I do underground comic books."

3. Heating a Marie Callender's "Pasta al Dente" frozen dinner requires use of a food thermometer?

4. Water pipes in Washington state are made out of wood. Yes, it's a problem. Via.

*Previously: Tarantula! Science's Deadliest Accident.

*Buy OXO Thermometers at Amazon.

Seatbelts save lives (link roundup)

Memorable photos of a car crash and its aftermath. And here's the victim's Etsy shop.

And a few more links:

1. As if you couldn't tell from the horrendous trailers, the Wolverine movie is apparently terrible (and pretty much the same as the version that leaked weeks ago).

2. "I don't paint flowers. I do underground comic books."

3. Heating a Marie Callender's "Pasta al Dente" frozen dinner requires use of a food thermometer?

4. Water pipes in Washington state are made out of wood. Yes, it's a problem. Via.

*Previously: Tarantula! Science's Deadliest Accident.

*Buy OXO Thermometers at Amazon.

Wine labels from Some Young Punks Wine

Asaf Hanuka created wine labels for Some Young Punks wine, which has an absolutely horrendous website, complete with irritating flash interface and dead links. You can buy prints by Asaf at his personal site.

*Previously: Studies show expensive wine is a waste of money.

*Buy octopus toys at eBay.

Wine labels from Some Young Punks Wine

Asaf Hanuka created wine labels for Some Young Punks wine, which has an absolutely horrendous website, complete with irritating flash interface and dead links. You can buy prints by Asaf at his personal site.

*Previously: Studies show expensive wine is a waste of money.

*Buy octopus toys at eBay.

Swatch 007 Villain Collection

Swatch has a 007 Villains Collection, featuring 22 watches commemorating the villains of the James Bond movies. I'd show you what a few look like, but the site is about as unlink friendly as could be. Instead, here's two videos. The first features the Baron Samedi watch (Live And Let Die)



And the second features the Dominic Greene watch (Quantum Of Solace)



You can see the rest of the watches at the official site.

*Previously: James Bond wedding cake.

*Buy Swatches at eBay.

Nazi socks

I went to a child's birthday party last night at an indoor gym. Everyone had to take off their shoes. As I passed a woman who looked to be roughly 35 years old, I noticed what appeared to be swastikas on her socks. I couldn't think of a subtle way to take a photo, and was a little afraid of what she'd say if I asked her about them. Luckily, a quick web search turned up these:



They're Columbia socks, and they've apparently been on sale for awhile:



They've even been memorialized at YTMND. And they seem to be on sale at Amazon.

This is what the Columbia logo is supposed to look like:



*Previously: New ideas for the US Air Force's logo.

*Buy "Really Good Logos Explained" at Amazon.

Astonishingly ugly rugby jersey for Stade Francais

This is the current jersey for Stade Français CASG, a professional rugby club in Paris. You can buy one here. I dare you.

Of course, as this video shows, Stade Francais players don't like it when you make fun of their clothing:



Via.

*Previously: Cleanse your aesthetic palate by looking at this Syracuse Orangemen basketball jersey.

*Buy "Antique Sports Uniforms & Equipment" the book at Amazon.

Doesn't look like I'll have to obsess about finding the McDonald's Star Wars Clone Wars Happy Meal toys

I sure hope these intentionally look awful to make sure everyone goes out and buys the more expensive action figures etc.

Coffee maker can be hacked over the internet

It's called the "Jura-Capresso Impressa F9 Fully Automatic Coffee and Espresso Center" and it can apparently be hacked over the internet. Truly this is an age of wonders (and moronic technology). Via.

Just $1,798.00 at Amazon.

Coffee maker can be hacked over the internet

It's called the "Jura-Capresso Impressa F9 Fully Automatic Coffee and Espresso Center" and it can apparently be hacked over the internet. Truly this is an age of wonders (and moronic technology). Via.

Just $1,798.00 at Amazon.

Maybe LucasArts should be firing 100 employees if this is the kind of garbage they come up with

Is someone supposed to get excited about this guy?