Link roundup

1. John Martz is giving away paintings in return for $25 donations.

2. I haven't messed around with it yet, but you can create your own mutant at this promotional site for X-Men First Class.

3. Here's a funny conspiracy theory - - the US government seized those poker websites as a means of tracking down Osama Bin Laden through his poker-loving aide.

Link roundup

1. Two different Gap logo generators.

2. Bruce Schneier describes the Stuxnet worm in detail.

3. Microsoft sent a really ugly Lego version of its new phone to executives to get them excited about eventually getting the real thing. I guess? It's hideous. Via.

*Buy Lego minifigs at Amazon.

Shark Week/Jersey Shore mashup

Shark Week meets Jersey Shore.

Relatedly, you can turn yourself into a shark at Discovery's shark site (although it crashed when I tried to use it). The shark generator features art by Joe Vriens.

Mad Men Yourself

There's various new customizing options at the Mad Men Yourself site. (Above is my oldest's creation.)

*Previously: Joan Holloway paper doll.

*Buy Zippo lighters at eBay.

Nosferatu by Dave McKean (link roundup)

Unfinished painting of Nosferatu by Dave McKean.

And a few more links:

1. New ARG from Jane McGonigal.

2. Turn yourself into a Pocoyo character. Via.

3. Calgary Flames goalie played much of the game with a laser pointer in his face - - Vancouver security was unable to locate the jerk. Via.

*Previously: Dracula by Ben Templesmith.

*Buy NHL bobbleheads at eBay.

Creaturefy Yourself

Thanks to Animal Planet, you can "creaturefy" photos, turning photos of yourself and loved ones into werewolves, vampires, lizardmen, and more. Via.

*Previously: Plush Wolfman.

*Buy Obama toys at eBay.

Creaturefy Yourself

Thanks to Animal Planet, you can "creaturefy" photos, turning photos of yourself and loved ones into werewolves, vampires, lizardmen, and more. Via.

*Previously: Plush Wolfman.

*Buy Obama toys at eBay.

The Heart poster (link roundup)

"Gotta Have Heart" print on sale for $18 here.

And a few more links:

1. The question of whether the Raiders head coach broke an assistant's jaw isn't going away.

2. Lithuania allowed the CIA to hold Al Qaeda prisoners in a building in Vilnius, the country's capital. Via.

3. Free program FotoSketcher turns a photo into a "painting." Via these sites.

*Previously: Pop! Goes My Heart.

*Buy anatomy models at eBay.

Dharma Initiative house party poster (link roundup)

Poster for a Dharma Initiative house party. As usual, the Lost ARG is too complicated for me to summarize.

And a few more links:

1. Add a squirrel to any photo with the squirrel image generator. Samples here.

2. How to backup and search your friends' Tweets with Google Reader.

3. Received in the mail: Marked for Death: Dying for the story in the World's Most Dangerous Places by Terry Gould:

Worldwide, nearly three-quarters of journalists who die on assignment are targeted and assassinated for their dogged pursuit of important stories of injustice. In Marked for Death, Terry Gould brings this statistic to life, documenting the lives of seven journalists in Colombia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Russia, and Iraq who stayed on a story until their tragic deaths. Traveling to each locale, he talks with families, friends, colleagues, local officials, and even, in some cases, the parties who arranged the assassinations.

34% off at Amazon.

*Previously: Lost University t-shirts.

*Buy Dharma Initiative merchandise at eBay.

Papercraft punk bank (link roundup)

This punk paper toy also serves as a piggy bank. Download it here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. At Mad Men Yourself (which I'm guessing is based on Dyna Moe's art), you can create a stylized version of yourself. But the program kept locking up when I tried to download the completed version.

2. I hadn't realized that the Oakland A's have been a below .500 team for years.

3. The Chinese deal with bad traffic a little differently. For example, one man hung out by an intersection and whenever he saw people running red lights, he hurled bricks at them. In another instance, a man fed up with a traffic jam caused by a man threatening to leap off the bridge, pushed the jumper off the bridge.

*Previously: Mad Men opening, Simpsons-style.

*Buy minor league bobbleheads at eBay.

Furlough Friday road sign

Funny road sign message honors state workers suffering through "furlough fridays." Spotted here and generated here.

*Previously: Funny Chipotle sign.

*Find vintage signs at eBay.

Grand Theft Auto: Emerald City (link roundup)

Dorothy and her friends get the Tin Man a heart one way or another in this t-shirt by Juan Carlos Bueno. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Twilight Vampire Name Generator. I'm Jacob Stanley. Via.

2. Moneyball is about a young baseball general manager who figured out a way to use statistics to build a competitive baseball team with cheap no name players. (Good book.) Naturally, Moneyball the movie will star Brad Pitt and cost $60 million.

3. Win a Warhammer 40K miniature.

4. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus reviewed.

*Previously: Custom map generator.

*Buy Wizard of Oz toys at eBay.

Grand Theft Auto: Emerald City (link roundup)

Dorothy and her friends get the Tin Man a heart one way or another in this t-shirt by Juan Carlos Bueno. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Twilight Vampire Name Generator. I'm Jacob Stanley. Via.

2. Moneyball is about a young baseball general manager who figured out a way to use statistics to build a competitive baseball team with cheap no name players. (Good book.) Naturally, Moneyball the movie will star Brad Pitt and cost $60 million.

3. Win a Warhammer 40K miniature.

4. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus reviewed.

*Previously: Custom map generator.

*Buy Wizard of Oz toys at eBay.

Create a custom map at Kidlandia (link roundup)

Seems like something fun to do with kids - - create a custom map at Kidlandia based on stuff your child likes. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Two different projects photographing real-life Mirror's Edge moments. The latter link includes desktop wallpapers. Via.

2. Cake Wrecks is now a book available for $10 at Amazon.

3. Geoff Manaugh considers what would happen if "a city with an abandoned underground train line, one that cuts beneath some of the nicest townhouses in the city, develops an unexpected new real estate idea: renting out temporary basements in the form of repurposed subway cars."

4. Star Trek Failure (and solution) Generator. I got "The axionic holodeck matter is not responding!" Via these sites.

*Previously: Ronald McDonald poster map of our solar system.

*Buy vintage maps at eBay.

Create a custom map at Kidlandia (link roundup)

Seems like something fun to do with kids - - create a custom map at Kidlandia based on stuff your child likes. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Two different projects photographing real-life Mirror's Edge moments. The latter link includes desktop wallpapers. Via.

2. Cake Wrecks is now a book available for $10 at Amazon.

3. Geoff Manaugh considers what would happen if "a city with an abandoned underground train line, one that cuts beneath some of the nicest townhouses in the city, develops an unexpected new real estate idea: renting out temporary basements in the form of repurposed subway cars."

4. Star Trek Failure (and solution) Generator. I got "The axionic holodeck matter is not responding!" Via these sites.

*Previously: Ronald McDonald poster map of our solar system.

*Buy vintage maps at eBay.

Lego Mech (link roundup)

Gatling gun and missile launcher-equipped Lego war walker.

And a few more links:

1. Interesting way to sell prints - - Brian Gubicza has a character generator that allows you to create a monster and then order it on a print.

2. Gloomy Bear animated gif.

3. Darth Vader gazes wistfully at the Death Star.

4. Meet Joel Osteen, the latest superstar televangelist, who presides over a Houston church in a former basketball arena that draws 40,000 people on Sundays.

*Previously: Darth Vader, after a trip to the dentist.

*Buy plush Gloomy Bears at eBay.

Lego Mech (link roundup)

Gatling gun and missile launcher-equipped Lego war walker.

And a few more links:

1. Interesting way to sell prints - - Brian Gubicza has a character generator that allows you to create a monster and then order it on a print.

2. Gloomy Bear animated gif.

3. Darth Vader gazes wistfully at the Death Star.

4. Meet Joel Osteen, the latest superstar televangelist, who presides over a Houston church in a former basketball arena that draws 40,000 people on Sundays.

*Previously: Darth Vader, after a trip to the dentist.

*Buy plush Gloomy Bears at eBay.

Web Hooks logo and tag line (link roundup)

I don't know what Web Hooks is, but I like this logo and tag line. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Best use of the "Terminate Me" application? Creating Terminator cats.

2. Classic nursery rhymes updated for the recession. For example:

OK, so Jack and Jill went up the hill, to fetch a pail of water. But, listen, even water is expensive nowadays. So Jack just innocently asked, "Do you really have to wash your hair every night?" Then, of course, they started getting into it, and Jill became pretty damn passive-aggressive, and unnecessarily, I might add. So then Jack fell down—maybe on accident, maybe on purpose—and he broke his crown. And, with no health insurance, they were both shit outta luck.

I have to confess, I often editorialize like this when I'm reading to my boys.

3. A Los Angeles superior court judge kept a lawsuit against Sharon Stone a secret "by accident" until questioned by the LA Times.

4. "[I]f Pakistan collapses, the U.S. military is primed to enter the country and secure as many of those weapons as it can, according to U.S. officials." Via.

*Previously: Steampunk pirate attack.

*Buy pirate posters at eBay.

Web Hooks logo and tag line (link roundup)

I don't know what Web Hooks is, but I like this logo and tag line. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Best use of the "Terminate Me" application? Creating Terminator cats.

2. Classic nursery rhymes updated for the recession. For example:

OK, so Jack and Jill went up the hill, to fetch a pail of water. But, listen, even water is expensive nowadays. So Jack just innocently asked, "Do you really have to wash your hair every night?" Then, of course, they started getting into it, and Jill became pretty damn passive-aggressive, and unnecessarily, I might add. So then Jack fell down—maybe on accident, maybe on purpose—and he broke his crown. And, with no health insurance, they were both shit outta luck.

I have to confess, I often editorialize like this when I'm reading to my boys.

3. A Los Angeles superior court judge kept a lawsuit against Sharon Stone a secret "by accident" until questioned by the LA Times.

4. "[I]f Pakistan collapses, the U.S. military is primed to enter the country and secure as many of those weapons as it can, according to U.S. officials." Via.

*Previously: Steampunk pirate attack.

*Buy pirate posters at eBay.

Moogle amigurumi (link roundup)

Moogle amigurmi by Talli. On sale for $30 at Etsy.

And a few more links:

1. Use Flickr to turn jpegs into magazine covers. Great sample here.

2. Move over breast implants and toxic mold. Here comes Chinese-made drywall!

3. Pepsi is suing Coca-Cola for suggesting Powerade is marginally better than Gatorade. Via.

4. Ad for DC Comics' JLA: Cry For Justice really focuses on Supergirl's breasts. Via.

*Previously: Moogle and other Final Fantasy paper toys.

*Buy Final Fantasy posters at eBay.