Link roundup

1. Items from Moon and Source Code are up for auction at eBay for charity. Relatedly, Moon director Duncan Jones is David Bowie's son.

2. Bioshock-themed posters. Via.

3. "The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an elaborate attempt to obtain DNA from the fugitive al-Qaida leader's family."

Link roundup

1. XKCD looks at The Magic School Bus.

2. Help Lev Grossman design a new crest for Brakebills (and if you haven't read it yet, go out and read The Magicians).

3. "U.S. Defense officials still cannot say what happened to $6.6 billion, sent by the planeload in cash and intended for Iraq's reconstruction after the start of the war." (William Gibson wrote a novel about it, actually.)

*Previously: My family crest.

Illustration roundup

Star Wars in the style of Pixar's Cars by Andrew Chesworth. Via these sites.




Panel from a fun pulpy comic featuring Korak, the son of Tarzan, vs. Nazis. You can read the issue here.



Bin Laden by Tim Denee for this article.




Kill Screen #3 cover.





Thor video game concept art by Justin Yun.

*Buy Boba Fett toys at eBay.

The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders

This month's Rolling Stone includes an absolutely unbelievable story by Guy Lawson about two arms dealers in their 20's who won the contract to supply hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons to the Afghanistan army. Or as the headline reads: The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders And how the Pentagon later turned on them.

Have the special forces tried this?

The latest tactic in the hunt for Bin Laden. I also like Conscience Bear. Via these sites.

Link roundup

1. Video of a personal airbag hidden in a collar.

2. "By late 2003, even the Bush White House’s staunchest defenders were starting to give up on the idea that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But for years afterward, WikiLeaks’ newly-released Iraq war documents reveal, U.S. troops continued to find chemical weapons labs, encounter insurgent specialists in toxins, and uncover weapons of mass destruction." (In light of how similar Obama's policies have been to Bush's, I suspect that history will be kind to Bush.)

3. Here's video of Guybrush Threepwood in Force Unleashed II and specific (very easy) directions for unlocking him.

*Previously: HD playthrough of the Force Unleashed II demo.

*Buy Force Unleashed toys at Amazon.

All the edits made to the Iraq War Wikipedia entry

12-volume set of the edits made to the Wikipedia entry for the Iraq War. Via these sites.

Link roundup

1. Neca will make Dead Space 2 and Bulletstorm toys.

2. B-52 Bomber wheelchair/rotating turret with 50 Cal propane Oxygen machines guns.

3. I'm just going to link to this because some people might find it offensive.

*Buy Dead Space toys at eBay.

The Voltron of business cards (link roundup)

The latest desktop wallpaper at Kitsune Noir is a pirate/ninja battle by Dan Matutina:



Great stuff at Dan's site including this Voltron-esque series of business cards for Ideals:







Plus a Big Bad Wolf desktop wallpaper, and a strange desktop pattern. Dan has prints on sale here.

And a few more links:

1. After being accused of lying, Fake Steve Jobs/Dan Lyons said he "misspoke" when he claimed on TV that Apple lobbied to prevent his hiring at Newsweek.

2. Supposed iPad-esque design for Nintendo's new handheld.

3. Terminator is real in Waziristan:

The drones, operated by the C.I.A., fly overhead sometimes four at a time, emitting a beelike hum virtually 24 hours a day, observing and tracking targets, then unleashing missiles on their quarry, they said.

Via.

*Previously: Voltron reimagined.

*Buy Voltron toys at eBay.

The Voltron of business cards (link roundup)

The latest desktop wallpaper at Kitsune Noir is a pirate/ninja battle by Dan Matutina:



Great stuff at Dan's site including this Voltron-esque series of business cards for Ideals:







Plus a Big Bad Wolf desktop wallpaper, and a strange desktop pattern. Dan has prints on sale here.

And a few more links:

1. After being accused of lying, Fake Steve Jobs/Dan Lyons said he "misspoke" when he claimed on TV that Apple lobbied to prevent his hiring at Newsweek.

2. Supposed iPad-esque design for Nintendo's new handheld.

3. Terminator is real in Waziristan:

The drones, operated by the C.I.A., fly overhead sometimes four at a time, emitting a beelike hum virtually 24 hours a day, observing and tracking targets, then unleashing missiles on their quarry, they said.

Via.

*Previously: Voltron reimagined.

*Buy Voltron toys at eBay.

Pull toy by Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters (link roundup)

Pull toy by Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters - - one of the new items unveiled for their Gallery 1988 show.

And a few more links:

1. Archie as a teenage werewolf.

2. Great description of upcoming video game Spy Party.

3. Somehow we're supposed to meekly accept the new airport body scanners, but when a female employee is made to go through one it's so traumatizing that she can't return to work?

*Previously: Two terrific sounding spy biographies.

*Buy Kathie Olivas toys at eBay.

Hulk vs. Galactus (link roundup)

Hulk vs. Galactus by Darren Rawlings. See also: Hulk vs. Modok.

And a few more links:

1. How to download Youtube videos. Via.

2. New York's rules limiting attorney advertising were largely declared unconstitutional. Via.

3. Could Airborne Bears Catch Bin Laden? Via.

*Previously: Fairy tale bear.

*Buy MODOK toys at eBay.

Star Wars sketch cards (link roundup)

Star Wars sketch cards by Kilian Plunkett. Many more posted here.

And a few more links:

1. Neil Gaiman describes how he came to write Neverwhere (my favorite Gaiman book).

2. The Tall Man Incident - - when CIA operatives used a drone to kill a tall man they mistakenly thought was Bin Laden (who is 6'5'').

3. Man who allegedly committed significant fraud located when he and his daughter appeared on MTV's loathsome My Sweet 16. Via.

*Previously: Tall, dark, and dead.

*Buy Star Wars sketch cards at eBay.

Ghost summoner (link roundup)

"Making Ghosts" by Alice Duke. See also: Gods, crying sculpture.

And a few more links:

1. Octopus specimen and chicken-legged hut.

2. Sea Ghost Mego.

3. The guy who tried to blow up a plane last lived in a $4 million apartment in Central London, and his father tried to warn the authorities of his extremist views.

*Previously: Devil Summoner paper toys.

*Buy Mego at eBay.

John Elway to replace Kiefer Sutherland on 24

Just kidding, but that is John Elway and his disco collar starring in "The 8 Signs of Terrorism," a video created by the Center for Empowered Living & Learning, i.e., CELL. Via.

*Previously: The CIA's "Terrorism Buster" Logo.

*Buy NFL bobbleheads at eBay.

John Elway to replace Kiefer Sutherland on 24

Just kidding, but that is John Elway and his disco collar starring in "The 8 Signs of Terrorism," a video created by the Center for Empowered Living & Learning, i.e., CELL. Via.

*Previously: The CIA's "Terrorism Buster" Logo.

*Buy NFL bobbleheads at eBay.

Lego Clockwork Policeman (link roundup)

Lego Clockwork Policeman (with drawers) by Kevin Heckel.

And a few more links:

1. Stunningly bizarre rumor about who was the father of one of Michael Jackson's sons.

2. The Washington Post says Khalid Sheik Mohammed became a major source of information about al-Qaeda after being waterboarded. Awfully tough to have a valuable opinion about politics, when I know so terribly little of the facts.

3. Lego wheelchair. Via.

*Previously: Infant police officer in a wheelchair.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Kimsooja's splash page (link roundup)

I like the splash page that greets visitors at Kimsooja's site.

And a few more links:

1. The 5 Most Embarrassing Failures in the History of Terrorism. Via.

2. Last week, George Martin posted lots of Game of Thrones casting news. I'm not familiar with most of the actors, and can't say I'm thrilled about Sean Bean as Eddard. He emotes the right amount of stupidity, but he's more sleazy than rigidly noble. He'd be much better as the Hound.

3. Joe Ledbetter and Gary Baseman paper toys.

*Previously: Alice in Wonderland splash page.

*Buy Gary Basemen toys at eBay.

Dick Cheney reviews a movie (link roundup)

One of a series of movie ads by Whybin/TBWA featuring politicians and terrorists.

And a few more links:

1. Toycutter logo designer Joe Alterio wants to give a talk at SXSW, but needs votes to make it happen.

2. Apparently Serbia is the place to go if you like construction vehicles decorated like monsters and spewing colored smoke.

3. Mindstyle's Jiminy Cricket vinyl toy.

*Previously: Giant metal Big Pinocchio sculpture.

*Buy Mindstyle toys at eBay.

Now this is a screenshot (link roundup)

Just enjoy this giant octopus-filled screenshot from upcoming Wii game Muramasa: The Demon Blade. The gameplay on display in this trailer looks awfully lackluster. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Were the British defeated in Iraq?

2. Before there was the internet, the hot craze was hunkerin? Via.

3. A government employee who went on the same Mexico trip as Obama became infected with swine flu and passed it to his family, and yet Obama's doctors "see no need to conduct any tests?"

4. Jose Canseco is going to fight a 7'2" Korean in a mixed martial arts fight?

*Previously: Samurai octopus.

*Buy samurai helmets at eBay.