Tumblr (3.0; @swirlee)http://swirlee.tumblr.com/<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=cf267d7e51&photo_id=2619299461&show_info_box=true" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=cf267d7e51&photo_id=2619299461&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br/><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritsdancing/2619299461/">Kinetic Twitter Fail Whale sculpture</a> by Hilary Talbot. I love this. <a href="http://spiritsdancing.com/sdblog/2008/06/29/my-little-fail-whale-sculpture/">More info at her blog.</a> Via <a href="http://twitter.com/rstevens/statuses/848179667">@rstevens</a>.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/40643124http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/40643124Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:58:04 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1227202&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1227202&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1227202&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/>Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, an upcoming web-only miniseries from Joss Whedon & Co., starring Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion. Premieres July 15. More info in the <a href="http://www.drhorrible.com/plan.html">Master Plan</a>.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/40359542http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/40359542Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:08:00 -0500“Sex should be like Google. One slot, two buttons and zero surprises”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/2045">Diesel Sweeties #2045</a></em>http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/40170989http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/40170989Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:02:56 -0500<a href="http://sendbarackyourbaby.com/">Send Barack Your Baby</a>: “Barack Obama travels a lot, but many babies live in places he hasn’t been. That’s why he’s now accepting babies by mail.”http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38526524http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38526524Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:31:39 -0500<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/zfKxuA0Hia8rxh5m0mej1hKc_500.png"/><br/><br/>McCain is a Cylon. Via <a href="http://www.adampieniazek.com/politics/battlestar-politica/">Adam Pieniazek</a>.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38464407http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38464407Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:56:41 -0500<a href="http://beatonna.livejournal.com/53745.html">Another Dang Garfield Cartoon</a>: Didn’t see that coming. By <a href="http://www.katebeaton.com/Site/Welcome.html">Kate Beaton</a>, via <a href="http://waxy.org/links/">Waxy.org</a>.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38301620http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38301620Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:55:03 -0500<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/zfKxuA0Hia51uobyksNYpuFt_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>“Bear is riding! How can that be?”http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38149130http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38149130Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:23:28 -0500<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/zfKxuA0Hia4ekwd7FQUvl6ao_500.gif"/><br/><br/><a href="http://store.cottonfactory.com/cf-597.html">Nature Abhors A Vacuum</a>, a t-shirt from the Cotton Factory, happens to be on sale for $9.99 just now. Weirdly, this is the second time today <i><a href="http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15845.html">horror</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_abhors_a_vacuum#Nature_abhors_a_vacuum">vacui</a></i> has come up in my browsing. Via <a href="http://tcritic.com/archives/ridonculous-sale-at-cotton-factory/">Tcritic</a>.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38089392http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38089392Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:31:00 -0500“M*A*S*H at least had the decency to hire doctors to advise them on medical terminology. It’s like these guys can’t even bother to go out and find a 12-year-old to tell them how computers work.”<br/><br/> - <em>Cory Doctorow on Hollywood’s treatment of technology in an <a href="http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/cory_doctorow">Onion A.V. Club interview</a>. Via <a href="http://www.kottke.org/remainder/08/06/15844.html">kottke.org</a>.</em>http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38042325http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/38042325Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:32:39 -0500““He wandered around the bar, trying to figure out what to do. Then he happened on a laptop on the bottom shelf of the D.J. booth. ‘I checked my e-mail,’ he said, ‘which was completely not helpful. My friends were planning a get-together. And I wrote back, “Yes, this will work. If only I could figure out how to escape from the bar I’m trapped in.”’””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/nyregion/09bar.html?_r=1&oref=slogin">A Night Out That Became a Night In. In the Bar.</a></em>http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/37904148http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/37904148Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:55:31 -0500<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/zfKxuA0Hia2cx78wgmRAfmsl_500.png"/><br/><br/><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_TTlH62UF4EU/SEdMcaLlZLI/AAAAAAAAAm8/5A2pNHM0Msc/s1600-h/PacSamColorWeb_72.png">“Pac-Samura”</a> by Jared Moraitis. Prints are available for $20. Via <a href="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/06/10/edo-periodstyle-pacm.html">Boing Boing Gadgets</a>.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/37893712http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/37893712Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:09:00 -0500pacmanartfanartjapanesejaredmoraitis<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/zfKxuA0Hi9pf770noDiLIKjD_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote>A few buckets and hours of sweating later, Simon lifted the pond lining to discover a laminated piece of paper sitting at the bottom of the gaping hole that once was the previous owner’s pond. </blockquote><a href="http://www.thatcanadiangirl.co.uk/blog/2008/05/30/the-letter-in-the-pond/">The Letter in the Pond</a>, via <a href="http://waxy.org/links">Waxy.org</a>.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36795621http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36795621Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:53:00 -0500pondnote<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/zfKxuA0Hi9ocoou5tyL00X4S_500.gif"/><br/><br/><a href="http://glass.typepad.com/journal/2008/05/he-man-and-the.html">He-Man and the Masters of the Univers</a>. There <a href="http://store.subtraction.com/">typography</a> <a href="http://emptees.com/tees/1611-comic-sans-detention">geek</a> <a href="http://www.veer.com/offers/kernzip/">shirts</a> and then there are typography nerd shirts. Sadly not in production.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36722434http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36722434Sat, 31 May 2008 17:54:00 -0500shirtt-shirttypographyfontshelveticahe-manunivers<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/zfKxuA0Hi9lmpe2o6npTwicU_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1755864">“How I Imagine Shakespeare Determined the Fates of His Characters” by Katie Marino on CollegeHumor</a>http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36516089http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36516089Thu, 29 May 2008 20:12:07 -0500<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/zfKxuA0Hi9levy07xHhhL4uM_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Lolcat, Responds to “Cheezburger.” Via <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/lolcat-responds-to-cheezburger/">Laughing Squid</a>.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36498565http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36498565Thu, 29 May 2008 16:33:15 -0500lolcatcheezburgercatphotosign<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RisijTJTTpA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RisijTJTTpA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><a href="http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/35962279/puppet-john-linnell-and-a-broom-tell-some-jokes-to">More</a> TMBG puppet jokes.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36410577http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/36410577Wed, 28 May 2008 23:45:54 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irDEzQovftM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/irDEzQovftM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://biggestdrawingintheworld.com/drawing.aspx">The Biggest Drawing in the World.</a></p><blockquote>With the help of a GPS device and DHL, I have drawn a self portrait on our planet. My pen was a briefcase containing the GPS device, being sent around the world. The paths the briefcase took around the globe became the strokes of the drawing.</blockquote><p> Via <a href="http://anarchaia.org/archive/2008/05/24.html">Anarchaia</a>.</p><p><b>Update:</b> I had my suspicions (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/71924/The-Biggest-Drawing-In-The-World#2124483">as did others</a>), now confirmed by the site:</p><blockquote>“This is fictional work. DHL did not transport the GPS at any time.”</blockquote><p>Erg.</p>http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/35964739http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/35964739Sun, 25 May 2008 01:01:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTh4EeuKoSY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qTh4EeuKoSY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Puppet John Linnell and a broom tell some jokes to the the tune of “With a Little Help From My Friends.” From <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=268647482">TMBG’s Weekly Family Podcast</a>. If this doesn’t brighten your day, you are a monster.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/35962279http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/35962279Sun, 25 May 2008 00:10:05 -0500<a href="http://xkcd.com/427/">The red spiders return to xkcd.</a>http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/35754859http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/35754859Thu, 22 May 2008 23:38:25 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgmzmpjdxjg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dgmzmpjdxjg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Animals Close Up With a Wide Angle Lens! Via Kat.http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/35754668http://swirlee.tumblr.com/post/35754668Thu, 22 May 2008 23:32:31 -0500