Movie mashups — Speed Eraserhead, anyone?
I may be a distant cousin of Barack Obama — Some of my ancestors are Kansas Dunhams from the same small town as his mother, who is a Dunham. Also, the town where Rocket Science [ Powell's | Amazon ] is set. (Thanks to Aunt Mary for spotting this.)
Blessed are the cheesemakers —
Ask Oxford — My dad sends along this link to the Oxford Dictionaries site, with a number of help resources.
StarshipSofa: SF Audio Podcast — These folks brought themselves to my attention. Worth checking out...looks like they've got a lot going on for your earbuds.
Eccentric genius: Antiques from a Parallel Universe — (Thanks to Z.)
Science — Shorpy with a WWII photograph that looks like a Thomas Dolby album cover.
Cheeseburger in a can — If this is available in the US, I'll order one and try it. (Thanks to AH. I think.)
The Fail Blog — Hahahah. (Thanks to AH.)
Reviews of the Bic Crystal Ballpoint Pen — Teh funny. (Thanks to
Vodaphone looking into femtocells — I had to click through to figure out what a femtocell was. Interesting squib about distribution cellular networks even further.
The most expensive PCs — (Thanks to
Brattleboro, VT engages in sedition — (Thanks to
Why Obama Matters —
Food Fight — A filmic critique of the history of modern warfare, culminating in the global war on terror, in food. Weirdly compelling.