Crooked Timber links to two livejournal photo communities Abandoned Places and Dead Machinery. Favourite photo off the top of my head is the one below, which appears on both sites.

Willard Wigan, Micro Sculptor

Wordspy looks like fun.

Vader Sessions

More fun with overdubbing - it's James Earl Jones, but not as we know him. Also a nice opportunity for movie trivia. Incidentally, if you don't like YouTube, just type "Vader Sessions" into your favourite search engine because it's everywhere.

Three via Barista:

Al Magnus, digital collage artist

Strange Chinese military diorama discovered by Google Earth

Photos from abandoned Russian nuclear submarine base

The international dance of Matt

Via Bob Harris.

Adflip seems like a useful resource. For, erm, old ads.

Star Wars in Paris

Airborne Cats

Office Environment to Libertine Adamite Society Flyer - (Some Moderate Cartoon Nudity)

This small, sixteen-page pamphlet is produced to put inside the postage-paid, business-reply envelopes that come with junk mail offers.

The person I got this from described it as a Project Mayhem leaflet, which makes sense.

When Nixon Met Elvis: Official National Archives Site | National Security Archive Site

Giant Microbes - Plush diseases. Cute as!

Yeah, those last two are pretty old, and I have a sneaking suspicion I've posted them before, but as BlogSearch utterly sucks I can't be sure. The first three have been lazily gleaned from my usual source (a discussion board I hang around).

Recent highlights from McSweeney's and one older one.

Whoops!

A Retort to Carly Simon Regarding Her Charges of Vanity

When a Stranger E-Mails

Conversations I've Had During A Normal Day in Los Angeles, Modified to Include the Shocking Depiction Of Racism Found in Paul Haggis's 2005 Film Crash

Possible "Surprise" Endings to the New Samuel L. Jackson Film Snakes On A Plane

But I'd Really Have to Kill You

A Wedding Toast by Katie Holmes's Former Best Friend

Dealing with an Ex-Nazi Neighbour

Links to everything you could possibly want to know about Nikola Tesla, on the occasion of his birthday (two days ago).

The Flickr pool for photos of the sculpture of Antony Gormley, including the massive installation of Asian Field at Pier 2/3 for the Sydney Biennale.

John Conway's "Game of Life" with mushrooms

Just in case you haven't got this by email yet:

RX has made a video version of his cut-up of George W. Bush singing "Sunday Bloody Sunday".

If An A-Bomb Falls
If you find it difficult to think the unthinkable, why not read a comic?

Underwater Image Competition 2006
This last one via Pharyngula. I can't remember who dug up the other two.

And now you can go play Fancy Pants Man. Best with Flash Player 9, apparently. You might have memory problems otherwise. One tip - Fancy Pants Man can run while upside down.

Via Drawn!, the surreal art of Mioke. Her website is very artsilly designed; enough to make you want to repeatedly stab a fork into your knee. Thankfully, the paintings are worth it.