More Photos of North Korea

Via Bob Harris.

From the list at Conservapedia (no, really) of examples of bias in Wikipedia.

- Wikipedia allows the use of B.C.E. instead of B.C. and C.E. instead of A.D. [Yes; allows - Fletcher.]

- Wikipedia often uses foreign spelling of words, even though most English speaking users are American.

- In breton "wiki" means liberal, and "pedia" means bias. The founders of wikipedia were celtic.

As a number of people have pointed out, any website which advertises its idiocy as prominently as this one does is going to be a magnet for parodists. So who knows how much of what's there is deliberately funny or just funny.

God damn.

Via the boings.

Kid Creatures

Brilliant idea.

Cubeoban - puzzle game.

Lovely storm photography.

Snowman art from Calvin & Hobbes.

The Neave Planetarium - interactive star chart.

Loves me some cool dinosaur art.

The Museum of Lost Interactions

Via Brass Goggles.

Monsters of the Renaissance

(In French.)

Via Monster Brains

If you can get past level 6 you're a better cute li'l space vampire killer than me.

The Fantastic in Art and Fiction
Large compendium of prints and engravings.

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Blogsearch claims I have not posted this before, which I suspect is a lie, but the site has been updated since last I took an interest in it in any case.

I love this bloke's photos of my home town.

Top 100 Alternative Search Engines

It's about time I started using tags, eh?

The Timeline
A Shockwave clock/calendar.

Old news but still excellent: Google Maps for Books

Vis Social Design Notes.

Icon Wars
An amusing Flash animation

Creative Photos
Some attractive and surreal photographs

Skymap.org
Interactive star chart

Cosmotions
Timelapse movies of the heavens

Abandoned Memories
Photographs of derelict buildings

And this is the most amazing Astronomy Picture Of The Day I've ever seen.

I found these with that stumble-upon thang which like other addys of its type would seem to be sending link-blogs to the dustbin of dead-tech. Gad! This might force me to generate some original material! Meanwhile the idea of providing personalised content based on the viewer's stated interests and rating of previous content will gradually expand to all areas of media such that eventually those who so wish can ensure their daily news consists entirely of stories about rescued puppies. Which should be a significant demographic if the publication of a book like this one is anything to go by.

Double Wires

The Gender Genie

Gukanjima
Photographs of abandoned mining town on tiny Japanese island.

Via Cyberabad.

On Youtube: "Luck People"

Let's Be Friends
Touching photos of unusual animal friendships.

Sometimes teh cute isn't enough; you need a deeper message.

Via Kung Fu Monkey.

'Chewbacca' arrested for head-butting in Hollywood

"Nobody tells this Wookiee what to do," 'Chewie' from the Star Wars movies said before slamming his head into the guide's forehead...

Weird how this story is everywhere. Now obsessive Star Wars fans can have hours of fun writing angry letters to those news outlets that mispelled "Wookiee". (Start with the Jerusalem Post, boys. And the Australian got it wrong in the headline!) Oh, and, normally I disapprove of police brutality, but...

Two years ago, Mr Incredible, Elmo the Muppet and the dark-hooded character from the movie Scream were arrested for "aggressive begging", the LA Times reported.

Steampunk
The Steampunk Chronology
Ottens.index: Steampunk
Brass Goggles The Lighter Side of Steampunk Weblog
(Those three from the Steampunk Webring)
The Steampunk Librarian Weblog
"Steampunk" on Boingboing
Steampunk Magazine (Currently a watch-this-space site)
Steampunk: Victorian Adventures in a Past that Wasn't Articles, reviews &c. Plus other links.

Other Retrofutures
Tales of Future Past
Retrofuture I may have linked to this before, but it bears repeating.

Oyako's Day

"Oyako’s Day" is a social action started by American photographer Bruce Osborn and his wife Yoshiko. Oyako, the Japanese word for parents and children, is a subject that Bruce has been photographing for the last 23 years.

Bill Sullivan's Turnstile Portraits

Kyle Cassidy's Armed America
Portraits of Gun Owners in their Homes

Both via Goodshit, which unfortunately (or fortunately, as you may prefer) mixes interesting links with soft porn, so NSFW. I wouldn't be caught dead there if it wasn't a favourite source for Barista, I'll have you know! GS got the Cassidy portraits from Monkeyfilter.

The Death Clock