Just a note in passing: Ed Benes has some handsome character art up on his website.
(At least one drawing suggests strongly that the answer to “Does Raven ever get the occasional bikini wax?” is “Yes.”)
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And what either Nietzsche or George Bernard Shaw would have made of this, I have no idea.

The chart above represents development of power levels of both God and Superman beginning in 1940, and extrapolated to predict trends up to 2030. Several features are worthy of note. First, note that God has had no substantial increase […]

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When a barge needs to pass through the space normally occupied by this little pedestrian bridge in London, the bridge does something less than typical.
Now playing: (Billy Joel) - Allentown
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As the commercial over here would have it.
Bunny Suicides
Absolutely not worksafe if your boss finds it odd that you should break down in front of the monitor weeping with laughter.

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And every one unique, apparently.

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Adobe Photoshop CS Top Secret For Professionals.
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Now playing: Verdi, Anna Russell/Anna Russell - Hamletto, Or Prosciuttino (sung in simultaneous Italian and English)

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New from Saturn orbit, courtesy of Cassini. (And Sky & Telescope.) Technorati Tags: Cassini, Saturn, Titan, Epimetheus

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…and a half.
The ElectriClerk was built as a prop for “a game of ‘Cthulhu Lives’ that has yet to be played”. The builder took the guts of a 1988-vintage Mac and mounted them inside a 1923 Underwood typewriter. I particularly admire the trackba and number pad.
The maker’s page also has the promotional literature […]

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Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
(via muppetk, with thanks.) (…”Kittens??”)

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…my favorite tea mug that said “Caffeine First, Wizardry Later”. I got it ages ago to test the CafePress printing system (which is pretty good). Got a little careless this morning, put it down too close to the edge of the counter, turned to pick up the teapot…and crash!
Oh well. The design was a little […]

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Just too cute.
(NB: this and many other things [some very non-work-safe] are here.
Tags: Japan, Japanese, tea, teapot, fugu

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And railsnails and cogfrogs and other cool mechanicities. The artist is from Kazakhstan. (Thanks to BibliOdyssey for the link)
(I also love the index-page Flash animation. There are other witty and handsome animations on the site as well — from the front page, click on the figure with the top hat.)
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