Link roundup

1. "Dog in Ellen DeGeneres costume gets booted from L.A. billboard." (I miss the days of Angelyne.)

2. "How I Found the Human Being Behind Horse_ebooks, The Internet's Favorite Spambot."

3. New army reading list.

4. A new free mission involving Harley Quinn has been added to the Arkham City Lockdown iOS game (which I've previously recommended). I'm downloading it now. Via.

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1. From a Q&A on The Old Republic:

GnovaD: Are there any plans to introduce mobile apps to the game? Eg. Use smart phone/tablet to send companions on missions while offline.

Damion Schubert: Let's just say that this has always been a dream of mine for crew skills - it's almost as if this design was created specifically with this in mind, doesn't it? Good news, sometimes dreams do come true! The bad news is that I have no ETA for you, though, as this is a significant technical endeavor.

2. Assassin of Secrets was supposed to be a hot new spy novel, but then readers started to recognize entire passages lifted from other novels. The resulting investigation into the mysterious author is almost certainly more interesting than the novel itself.

3. GQ has An Oral History of Tim Tebow. Sample:

JOHN FOX (head coach, Denver Broncos): The minute you meet him, he has that presence. I went and met him for dinner during the draft process down in Gainesville. He's got a notebook, and he's into it. He just likes talking ball. And he picked up the tab—I've never had that happen before.

4. How to Prevent YouTube from Keeping a Record of The Videos You Watch .

Video of Tie Fighters over Copenhagen

It's the Death Star over Copenhagen in this advertisement by Advance for Toys R Us. It's nice to see an advertising company find some inspiration, and instead of ripping off the artist, ask him to work with them. Via.

Ghost Rider pins

Miss Coffee is selling Ghost Rider pins/magnets to raise money for Gary Freidrich.

Cat food for mutant cats?

Cat food advertisements by Hermandad that are highly reminiscent of Casey Weldon's paintings.

Everything is a remix, Raiders of the Lost Ark edition

"Shot-by-shot comparison of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' vs. scenes from 30 different adventure films made between 1919-1973." Via these sites.

Don't copy that floppy

Don't copy that floppy. Via.

Everything's a remix, starring Beyonce's new video

"The new Beyoncé-clip 'Countdown' shows some striking resemblance with movies from Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. Judge for yourself." Below is the full video:



Via.

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1. I mentioned the other day that Neal Stephenson had written an article lamenting what he saw as stagnation in scientific development. I don't believe that he mentions in the article his own association with Intellectual Ventures (which is now suing Motorola).

2. Corruption and death at a Vatican-connected hospital.

3. Video of Tom Cruise in a dance battle. It's like Zoolander in real life.

Video roundup

Zack Morris's giant phone.



The latest edition of Everything is a Remix, focusing on The Matrix.



1979 commercial for Pabst Blue Ribbon featuring Patrick Swayze and his incredible hair.



Stop-motion ninja battle by Oliver Trudeau.



Robin in action in Arkham City. Via all these fine sites.

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