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Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty
In 1970, artist Robert Smithson used mud, salt crystals and rocks to create Spiral Jetty, a 1,500 foot spiral sculpture in Utah's Great Salt Lake. Unfortunately, the water level was unusually low at the time of its creation, and the sculpture has been submerged for 30 years...until now. [via NPR's Talk of the Nation]

The ESP Game is oddly addictive. Registration required but just a username and password. Via MeFi.

"What's Cookin', Good Lookin'?" Vintage Appliance Porn. Image after luscious image of all the naked bakelite, sassy chrome and powder-enameled curves a chef can take.

Eating Beef .. brains Jeez, I'm glad I'm no longer a Midwesterner. Despite concerns about Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, a.k.a. Mad Cow disease, people are still cheerfully eating beef including brains.

The Brick Testament. Bible stories told with Legos.

Singapore Goes Apesh*t Singaporeans urged to act like monkeys for the upcoming new year festivities. Could someone please tell them we've got 'em beat by about 3 months?

Winston Churchill's parrot is still alive, and still complaining about Nazis... in a Churchillian accent!

Amazing animation of the trip from Earth to Mars of the NASA explorer doowotsit. Includes "aww" factor as the explorer watches its first Martian sunset. via my homey Kottke

Extreme Segway. Some days I wanna thrash; some days I wanna shred. [via Gizmodo]

Can you haiku like I haiku?
Happy Monday Kids; Wake up, wake up. It is time To make the doughnuts. [more inside]

To Stupid To Believe From article: Vancouver Island high school student who does Web site design part-time is locked in a legal battle with one of the biggest companies in the world. Microsoft Corp. of Seattle, currently valued at $300 billion US, wants Mike Rowe to give up www.mikerowesoft.com as his Internet domain name. The company claims copyright infringement of its name. Through its law firm in Canada, Microsoft has offered him $10 US -- what Rowe paid last August to register the domain.

TRICLOPS! Neuroscience can't get more fun than surgically implanting a third eye in the forehead of little salamanders, then try to test if they become smarter than boring, two-eyed, regular ones. Let Professor Paul Pietsch take you into the world of split human brains, microminds, shrinked brains, frogs with salamander brains, brains with no head, and heads with no brain. ShuffleBrain!

Before "V", "Alien Nation", or even "Battlefield: Earth"---The Invaders. Unofficial website of the 1967-69 US TV series. Cold War paranoia served up by the legendary Quinn-Martin Productions!

Globulos! Online 2-player flash game. Hyper-cutesy and more addictive than crack. [Swiped from MeFi.]

I'd been meaning to post this for a while, but... Wise words on making procrastination work.

Sweet Release
Women: "Your sexual scent and taste will become a soft sweet citrus that will bring joy to you and your lover." Men: "Your semen will change from an unpleasant salty flavor to a delicious apple flavor." "Delicious"?

We're drunk MeFiMoFiFum = MeFi/Mofi meetup update more inside

New Zealand painter Alex Ogg demonstrates versatility of style in his online gallery.

More Nightmares For Bad Little Boys And Girls: The Photogravures of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. Delightfully Haunting Imagery. {Via Michele, Via Elastico, Via Matt, Via The Cartoonist, and Via me...}