Vintage Postcards - at Flickr more inside

Slow Motion Lightening . Wowsome. Stolen from this week's B3TA newsletter.

Stanley Kubrick's Boxes - A five part documentary from Jon Ronson. Looking through hundreds of archive boxes that Kubrick left behind.

Rise of the rat-brained robots. [Via]

Star Wars Urban Photography

To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea... Canada will launch an expedition to find the Erebus and Terror, the ships of doomed Arctic explorer and folk hero Sir John Franklin.

Rocky Horror Picture Show remake imminent. at the hands of MTV. Fans are up in velvet-gloved arms; bloggers wax sardonic amid rumours of Marilyn Manson in the Tim Curry role. Surely we monkeys could cast it better than this? Whom do you deem worthy to wear the basque?

Executed Today offers "each day the story of an historical execution that took place on this date, and the story behind it."

3,739 songs ripped from Vinyl to MP3 - "The following is a list titles recorded from my collection of 78 rpm records. All of them are linked to MP3 files and will play what was recorded. No sound enhancement, just what was recorded. Right now, there are 3,739 titles on this page linked to mp3s." more inside

I Don't Even Know. No, I serious this times! Be the one true answer for teh winnings!

Michael Phelps' victory dance is innate, scientists say. "Such a display of human pride and exuberance closely resembles the dominance displays of chimps and monkeys, which also feature outstretched arms and exaggerated postures, researchers say."

Curious George the ebay n00b. Right. I've never done the ebay thing -- never made a purchase, have no account. There are a couple items I need to pick up which I have never come across on my travels, but regularly appear on ebay. How do I go about this? What tips can you pass along, so that this n00b doesn't get totally burned?

Are you a slacker perv sicko with a skeleton in your cupboard? Yeah, me too. Apparently we all are, so don't worry about it. Typically Twisted from Psychology Today. via

Now it's Isaac Hayes Found dead in his home this morning. Ugh! What a great singer/songwriter he was. And his contributions to South Park will always be legendary.

Cyrus Khamak's Macro Photography snarfled from everlasting blort

Bernie Mac dead at 50. Damn.

You’re Bored, but Your Brain Is Tuned In. [Via]

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The Sh** Box. Well, it does what it says on the box. The ultimate in portable toilets. Almost definitely NSFW. Great corporate mascot, though.

BabyPictureFilter Who's got the cutest baby pics? Of yourself? Of your kids? Of some other relative? That you found randomly? POST 'EM!!!! more inside