Tuesday Fun: Paint with pixels, watch a cartoon, and escape a dungeon.

Mr. Yuck for the Eloi. How do we communicate with the future (pdf, 350 pages)?

Special obscenity unit: Prosecutions for obscenity are on the rise. more inside

GI Joe vs the Zombies - Diorama battles. Choose Your Own Zombie Adventure, some zombie comedy, and a couple of zombie stories.

The Dionaea House is a really good website. Some fun fiction for a Halloween Sunday. At first I thought it was one of those newfangled games but apparently not. via metafilter

Two hundred twenty spiders and seven hundred pictures. The pirate spider, the camel spider, and of course, the vibrating spider. more inside

Conway's Game of Life : The game of life uses simple rules to construct interesting patterns. It's also available for download.

Leisure Town: Though the original is down, someone was kind enough to mirror it. Get it while it lasts.

Emperor Norton: In 1869 he abolished both the Democratic and Republican parties. more inside

Saddam believed to have been captured: They found him in Tikrit, his hometown. They seem to be doing DNA tests to make sure it's him and not one of his doppelgangers. The resulting circus should be interesting. Will he get tried by the UN, or will we go it alone again? (via Fox)

Killographic: Violent games are corrupting our children! Addicting them body and soul. Like masturbation only not as sticky. Or as fun. (via Penny Arcade)

Codex SERAPHINIANVS Strange and Extraordinary Representations of Animals and Plants and Hellish Incarnations of Normal Items from the Annals of Naturalist/Unnaturalist Luigi Serafini. Rather strangely beatiful works of art.