Link Round-Up: Diversions While I’m Traveling

As I mentioned, I’ll be in wildest Ontario for a few days, and Internet access is unlikely. Hopefully these will tide you over.

• A Stephen King pop-up
  book? The ones
  on Amazon are limited edition, signed by the author and a steal at US
  $750. The novel is among his better books, in my opinion. That said, I’m curious
  to see what the giant bear that shoots bees out of its mouth looks like.
• Clive’s squid stamp gets
  rejected by PhotoStamps.
  I think I know why, but judge for yourself. My explanation is in his comments.
• Very
  funny tale of one roommate discovering another roommates box of sex toys.
  Kind of gross, and not particularly safe for work.
• Bras are
  more dangerous than you think. So says the Daily Mail.
• I’m not sure that it’s as world-changing as Google, but I’d
  welcome Tableau’s
  promise of bringing the database to the masses.

• Speaking of the search engine giant, here’s yet another smooth marketing
  move: in-kind advertising
  for non-profit organizations.
• How far is it from Vancouver to Dublin? Apparently 7177 km. Pick any two
  places on the planet and find
  out for yourself.
• I recently saw a Chris
  Ware comic in the New Yorker (stolen, incidentally, from this
  Starbucks book bin) and was blown away.
• A primer of visual
  cliche. It reminded me of a
  short essay I wrote a while back on deconstructing Fark Photoshop contests.
• Quick plug–this is the best
  free image viewer around, and it saves me valuable minutes every day.

• I want to play Max Payne 2 on a
  movie screen.
• Everything you wanted to know about getting
  your testicles waxed but were deeply terrified to ask. "You do have
  to stretch the skin very carefully…" Again, not safe for work. Thanks,
  SWT.
• You’ve probably seen these, but here are some classic
  anti-piracy ads.
• Finally, a towel that won’t
  fall down at inopportune times.
• This estimation quiz
  looked kind of fun, and relatively original for the hackneyed arena of Internet
  quizzes. It was a bit long, though.