Baby raccoon

Baby raccoon.

Link roundup

1. Bear beats tiger. Via.

2. Bees beat elephants.

3. Yiddish beats moron.

Link roundup

1. A few weeks ago Andy Baio mentioned that he'd reluctantly settled for $30,000 a lawsuit in which he was accused of using a photographer's intellectual property. I mentioned at the time, without explaining my reasoning, that I thought he'd indeed stolen the photographer's intellectual property. Well, this post does an excellent job explaining why.

But that's really only half the story. Predictably, internet users angered by the photographer's attempt to protect his intellectual property attacked the photographer both in cyberspace and in the real world. This is a fascinating summary of what occurred. There's a bit of commentary on that post here (make sure to read the "featured comments"). (And from that same site, here's some great photographs). Via.

2. "Hypoallergenic dogs don't actually produce fewer allergy-provoking proteins than other dogs, say researchers who put the claims to the test." Via.

3. Some snails not only survive being eaten and digested by birds, but actually use the experience as a means of travel. Via.

Arctic Fox Pup

Arctic Fox Pup. (I name him Odin.)

Smiling dogs

Smiling dogs.

Photo roundup

1. Square.

2. A Bad Case of the Stripes in real life. (Great book.)

3. Fennec fox.

Image roundup

Duckling.



Sleeping polar bear.



Farewell.



Hearse.



Tiny monkey.



Spider-Man.



Chameleon.



Spirited Away, perhaps.



Please do not sit on crocodile.

Image roundup

Signature.



Zebra attack.



Friendly deer.



Warning: Objects in condoms may appear larger than they really are.



North by Northwest wallpaper.



Time travel cheat sheet wallpaper available as a print here.

Link roundup

1. From an interesting interview with Neil Gaiman:

The last time I was in China, I was very puzzled because none of my children’s picture books are in print in Mainland China. They’re in print in Hong Kong and in Taiwan, in complex Chinese characters, but they are not in print in Mainland China. I asked my producer, “Why aren’t any of my children’s picture books in print in Mainland China?,” and they said, “It’s because of their disrespect for authority.” I said, “Really?!” And they said, “Yeah, look at them. The Wolves in the Walls is about this little girl who tells her parents that there are wolves in the walls, but they do not believe her. There really are wolves in the walls, and thus her parents are proved wrong. And, in The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish, these kids swap their dad. If that happened, society would crumble.”


So, suddenly, it became a goal of mine that was almost a little obsession to write a children’s picture book that would be published in Mainland China, that they could not help but publish, but still could have all of the things that are in my children’s picture books, and I did it. I wrote this book and it’s being painted right now by this wonderful artist, and it’s called Chu’s Day, and it is about a baby panda who sneezes. There is no way that anyone can resist a baby panda who sneezes. This is the single cutest book I’ve ever written. It is written for two-year-olds and is designed in such a way that I’ve tried it on kids and it actually works that when you get to the end, they just look at you and they say, “Read it again!” The only words on page one are, “When Chu sneezed, bad things happened.”

2. Shark.

3. IMDB on The Shining:

Because Danny Lloyd was so young and since it was his first acting job, Stanley Kubrick was highly protective of the child. During the shooting of the movie, Lloyd was under the impression that the film he was making was a drama, not a horror movie. He only realized the truth seven years later, when, aged 13, he was shown a heavily edited version of the film. He didn't see the uncut version of the film until he was 17 - eleven years after he'd made it.

Via.

Image roundup

Friendly squirrel.



"Portland State University is expanding its campus. There was one holdout."



Cloud cosplay.



Beaker.



Bangkok at night.

Chicago English Bulldog Rescue

Chicago English Bulldog Rescue - - check out the galleries and rescue a dog. Via.

Image roundup

Pull for candy.



Pug hates baths.



Fully loaded.



Jamnik - Church of St. Primus and Felician.




Hedwig balloon.



Camels at an oasis in Chad (wallpaper-sized at the link).

Insane zoo

At the Lujan Zoo near Buenos Aires you can apparently pay $50, sign a waiver, and frolic with ridiculously dangerous animals. Via.

*Previously: Funny warning sign at the zoo.

Kids and their pets

It's one great photograph after another of kids and animals in this photo series by Robin Schwartz. Via.

Link roundup

1. Robin Hanson:

Yes, maybe homework helps kids to learn things that their tests do not test. But more likely, homework functions to get kids used to doing a lot of work, in preparation for their future industry era jobs. Learning seems secondary.

2. Elephant and rhino playing tag.

3. Tie Fighter helmet.

Image roundup

2001.



Striped tights.



Polar bears.




Spider-Woman and Dead Space helmet from this cosplayer gallery.



No Face mask.

Image roundup

Unpopular bankers tied to poles in Australia in an advertising stunt.



Deer.



Kiwi.



A Happy Sky Over Los Angeles by Dave Jurasevich.

Link roundup

1. Apparently no one knows how long lobsters can live, or how large they can get. Via.

2. From David Shoemaker's latest excellent article about the WWE:

The dynamic here is important: Orton looks like a champion, and has the potential to be this era's transcendent star, but hasn't put it all together. Christian looks like he should be cheering from the eighth row and so doesn't have the unequivocal support of the WWE front office that Orton enjoys, despite the fact that the audience loves him. Orton was imported to the Friday Night Smackdown brand to be its top star, so Christian, despite his incumbency, was turned heel to make room. The Internet, it should be said, hates Orton and loves Christian; live crowds have tended to be more appropriately disposed. It will probably be a great match, not least for Christian's entertaining crowd-baiting heel shtick (being so recently on the side of the angels, he has to work hard to get booed, and he works very, very hard), but also because both guys can absolutely go and have shown great chemistry in recent weeks.

3. "The little town of Juzcar in Spain has been painted blue for the Smurf movie." (It looks pretty good, actually.)

Image roundup

Gallery of nighttime wildlife photos.



Translucent frog. Here's the wikipedia entry on glass frogs.



Cactus.



Chestburster chicken.



Submarine in ice.



Smiling dog. (Even creepier photoshops at the link.)