Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: Behind The Scenes
A "behind the scenes" look at the Rudolph special including info about deleted scenes and why and the original sponsor and original airing details. Pretty interesting if you've been watching it your whole life like me. I'd love to see those commercials show up on a future DVD special edition.
Make sure to follow the links at the bottom of the articles to part 2 and 3.
3 Species of Fruit Bat Found to Harbor Deadly Ebola Virus - Los Angeles Times
The likely source of the Ebola Virus was found in 3 species of fruit bat. Apparently people in Central Africa eat fruit bats pretty commonly and the researchers think this is likely the source of outbreaks.
Download Fonts - 1001 Free Fonts
Lots of cool free fonts to use with your website or desktop publishing.
Cool Science toys you can make with your kids. Things like a Film Can Cannon, and a Soda Can Gauss Generator. Nice Step-By-Step directions and some kits.
symptomatica: My childhood blanket
Ragnar posts some cool retro patterns. Some remind me of the Disney Small World type graphics. Very hip.
WonderlandChristmas.com - 2005 Display Information
Here's the website for the local xmas light extravaganza set to music.
The Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager
This is a great resource for names. Shows the popularity for each name based on the Social Security database since it was kept. Shows you when a name was at it's peak popularity limit. A neat tool.
Photocritic.org article - Macro on the Cheap
Elcellent DIY on how to do macro photography on the cheap. The results on the page are pretty amazing.
Make a putt putt (pop pop) steam boat intro
Cool science project. Build a toy steam-powered boat.
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A great post regarding DIY FX tricks for the filmmaker on a budget. Neat post and great links.
Threadless T-Shirts - Strangers With Candy, by Ryan Smith
This is such a cool design. Plus it looks like they are having a sale. Time to pickup some shirts.
TeamDroid » DIY Digital Stereo Camera
I want to save this for the way he added the USB ports. Sweet job.
VoipSpeak - Running Asterisk@Home Under Windows
Nice step-by-step to getting Asterisk@Home running on a Windows box in a linux emulator. Can make for a sweet voice mail system.
One group's example of their "Ultimate Gaming Table". Nice use of plexiglass and well built. I especially like the plexi covered individual shelves and the cupholders. Very nicely done.
A funny little quicktime movie about a bunch of vikings attacking a monastery and getting alittle more than they expected.
CulturePulp 041: The Not-So-Secret History of 'Aeon Flux'
This is a funny little primer on who and what Aeon Flux is and where it came from. Really funny and refreshingly frank.
A sweet blog devoted to vector-style art. A modern pin-up artist in the making. Out of Portugal, even.