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The Occupy Wall Street Riot Brigade Lego set.

Beeri: a beer-pouring interface for Siri

Beeri from redpepper on Vimeo.

sometimes, we have to make sacrifices

sometimes, we have to make sacrifices, a photo by Nikhil Bhat on Flickr.

Talking with my mom about the difficulties we’ve faced in NY during Hurricane Irene.

links for 2009-04-10

• Slate: How Yellow Tail crushed the Australian wine industry.
  (tags: food)
• Aziz is Bored: (on why Parks and Rec should be your viewing choice tonight)
  I, too, hear Robin Williams spits on all his fans. (via @rainnwilson)
  (tags: humor television)

links for 2009-04-09

• Roger Ebert: Thoughts on Bill O'Reilly and Squeaky the Chicago Mouse
  Ebert pwns O'Reilly.
  (tags: humor politics)
• Matador Life: Anatomy of a Smörgåsbord
  I have a terrible hankering for lox now. Or when you read this. Pretty much whenever, really. (via World Hum)
  (tags: food travel)
• Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | DIY Girl Scout Cookies
  Mmm. . . thin mints. (via Kottke)
  (tags: food)
• swissmiss | Alt – Ctrl – Del Pillows
  Now we need Ctrl + Cmd + Power pillows for the Mac set.
  (tags: tech humor)

links for 2009-04-07

• swissmiss | Deletus
  Why no one else thought of making a delete button-themed eraser is beyond me.
  (tags: design humor)
• Put Some Damn Clothes On!
  A desperate plea to get westerners to not dress down when abroad if they want to be respected. Then a hundred comments on why publishing the article is a sign of patriarchal oppression, thus proving the need for this article to be written.
  (tags: travel society fashion stupidity)
• WSJ: The Middle Seat Terminal: New Airplane Armrest Design Aims to End Elbow Wars
  (tags: travel interesting)

links for 2009-04-03

• McSweeney's Short Imagined Monologues: Bono gives the rush hour traffic report
  (tags: humor)
• Helvetica Trade Advertising 02 on Flickr
  From 1966: Helvetica, of course!
  (tags: design advertising history)
• ampersand vintage: Complete Loss of Equalibrium
  I only wish I could say I've never needed one of these cards. (via swissmiss)
  (tags: humor design)
• WSJ: A Spanish Judge Opens Criminal Case Against Six Americans
  The Sudanese President who explicitly enables the rape, tourture, and murder of civilians is on the loose. But a Spanish judge is worried about jailing those evil Yanquis! When heads are buried in a pile of CHIMPY MCBU$HITLER!!! manure, it's not terribly surprising that human rights are an international joke.
  (tags: stupidity law war_on_terror crime tyrants)
• DNA India: Prisoners should be allowed to vote: WB Government
  Leave it to Marxists to help out their fellow criminals. They have a point, though: convicted felons run for office all the time.
  (tags: stupidity democracy india leftists)
• DNA India: SC stays consumer court's order against Air India
  The Indian Supreme Court prevents a consumer from forcing Air India to release its "Manual for Passenger Service", thus saving the government-owned flagship airline from having to reveal that page one says "f*ck 'em", and the remaining pages are blank.
  (tags: travel india law)

links for 2009-04-02

• Introducing the gBall™
  Google Australia gets into the April 1st "announcement" racket.
  (tags: humor sports google)
• Gmail Autopilot
  Google's annual April 1st "announcement."
  (tags: humor tech google)

links for 2009-03-26

• McSweeney's: Cover Stories From the Most-Requested Back Issues of "The American Prognosticator" (1853–1987).
  All good, including "Daguerreotypes Will One Day Be in Color; Will Feature Cats in Humorous Poses With Misspelled Captions".
  (tags: humor)
• IBN: Lok Sabha Election Schedule, Stats, and Maps
  IBN has the best info design in Indian news today, hands down. Of course, as Gautam notes, it's not saying much. (via Gautam)
  (tags: india politics design)
• Disapproving Rabbits
  These rabbits are displeased with your performance. And there are a lot of them.
  (tags: humor animals)

links for 2009-03-25

• Kottke: Tournament of meat
  Chorizo and leg of lamb were robbed.
  (tags: humor food sports)