Links to Procrastinate With...

This is just fun!
HEMA

From Cave Paintings to the Internet:
An Annotated Interactive Timeline on the History of Information and Media

IMB Live Piracy Map 2008

Really bizarre flash animations:
NAILS

Video of the Moon transiting the Earth:
Earth from 31 Million Miles Away

The Lego Minifig Timeline

Get Lamp - the teaser trailer for a documentary about the people who created the first text adventure games.

Stuff for a Snowy Day

This is probably the best use of YouTube I've ever seen!
The Time Machine -- Choose Your Own Adventure Video

Best. Tribute. Song. EVAR!
Star Wars

Portrait of Obama only 500 microns wide (and other nifty tiny things!):
Peering into the Micro World

Photographs and media commemorating the bombing of Nagasaki:
Remembering Nagasaki

This is an interesting way to visually convey information:
Worldmapper

The Eyeballing Game

Just A Little Post

It's amazing what ends up in our newspapers! (This is one of my favorite blogs):
Criggo

Breath-taking pictures of the sun!

I'm a child of the 80s, I admit it, these made me laugh:
A Ha - Take On Me: Literal Version
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels: Literal Version

This is actually really cool:
Carcade lets you play your neighborhood

Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama

Some of my immense disappointment in Colin Powell and his actions during the first term of the Bush Administration has been alleviated by this speech he gave to Meet the Press. I'm impressed not just by his endorsement of Barack Obama, but by the points he makes about the polarization of this country and the current stance of the Republican party. I find myself regaining some of the respect I once had for him. I think this is a wonderful and important speech.

It's Been So Long...

I don't known why I haven't posted anything in so long, but I have a whole pile of links to share with you!

Science Debate 2008
-- See how Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain answered 14 questions on the state of science and the future of America.

Jesus Christ Quits Christianity After Viewing Republican Platform

Wordle.net -- a site for generating beautiful word clouds from any text.

Unnecessary Knowledge (just hit refresh)

One of my favorite paranoid music videos of all time:
The Chemical Brothers - Believe

A wonderful video for Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down

A wonderful site that collects photography from underground sites all over the world:
City of Ember: Underground

Adam & Jamie from Mythbusters create the Mona Lisa in 80 milliseconds using paint balls. (I want so badly to get a job someday working for these guys!)

Holy crap, this looks fun!
Crazy Mountain Bike Ride

10 Seriously Unusual & Outlandishly Weird Asian Hotels
-- Personally, I'd like to stay at several of them!

From the guys who brought you The Diet Coke & Mentos Experiment:
EepyBird's Sticky Note Experiment

This is truly geeky in so many wonderful ways:
Chemical Party

Freestyle Rap Battle Translated

Absolutely Amazing Aerial Photography

Sea Organ -- A Musical Instrument Played by the Sea

And, to conclude...
NINJA CAT!

My Good Deed

The company where I'm working now has had an opening for a database admin since the beginning of summer. I found out about a month and a half ago that one of the temps on my data entry team this summer has many years of experience as a data admin -- and he's an amazing worker! So I encouraged him to throw his name in for the open position. Well -- he got offered the job yesterday! His official first day in the office is Sept. 15. I'm really happy for him, he loves this company, he needs something more reliable than temping, and I'm glad I get to work with him again. It feels good to know I helped make this happen. Yay me!

Here are some links to celebrate:

20 Best Websites to Download Free EBooks

Fantastic and interesting photos of the Beijing Olympics (a couple are NSFW!)

Hurra Torpedo -- Total Eclipse of the Heart
Hurra Torpedo -- All the Things (S)he Said (this is one of my favorites!)
-- I posted these guys a long time ago on my MySpace blog... but it's high time we all revisit them!

The Empire Has Invaded!

Death Star Over San Francisco

Twistori -- An fascinating little app based on Twitter.