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Neat Links From My Father, 7

Neat Links From My Father, 7
The year’s first batch of links from my dad!

- Mistakes in typography grate the purists.
- Beautiful video of how the Earth would look with rings.
- Typographic Character Coasters.
- McAfee, Inc. warns consumers about “The Twelve Scams of Christmas.”
- Unknown filmmaker gets $30m for robot movie.
- Adorable photo of how genetics works.
- Going Deep for the Cheap in New York.
- Phoenix: Perfect Pop Gems, Stripped Down.
- Scroll down to the video about Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360.
- These days, the fantasy of building a career on Etsy is not just the stuff of dreams.
- Sumerians look on in confusion as God creates world.
- Santa’s Naughty–Nice Database Hacked!
- The story of Christmas in Savannah in 1864.
- Some NYC restaurant recommendations.
- Frugal Portland.
- Torrent Search Engines Unlawful, U.S. Judge Says.
- If ‘Star Wars’ was On Facebook.
- Neuroethics & the Trolley Dilemma; a discussion about morality and ethics.
- No Pants Subway Ride Attracts Hundreds.
- According to The American Dialect Society: 2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google.”
Photo by Fabiana Zonca | Via Dir Journal

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Neat Links From My Father, 6

Neat Links From My Father, 6
That time again!

- OKtrends helps out with online dating introductions.
- Showtime gives TriBeCa apartments a TV make-over.
- Because I’m cheap and love fashion.
- Fantastic party for Takashi Murakami @ the Standard Hotel.
- Video of the San Diego Zoo’s new baby panda first checkup.
- Microsoft’s secret tablet.
- That hilarious Windows 7 Launch Party video.
- Where The Wild Things Will Be On Halloween.
- A reminder of how wily beagles are.
- For the first time in 6000 years, a new creation from God – a bird.
- Are Psychopaths Fearless?
- Google Voice Lite.
- Why you should never buy black luggage.

Image via FFFFOUND!

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Neat Links From My Father, 5

Neat Links From My Father, 5
It’s been a while, and now is a good time… (Some of these have been sitting in my inbox for quite some time and are old, but cool, none-the-less.)
- Typographica’s list of its Favorite Typefaces of 2008.
- Computer program to compete against human “Jeopardy!” contestants.
- Stripped down aesthetic at the Milan Furniture Fair.
- These birds like to move it, move it!
- Bklyn Designs draw attention to the design scene in Brooklyn.
- A video on The Secret History of Fonts.
- Written by a cosmologist, and he explains the rules of time travel, if it might exist.
- NYtimes look at the history of The Guggenheim, as it turns 50.
- Finds at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.
- Reveiw of Danger Mouse and Mark Linkous (with involvement from David Lynch), ‘Dark Night Of The Soul’.
- New Yorker cover drawn on iPhone Application.
- Coke is the official drink at the Creation Museum in Kentucky.
- ‘Take Five’ also turned 50.
- Video of Banksy’s recent Bristol exhibition.
- New York’s section of “Where’s Cool?’.
- John Hodgman: I Hear They’re Going to Make Evolution Legal.
- Statue Of Liberty’s Crown has reopened.
- Patents may be harming our ability to innovate. (Great addition to my post about copyright law!)
- Spellcheck This: Microsoft Office 2010, The Movie.
- Wired’s article about New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans, with very bad advice from Brad Pitt.
- The ultimate in hipster slummin’ it: dumpster pools.
- Mural by Brazilian graffiti artists, Os Gêmeos, on Houston and Bowery, that Dad really enjoyed last time they were in town.
- Spelling bee for grown-ups.
- Inside the Cafe at Facebook Headquarters.
Image via ManBabies.com

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