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Morning Cup of Links: Critterati
by Miss Cellania - October 23, 2009 - 4:03 AM
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Star Wars (episode four) done completely in ascii. Someone has a lot of extra time on their hands. (via Gorilla Mask)
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I vant to suck your broccoli: 23 unusual vampire variations. They come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. (via Lists Galore)
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Good Night and Tough Luck. A surprising number of things can go wrong with getting a good night’s sleep. (via Metafilter)
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The Critterati Photo Contest. Pictures of pets dressed as literary characters. It doesn’t get much more fun than that!
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What does it take to get kids to eat healthy foods? Bribery, according to scientific studies.
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What English might sound like to a non-English speaking person, wrapped up in a killer beat with dancing girls. Oll Raigth!
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America’s Nastiest Toxic Waste Dumps (And Whether Or Not You Live Near One). Always good information to have handy.

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Comments (8)

  1. Prisencolinensinainciusol was a work of beauty that brought a smile to my face. I shall start my morning with a search for the mp3.

    posted by Mateo on 10-23-2009 at 7:22 am

  2. I don’t want to ruin the ending of the Star Wars Asciimation….but let’s just say the entire production is 20 minutes in length

    posted by J on 10-23-2009 at 8:33 am

  3. Love that music video! Making gibberish that sounds like real language is actually much more difficult than it sounds, and requires an intimite knowledge of a language’s structure and morphology.

    posted by Zach on 10-23-2009 at 9:06 am

  4. I can’t believe I fell for that R…r…!

    posted by Also J on 10-23-2009 at 10:17 am

  5. Yay! Han shot first!

    posted by Johnny Cat on 10-23-2009 at 1:17 pm

  6. I played Prisencolinensinainciusol about ten times today. It was the first time I have heard this song – so great and so fresh!

    posted by Ranger J on 10-23-2009 at 1:34 pm

  7. Speaking of waste dumps, did anyone see those pictures of China (taken by photographer Lu Guang) that just won the Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography…omg….

    I don’t think it’s appropriate to link it on this comment board…and I didn’t see it anywhere on Mental_Floss yet….poke around to find them…China has a stigma of being a notorious polluter….but when you see these…..just…wow.

    posted by Alex on 10-23-2009 at 4:56 pm

  8. I just got through reading that post.

    http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/

    posted by Miss Cellania on 10-23-2009 at 5:48 pm

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