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The Weekend Links
"¢ From Jan in Atlanta, the 25 Best Band Logos, and how they came to be. Some of them are incredibly iconic, and can probably be found being sported by your friendly neighborhood hippies and hipsters alike. Also, 50 Controversial Album Covers that you're not going to see ANYONE wearing. Be warned, some are not for the faint (feint? what's the rule on that?) of heart. And here's our own list of 23 Album Covers That Changed Everything.
"¢ Speaking of extreme looks and sounds, a dog who is a (rabid?) fan of death metal. His moves should be inspirational to moshers everywhere.
"¢ Here are 4 easy steps to avoiding cinematic tripe. The first one is my favorite, and oh-so-true. There are so many hours of my life I can never get back wasted on films not bad enough to be camp yet too terrible to ever be recommended.
"¢ Definitely frightening implications -- it's raining mud!
"¢ Speaking of wild weather, a tornado severely damaged downtown Atlanta last Friday (almost unheard of, a twister going through a metro area).
Here are more pictures of what looks like a war zone (through which I drive to work).
"¢ Has everyone filled out their brackets? This week, Slate.com served up some Haterade about those NCAA tourney teams you love to despise.
"¢ In the wake of the Eliot Spitzer scandal (and so many others), we need not debate the moral vacancy of many politicians. But what about just their crazy factor? From Cracked.com, 5 Certifiably Insane Politicians ... that people still voted for.
"¢ My friend Sarah sent me this video of a giant creepy animatronic dog robot. Her interpretation: "Terminator will soon exist!" Does it scare you as much as it scares me? Watch it right itself on slippery ice!
"¢ For more on-the-edge science, learn how nanotechnology works. As the site says, "Nanotechnology is so new, no one is really sure what will come of it. Even so, predictions range from the ability to reproduce things like diamonds and food to the world being devoured by self-replicating nanorobots."
"¢ A long but excellent article from The New York Times Magazine on the origins of morality. Includes some interesting moral dilemmas to test your friends with.
"¢ If you were a fan of the show that started the whole reality craze (from the network who gave us the unending drama of Heidi and Spencer), check out AOL.com's "Where Are The Now?" gallery of Real World stars (I have to thank Bill Simmons' links list for that one). For even more recent pictures of Real World-ers, go here.
"¢ Turns out, money CAN buy happiness ... just not in the way you might think.
"¢ Pajiba discusses "What's in a Ringtone?" Anyone care to share their own? You may remember the story about a ring that only teenagers can hear. Click the audio link to see if your hearing is on par.
"¢ Spring is here, and people are generally happy about its arrival. But The Dilettante offers up five things about this season's dark side.
"¢ Reader Meri offers us hours (or rather, minutes) of fun with 30 Second Bunny Theater. Her favorite is "March of the Penguins," but for all of them I couldn't help wishing they reenacted bulky literature as bunny-fied CliffsNotes. For more bunny parodies, here are some done with Peeps, from YesButNoButYes, Happy Easter!
Speaking of, all I want for Easter are some links! Send all submissions of internet fun and frivolity to FlossyLinks@gmail.com.