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Oh man. I just found this site that lets you upload fabric designs and then buy/sell them, kind of like Cafepress etc do for shirts.

There is some cool stuff:

• Mathematical equations!
  
• Space invader gingham
  
• Caffiene
  
• Robots
  
• Buttons!
  
• Interesting abstract shapes
  

YOU GUYS I COULD MAKE A DRESS OUT OF MY THESIS OMG

(Unfortunately I think my skinflint-yness will probably stop me doing anything quite so dramatic. But I might buy a small amount of something interesting to add as a highlight to plainer cheaper fabrics)

One of those things which I've been linked to intermittently and finally gone "Oh, wait, this is cool!": http://www.illdoctrine.com/ the video blog of Jay Smooth, a very cool slightly nerdy hip-hop artist who talks about all sorts of things in a really engaging, intelligent, entertaining way.

..and is also very cute *cough*

As someone with a small soft spot for hip-hop I don't like the way hip-hop culture tends to be portrayed, part of me feels rather uncomfortable with the way that say Nerdcore sets itself up in false dichotomy with "real" hip-hop artists who are assumed to never be nerdy etc themselves. (Which is not to say that's all there is to nerdcore etc, just that I get that vibe sometimes)

And now for something completely different: Really cool viral ad for watchmen in the form of a 1970s tv broadcast, via sonictail. You know even if this movie totally sucks, it will be worth it for stuff like this and the vid material. (I've been an Alan Moore fan long enough to set very low standards for a "good" adaptation)

Finally, as someone with (relatively minor) accessibility issues I was also a bit uncomfortable about all the people crowing about Dick Cheney being in a wheelchair. I wasn't sure I could be bothered posting about it and lo! Deconstructing Cheney's De-Inaugural Wheelchair does it for me. Life is good.

(1st and 3rd links via sparkymonster who's lj I randomly clicked to from somewhere totally unrelated)