Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy...

Fish tank/deep fryer from a restaurant in Japan:







I'm sure this can be interpreted as a metaphor for something, aren't we all just one wrong move away from boiling oil in some sense...



(via Boing Boing)

3D Desktop in Windows XP

Okay, so it's a bit of flash with not much substance, but if you're into that sort of thing, you can get a snazzy desktop manager that uses a 3D cube effect to transition between 4 different desktops for free at this site.

An example:

Race and Gaming

An interesting, if somewhat brief, article by Clive Thompson examining the role of race in fantasy games can be found over at Wired. From it:

"In the real world, defining someone by his or her race is considered a
classically illiberal act. But in games, racism -- making snap judgments about someone based solely on their skin and ethnic identity -- is absolutely central to gameplay."

(via Wired)

Dave McKean

The Art of Dave McKean

Mark Ryden

www.markryden.com

Speaks for Itself Really...

(via boing boing)

My New Audio Player

This new foobar2000 based audio player is soooo cool. It takes a bit of time to set up but it's definitely, definitely worth it. Check it:


All the stuff you need to download is given on this page (it's all free). The component that I guess is meant to make the top menu bar conform with the rest of the theme isn't available for download at the moment for some reason but when it is, it'll be even more awesomer (I choose to believe that awesomer is a word).



(discovered via lifehacker)

Teslalicious

A really cool article on Nicola Tesla has just appeared in the Fortean Times for those who are into that sort of thing (and I love a man with a good moustache).



There's a bit of a sign up hassle to go through to read the whole thing but I think it's worth it.



(via Boing Boing)

The Dumbing Down of Life

A very nice article rant by Lore Sjöberg about the dumbing down of things appeared on Wired last week.



From it:



Really, though, I blame the handheld calculator. If you can't figure
out the cube root of 187,092 with a slide rule, you don't deserve to
know it.



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