Aggh! Wish I heard of this place when I was down there.

Boing Boing: Kiwi hotel made of plane, hill and train

The plane loooks pretty cool, but can it beat the the Hobbit hotel? I wonder if everything is on a hobbit scale. Somehow I doubt it. Oh well

Thursday night's project

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Chewed Alive

When ever I see this comic I want to laugh out load and then cry as the pain sinks in.

Paul Pope & Batman Year 100

This is a project I can't wait for! I've loved Paul Pope's work ever since I saw the first THB preview and his work has just been getting better and better. 200 pages of Batman will be great, though I must say the esteemed p.p. is not always know for his timeliness. He does say that he's secretly been working on the project for the last two years. I'm also excited to get a peak at Mr. Pope's thoughts on the current police state that we find ourselves living in. It's also currious to consider continuity wise that this would be a story that takes place after Dark Night Returns. I wonder what his conversations with Frank Miller were like?

More info at PaulPope.com

Korea's Bloody Mary

Korea's Bloody Mary -
I never heard this one before but it makes perfect sense as an urban legand - The lessons being multiple, but a primary one being that evil comes from Japan!

It's all about the cheese!

Google Blog: Moon Children
Google did this for Moon Day this year which is very cool, but the best feature is when you zoom down to the largest scale.

NPR : Endangered Turtle Stays in Touch

NPR : Endangered Turtle Stays in Touch: "Endangered Turtle Stays in Touch"

I heard this story on Morning Edition this morning and really lliked the image of the Vietnamese officals ferrying this turtle across that border. Did the turle have to que up?
Here's more on the story - Microchip saves rare Cambodian turtle from landing in Chinese soup pot

Shrift - Lost in a Moment

Coming in 2006

I've been waiting for this album for a long long time and looks like I'll have to wait a bit longer. But it's good to know there's at leat a vauge release date finally. Their tracks Airlock is abosolutely amazing. Can't wait!

ReadyMade: Feature - Sprout a Couch

ReadyMade: Feature - Sprout a Couch via Boing Boing

I tend to like things that are green and sprouty-growing, so of course I love this. Ah, if only I had a lawn or didn't hate the whole energy inefficient idea of lawns.

we make money not art: The MugMouse

we make money not art: The MugMouse

Permannt coffee break?

Boing Boing: Weird clouds in Hastings, Nebraska, 2004

Boing Boing: Weird clouds in Hastings, Nebraska, 2004

These are bizarre enough to have me questioning their authenticity, but either way they are some pretty cool images.

Trinary planet discovered

This has to one of the best animations I've seen in a while. It's just wild imagining such a place.

Animation of trinary sunset

Yahoo News article

Karl Rove with a Beard

This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow: July 10, 2005 - July 16, 2005 ArchivesTom Tomorrow has some interesting comments on the whole Valerie Plame mess posted. It's sad that when the truth does start to come out on the administration's mis-deeds it can still be twisted som much that every day people really don't know what to think. But then again, what's new?

American Backpacker, Michael Matsushita, killed in London

Missing New Yorker now presumed dead

Friend: Missing American had 'zeal for life'

For some reason it doesn't bother me as much when some redneck from Arkansas gets killed in something like this. But when it's some guy that I could have met in a bar or guesthouse in Vietnam, in Cambodia or where ever, it feels like a real loss. It's sort of sad that I can be that parochial, caring more for someone that's more like me and that I would get on with, but it's okay to acknowledge that. And while it's sad when anyone loses their life, it strikes me as especially sad when it's someone who was really out there exploring the world and themselves. It's a real loss.

NY, NY - Liberty

NY, NY - Liberty
Originally uploaded by leef_smith.

I was just in Vegas this weekend with Ollie and Thawley. Took a bunch of photos, but this one I'm actually really proud of.

Vegas Photos

75 Degrees South: Another world

75 Degrees South: Another world

Wow! This is an amazing photo. I'm very jealous. Someday, someday.

Leef on 43 Places

Leef on 43 Places

Just discovered this site on finding other who want to go the same places or have been someplace. I like the flash map.

BrickJournal - the magazine for Adult Fans of LEGO

BrickJournal - the magazine for Adult Fans of LEGO

Now Adult Fans of Lego have a maganzine of their own. It's amazing how this whole sub-culture hasn't poped up on my rader before this. The Mag is extremely well done.

LEGO Shop: Star Wars™: Sandcrawler™

LEGO Shop: Star Wars™: Sandcrawler™ (10144)

Damn! Lego and Star Wars are a combination that just kills me. I think they got me with this one and will have to get it. Love the Jawas and Uncle Owen!