Cool Shit 4/15

The entire Fear and Lathing in Las Vegas: online, right here. Enjoy. And don't take too many drugs.

Want to play God? Or whatever else you may have created the universe? Enjoy this neat little game on how to plan and develop a solar system.

Ever since reading The Descent, I've had a mild fascination with the network of caves around the world. But not as much as these guys. (Also, I recommend The Descent).

Some of the more interesting television show related products you can buy. And if you don't think I'm getting that Gibbs standee thing, you're crazy.

Trailer for the movie, Gone Girl. I liked the book. I like Fincher (who directed), but this trailer didn't do much for me. Hopefully it's good though.



In case you only saw the movie and never read the book, here are some passages that may have made the Jurassic Park movie even better. Though I think some are a stretch.

Just read the book, and while I liked it, I'm not sure how well The Leftovers is going to translate to the screen (even if it is HBO). It's a lot more internal, and not a lot of action. In fact, not much really happens. It's more reflective of what happens to people and the choices they make. I guess I'll be interested how they flesh it out and what they're thinking if it's a series and not just a self-contained miniseries.



All 64 Stephen King novels ranked and reviewed!

Cool Shit 4/8

An oral history of Jurassic Park.

Louis CK fan? Howard Stern fan? Then this interview is for you!



Every few years or so, someone writes about Bill Watterson (the creator of Calvin and Hobbes) and how he is a recluse. Here's the 2013 version.

The story of how R.E.M. decided to break up. Full disclosure, I don't think I enjoy one R.E.M. song.

Abandoned mansions are cool!

This might be the worst article I've ever seen about Battle of the Network stars. Devoid of the nuances and emotions that made this show brilliant, it barely lays out any facts whatsoever. Please, if you would like to learn more, check out this summary of what Battle of the Network Stars was REALLY about.

Ok, but this photo gallery of the Battle of the Network Stars is pretty cool.

This story about Robert Parish and college basketball is crazy. It's one of those things that's barely spoken about (probably because of the legal ramifications and the idea that sometimes, people choose things over money).

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Any idea with "toxic mice" as the foundation sounds fantastic. Fantastic that someone thought it up as a legitimate solution, and fantastic because I guess it might work, but odds are it will fail spectacularly. Have we learned nothing from Jurassic Park?

The war on drugs seems to be a losing battle.

If you had access to a private jet and some disposable income, I bet you could hit all 101 of these restaurants in one year.

Completely lucky, (the final shot - the other ones are impressive) completely awesome badminton shot:



Related - I'm fairly certain I could play badminton at that level.

The sordid history of OK Cola, an offshoot of Coke. You know, maybe it's just me, but I'm not sure I'd listen to too many ideas in the boardroom from the guy who was behind New Coke.

Links of Interest 4/8

50 designers show off their business cards. Somehow, I thought more would be cooler.

Oh good, a wasted study to try and map a subjective notion. This time it’s mapping “cool.”

It’s hard to imagine that we have all seen the birth, prosperity and (probable) death of a city all within 10 years or so with Dubai.

In this age of shuffle and instantaneous single song purchasing, it’s cool to go back once in a while and listen to albums as a whole. Here are 25 to get you in the mood.

I don’t know what it is, but I love movies with ensembles. I’d say my favorite (and it’s tough to beat Ocean’s 11, The Dirty Dozen and Kelly’s Heroes) would be M*A*S*H.

It’s a good question, and I for one would like it answered, in case I need to prepare. Because yes, I do have a plan for dinosaurs coming back.

A list (with videos) of the worst ceremonial first pitches ever to start baseball games. Some of these are simply incomprehensible.

Now this is a fuckin’ badass dog. Pussy name though.

Someone had a lot of time on his/her hands, and decided to create models of popular television shows. Yeah, I don’t know either, I just link it.

Science fiction weapons I really wish were real.

I like to call what this judge did trying to get out of a speeding ticket the “George Costanza defense.”