From the Sociological Images blog, a provocative post comparing the "king size" beverages of yesteryear with today's behemoth cups: Compare it to this sign at Long John Silver's, where the… Read the rest of the article: King size drinks: then and now

An eBay seller in Sydney, Australia is selling this handcarved wooden Ferrari 365GTB V12 engine replica, carved to approximate 1:1 scale. It's fantastically detailed and weighs 25kg. Ferrari 365 V12… Read the rest of the article: Wooden Ferrari engine

France's HADOPI administrator (which processes copyright accusations against Internet users) is now receiving 25,000 complaints a day. A family whose household attracts three unsubstantiated complaints is disconnected from the Internet… Read the rest of the article: France: 25,000 families a day at risk of losing Internet access

"The color PURPLE is a trademark of 3M." I wonder if Alice Munroe Walker knows about this. (Thanks, Airshowfan, via Submitterator!)

A paper in this week's Nature reports on the discovery of taste receptors inside the lungs, on the airway smooth muscles. These are "the same as those on the tongue"… Read the rest of the article: Taste receptors in our lungs sense bitterness and respond with opened airways

David 'Wondermark' Malki writes, "It's come a long way, as you know! Our Creative-Commons-licensed fiction anthology Machine of Death is finally done, and we want to make it an Amazon.com… Read the rest of the article: Today is the day to buy MACHINE OF DEATH

Nicko from the Sunlight Foundation sez, As the country heads into the final stretch before Election Day, the Sunlight Foundation is encouraging everyone to let their family and friends know… Read the rest of the article: Sunlight Foundation's "Influence Explorer Postcards" for election day

KevinVanCamper sez, "The new documentary, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, exploring the personal life and career of the late composer & inventor Raymond Scott is now available on DVD, with 20 minutes of… Read the rest of the article: Raymond Scott documentary with Mark Mothersbaugh, Don Byron, Edward R Murrow and DJ Spooky

Jim Killock from the UK Open Rights Group sez, "The UK government has announced that it will be spending up to £2 billion pounds into new ways to snoop on… Read the rest of the article: Brits: Email the gov't to stop plan to spy on every email, Facebook post, tweet, etc!

The SmashCan is a trashcan with a telescoping rubber lid: when your garbage reaches the top, you shut the lid, then use it to compress the garbage in the bag,… Read the rest of the article: Smashcan: trashcan with telescoping rubber lid for compressing your garbage

Becky Hogge sez, A while back you blogged about "Just Do It", a new documentary from acclaimed film-maker Emily James about direct action climate change activists and the flak they… Read the rest of the article: Major fundraising pitch (with matching funds) for CC licensed film about "environmental extremists"

Simona Levi sez, The FCForum (Oct 28-31, Barcelona) is an international arena in which to build and coordinate action around issues related to free/libre culture and access to knowledge. The… Read the rest of the article: Free Culture Forum: Oct 28-31, Barcelona

Here's a fascinating case-study on how Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, prototyped and tested various titles and covers for… Read the rest of the article: HOWTO use Google AdWords to prototype and test a book title

The Disney Blog rounds up some of the smarter new t-shirt designs at Walt Disney World; as TDB's John Frost notes, "Disney's crew of Tee-shirt designers hare doing an excellent… Read the rest of the article: Sweet new tees from Walt Disney World

Here's rogue archivist Carl Malamud's five-minute Ignite Sebastapol talk on "Code City": the democratic necessity of making all of the nation's laws and codes free to read, download and analyze:… Read the rest of the article: Why building codes should be open

MikeinSterrett sez, "Collection of scanned original photos of Air National Guard personnel and locations on Guam and Hawaii. Collection belongs to Marlin Jeffcoat who is in some/most of the photos.… Read the rest of the article: Air National Guard photos from Guam and Hawai'i, 1950s

Things Organized Neatly is a Tumblr blog rounding up images of things that have been lined up all nice and kentucky. Consider my OCD well-tickled. (via MeFi)

Jud Turner's new sculpture "MortalCycle," is part of a series of "delusional modes of transportation." Me, I'm a sucker for dinos, rust, Ed Roth stylings, and skeletons! MortalCycle (Thanks, Jud!)… Read the rest of the article: Mortalcycle: dino-bike!

[Post removed due to legal demand of Stuart Isett, photographer] Please remove my copyrighted images from your blog, thanks. If they are not removed asap I will invoice $100 per… Read the rest of the article: Smashing apartment high atop Seattle's Smith Tower

This Libby's Sloppy Joe commercial makes me yearn for the days when all you needed to rock out was a can of beans and a soft roll. Yes, I'm sure… Read the rest of the article: Groovy sloppy joes ad