Slate has a cheat sheet based on game theory for winning The Price is Right.

Tara says: Some of Earth’s strangest animals, including sea pigs, glass frogs, Jesus Christ lizards, magnapinna squids and more, have inspired writer and composer Michael Hearst to create a new… Read the rest of the article: Songs for Unusual Creatures: Elephant Shrew

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Peter Bagge is the Harvey Award–winning author of the acclaimed nineties alternative-comic series Hate, starring slacker hero Buddy Bradley, and a regular contributor to Reason magazine. He got his start… Read the rest of the article: Gweek 120: Cartoonist Peter Bagge

Quarterly.co is a subscription service for wonderful things. People can subscribe to a curator (such as me, Joel Johnson, Veronica Belmont, Tim Ferriss, Joshua Foer, Gretchen Rubin, and others) to… Read the rest of the article: Last week to subscribe to Mark's 5th Quarterly.co mailing

Peter Bebergal points out the uncanny similarity between this panel from Jack Kirby's The Eternals #1 (1976) and the fossilized "space jockey" in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979). I have a… Read the rest of the article: Jack Kirby's Eternals vs. Ridley Scott's Alien

No one spoke in opposition at a hearing in Denver, Colorado to open the first recreational marijuana store in the United States. It was the first of 16 hearings scheduled… Read the rest of the article: Denver holds first public hearing for recreational marijuana store

Matthew says: "Craig Cobb, a white supremacist trying to establish a 'whites-only' enclave in North Dakota, appeared on NCBU's The Trisha Show and agreed to take a test to determine… Read the rest of the article: A white supremacist makes an interesting discovery

Machines that bend strong steel wire have been an important part of industrial manufacturing for decades. But on Saturday, I saw a $3,000 wire-bending machine the size of a laser… Read the rest of the article: Ten cool inventions unveiled at Engadget's Expand event

This morning I posted about two claustrophobic bookstores, one in Helsinki and one in Paris. Brian Heater (our Comics Rack columnist and the director of media at Engadget) sent me… Read the rest of the article: San Francisco bookstore is about 18" deep

Matthew says: "Polish artist Michal Krasnopolski has created a series of minimalist movie posters for classic films. The posters are based on a very simple grid consisting of 'a circle… Read the rest of the article: Re-imagined movie posters based on the same simple template

Microsoft's Xbox One's Kinect is not only "completely reengineered to be more precise, responsive and intuitive" it's like X-Ray Specs that really work! The Xbox One Has A Wee Dong… Read the rest of the article: Xbox One can see your naughty bits

Back in the aerospace heyday of the 1960s-1980s, the Proud Bird restaurant was the steakhouse of choice for Los Angeles industry workers, who gathered to drink strong martinis and talk… Read the rest of the article: Proud Bird restaurant humbled by huge rent hike

Jenny Hart (my friend who makes those cute iron-on embroidery patterns and kits) saw my post of the claustrophobic bookstore in Helsinki and it reminded her of a charming claustrophobic… Read the rest of the article: Delightfully claustrophobic bookstore in Paris

SFGate: "A San Mateo County judge allowed a wealthy oceanfront property owner [the beloved venture capitalist Vinod Khosla] to block public access to a beach that has been enjoyed for… Read the rest of the article: Billionaire blocks access to public beach in California

My friend Randy is on a business trip in Helsinki. The last time he was there he told me about a tiny bookstore that was stacked floor to ceiling with… Read the rest of the article: Claustrophobic bookstore in Helsinki (photos)

Apps for Kids is sponsored by HuluPlus. HuluPlus lets you binge on thousands of hit shows — anytime, anywhere on your TV, PC, smart phone or tablet. Click here to… Read the rest of the article: Apps for Kids 050: Dungelot

Bless Fantagraphics for publishing Carl Barks' duck comics. One of the three original inductees into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame (along with Eisner and Jack Kirby), Barks… Read the rest of the article: The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library: Vol 5

In keeping with the idea that 1983 was a good year for music, here's a track from one of my favorite albums of the era, "Tomorrow," which appeared on The… Read the rest of the article: The Three O'Clock "Tomorrow" (1983)