This chap, via Peter Risdon. I do hope someone’s told Caroline Lucas. 

William Shatner wants a deep fried turkey. // “Christmas dinner in a can.” Only £5.99. // Dehydrated boulders and other Acme products. // Now how did that get there? (h/t, Dr Dawg) // Watches of the 1980s. // Perspective, baby. // Because you need a baguette bag. // Bond villains evaluated. // Bond effects. // Parrot loves bunny. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) // Play with your very own nuclear power plant. // Landscapes and mist. // At last, a totally unobtrusive decelerator helmet. // How to house your tree frogs. // Cheetahs in (slow) motion. // Bassett hounds running. (h/t, MeFi) // Eruptions of note. // Playing the Game of Thrones.  

After that dizzying intellectual feast, it’s time for a palate cleanser. A reader who wishes to remain anonymous steers us to the delights of Silent But Deadly, a game of stealth in which “you have to navigate floors of the office building without being discovered by sniffing colleagues.” 

Oh, don’t turn up your noses. I know what you like.

Sshhh. This hummingbird is sleeping. // Sonic booms and bending light. Wait for the ripples near the end. // I’m sure that isn’t really the title of the book. // The biodiversity of belly buttons. // The photography of Jay Mark Johnson. (h/t, Dr Dawg) // Collectors and their collections. // At last, a machine that will sort your Skittles by colour. // The rigours of academia. // Origami chair. // Idleness defined. // Edible gum party python. // Panoramic dentistry. // Panoramic washing machine. // Vibrative virtual keyboard. // Tiny violins for when you’re really, really sad. // “This is a visualization of over 100,000 nearby stars.” // The infinite jukebox. 

Golfing interrupted by live shark falling from sky. // Gas
masks of yore. // Horse head sculpture. // This clock is still ticking. // Carbon
fibre sled of note. // How
many BB guns would it take to stop a train? // Rave
hell, Antwerp, 1997. // At last, laser
tweezers. // Arsenious
acid. // Approaching
Heathrow. // Over-designed
air freshener of note. // Tiny
gardens. // Tiny
tools. // Fibonacci
cabinet. // More Guild
of Evil real estate. // Power
your iPad by sitting and rocking. // Caterpillar
caravan. // Ironic
retro drum machine. // A
visual history of turntables and loudspeakers. // When
mattress jumping is a job. // What’s
it to be, bath or walk?

As quite a few readers on the eastern coast of the US will be in bunker mode due to a very large storm named Sandy, this seems apposite. A moving, zoomable map of wind.

Stay safe, people.

Urine flavour wheels. (h/t, MeFi) // Beluga whale mimics human voices. // The Blitz in colour. // Bipedal robot masters tightrope. // Orphaned baby echidna likes milk, warm blanket. // Yusuke Oono’s 360° book. // Yes, but can you name them all? // Alan Rickman makes tea. // “Turin had the highest concentrations of atmospheric cocaine.” // Hand-blown glass straws. // Glass anatomy. // Real life escape pods. // High-performance hand-mounted slingshot. // Iron Man 3. // Attack of the big blue snails. // Clearing land mines. // When William Shatner sold Commodore computers. // Hallowe’en is coming. // And so costumes for everyone. 

“The Town Hall men’s restroom was ‘out-of-order’ after a high-pressure toilet exploded during routine use.” And other toilet-related news from around the world. // Shoes and teeth, together at last. // Fetch! // Hitchcock. // Cynical tea bags. // Titanium mouse. // Quantum mechanics calculations. // Because physics is hard. // Tour the pyramids of Giza. // Google’s data centres. // Play with animated gifs. // Search the world of comic books. // Solved: mystery of washed-up monster eyeball. // Big mouth zombie makeover. Did I mention that it moves? // Ring ruler. // Why parents rarely want their children to be artists, parts 4 and 5. 

“Dr Julius Neubronner’s miniature pigeon camera.” 1908. // Putty eats magnets. (h/t, MeFi) // BMX and fireworks. // “Bacon that cooks in your toaster.” 1964. // A chart of Bond kills, in the style of Dr No. // Tai
Chi. // Unfortunate toys. It’s always the crotch. // The frozen faithful. // High-speed photography of exploding things. // Chocolate dice. // Wooden cake. // Giant cardboard ghetto blaster. // Hair barrels. // Couples. // This lady likes to shoot. // Someone is waging total war on the World of Warcraft. // Irregular floorboards. // Bicymple. // Brain candles. // Paintings by Lindsey Kustusch. // Are you ready for some staggering beauty? 

The self-explanatory Food On My Dog. // Underwater firearm not hugely effective. // Photographic hoaxes. // Giant robot battle fists. // Jill Greenberg’s Horses. // Hating Breitbart. // “This home-made Marmite admittedly tastes different.” (h/t, MeFi) // The politics of peanut butter sandwiches. // Ice cream cakes. // Don’t kiss kitty’s paw. // Transparent soil. // These things are wrong. // Fire devils. // How many famous robots can you name? // Know your mushrooms. // Teaching while high. // Giant slugs attack French towns. // How to illuminate the Moon with an awful lot of lasers (and then go too far with terrible consequences).