Morning Linkage (Apr 10)

Yet anoth­er stu­pid car design that posits groovy graph­ics as the
solu­tion to — well I don’t know exact­ly what. Usually these things are
pitched at girls/women. Cars as acces­so­ry. (The pug thing is just
cute.)
http://www.core77.com/blog/competition/this_just_inbox_moy_concept_car_by_elvis_tomljenovic_pugzee_by_dave_cortes_13151.asp

Hugh McLeod has anoth­er print com­ing out. Don’t like his style enough
to fork out for one but his irony kills me.
Big ver­sion here:
http://www.gapingvoid.com/ws0904%20jpeg.jpg
Post and pric­ing here:
http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004909.html

If I ever have to do a Dale Evans gig I want this dress.
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/04/custom_circus_dress_from_ramon.html

I’ve been fol­low­ing the reac­tions to the UK’s real­ly dreadful
“war-on-terror” ad campaigns.
Start here with the first reports of the originals.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/24/london-cops-reach-ne.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/30/dumbest-salvo-yet-in.html

A col­lec­tion of the remix­es here:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/26/remixes-of-the-paran.html
And my per­son­al favorite:
http://www.spacetoast.net/STP/culture/london/sheet_road_cctv_remix1.jpg

Someone must want this thing in their den. Not me.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/04/10/unruly-nephews-buy-this-life-sized-velociraptor-head/

Area 51 and the SR-71-Blackbird. Interviews with engi­neers and others
that worked there.
http://www.latimes.com/la-mag-april052009-backstory,0,786384.story

That’s all for this week.