It's a Stampede! Link Roundup - 8/16

Oh yes.  I ordered a pair.

Dr. Martens 1460 8 Eye Boot - Pewter Koram Flash - Shoebuy.com

I'll be wearing one of these when I marry my next ex-husband.  Spiffing Jewelry via The Mary Sue

Step by step instructions for making your own custom stemware.  You'll have to drink a lot of wine to stave off the nightmares.

Do you hear a baby crying?

How to make a doll into a wine glass in 23 quick steps via @NoShowMo

There are many rooms in my Father's house, and in each one a bookcase.

Bookcase Porn - A Showcase of Sexy Bookcases

Musical Pi

For Pi Day, a musical interpretation to 31 decimal places by Michael John Blake.



I wonder what would happen if you keyed this into an FTL drive?



Previously: wax | wendy: Happy Pi(e) Day! 2010

via Laughing Squid

Monday morning moment of nerditry

"Kara Remembers / All Along the Watchtower" performed on an Eigenharp by my new boyfriend.



via Topless Robot - BSG's Cylon Theme on an Autoharp

Col. Tigh approves this message

YEAAAAHHHH!!!

But Starbuck is stunned she didn't make the cut.



via io9

You're bossy.  And short.

Geek girls represent!

EMBED-Geek and Gamer Girls Song - Watch more free videos

via Neatorama

Thursday Nerdgasm - What I'm fannish about right now

Things that are making me squee like the little fangirl I am ...

Need a way to pass the time until the Hellatus ends or the Apocalypse begins?  Try your hand at Supernopoly.

Created by Reveria, join Team Heaven, Team Hell, or side with the outnumbered Hunters in the ultimate battle.  

I am in awe at the level of detail and creativity, and the amount of work that clearly went into it.  I would pay cash money for this game.

Do you think it's because she's awesome?  I think it's because she's awesome.

How geeky does it make me that I can identify the characters by outline alone?  You know what?  Don't answer that question ...

I call dibs on Metallicar!

All images by Reveria.  Via @SuperWiki












This has been making the rounds of the intertubes the last 24 hours, but I am obligated by my membership in the Little Starbuck Urban Achievers to repost it. Via numerous sources, but the tip o'the hat goes to my friend Mark J. You can also find a side-by-side comparison vid here.

Laura Juliana Maria de Jesus Sanchez Garcia Ramos de Perez-Rosalina as "The HBIC"



This is just soil yourself well done.  Made by YouTube user xxxfancypantsxxx as part of an animation challenge on bricksinmotion.com. Via Neatorama



Later he brooded over his penne al arrabiata, knowing there was no other end to their story, and taking no comfort from it.

Totally geektastic gift ideas for the fanboy or nerdgirl in your life

Vampire Taxonomy by io9 associate editor Meredith Woerner. Because nothing says wonderful counselor quite like a pop culture guide book to the blood sucking undead.

Turn your yard into a wretched hive of scum and villainy with the Garden Jawa ... or there'll be hell to pay.

Presented without comment, because what can be said? Except maybe YES! TO! THIS!!

Back in the day when MTV played videos and I was walking 20 miles to school in the snow, they also featured some very cool animation. The Maxx: The Complete Series is now available for pre order at Amazon, and according to the site, will be released on the 17th.










These are a little pricey, but you know your lady deserves to announce to the world that she's a Wonder Woman.

My, what a cunning hat!

With this tattoo (print t-shirt), I thee wed.

And finally, the gift that keeps on giving with cold sweats, nightmares, and the feeling that you'll never be able to claw your way out of the uncanny valley.

For a mere $223,000 US - or 20.1 million yen - you can say goodbye to your mental well being, and hello to your creepy robotic doppelganger. Orders will be accepted between January 1 and 3, and only two will be made. For now ...

Of course there's nothing wrong with the tried and true Starbucks gift card. IT'S A FRAP!

#musicmonday: Bent "Cylons in Love"

By you command ..

It's a Stampede! Link Roundup - 12/6

Sorry Jacob. TEAM EDWARD!

WaPo or The Onion? It gets harder and harder to tell.

This is actually pretty cool. The fact that I read it on GOOP makes me want to punch myself in the face.

Zahi Hawass has today denounced his own wife as a 'liar' and a 'friend of the chaos god Seth', following her claim last week to have discovered the couple's briefly-misplaced television remote control.

While not as delicious as popcorn, this photo strip garland can be left up year round.

Never Give a Gorilla a Flower. Not the kids book you think it is.



Who knew Topanga would grow up to be both awesome and hilarious? Also awesome and hilarious? Miss Sasha Fierce herself.



via FourFour with a tip o'the hat to @bobbyhank

It's a Stampede! Link Roundup - 11/29

F@#! these rings are expensive, but Gods D@#! do I want them! Tip o'the hat to Daddy Likey.

New Orleans is getting the David Simon / Wire treatment.

I'll be wearing these when the Old Ones rise. Hail Cthulu!

OPRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Have you ever looked at a super hero and thought, "Yeah, he could be a little more beardy"? Artist Vanja Mrgan did.

There are many copies. And they're delicious.

Death comes shining a thousand bright colors

Happy Halloween ... ASTRONAUT!!

credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oskay/ / CC BY 2.0

The best holiday on the calendar is fast at hand. Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has a veritable cornucopia of projects to keep you busy this weekend, and make sure you're well prepared for the coming candypocalypse. They've got it all - costumes, pumpkin hacks, decor, and food.

If your tastes run more to the lo-tech side, Pink Raygun has you covered with their pop culture jack o'lantern templates. I'm totes making a Metallicar this year. If you really want to make the children cry, check out their Pan's Labyrinth "Monster with Eyes in his Hands". *shudder*.

Yeah! The rock music plays!

Sam and Dean

Okay, seriously, what is going on here? Dean looks like himself, but why is the mom from Home Improvement riding shotgun? You Samgirls might be happier with the solo Sam template.

Sam Winchester (solo)

Hurley Pumpkins, dude. Pumpkins.

10 and the Tardis

Halloween Projects from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories

Halloween Pumpkin Carving Templates - Pink Raygun.com

Season Two: Dollhouse Returns!

Dollhouse returns tomorrow night, YAY! For a show that was touch and go before it ever even premiered, Season 2 comes as a welcome, happy surprise.

And to kick things off, a BSG reunion!

"Vows"

Picking up a few months after the Season 1 finale, Echo is the new bride of a charismatic businessman (guest star Jamie Bamber), who is tied to an old FBI case that Paul was unable to close. Meanwhile, Dr. Saunders struggles with her discovery that she is a Doll and targets Topher. Written and directed by Joss Whedon.

Mo Ryan at the Chicago Tribune has the scoop, including episode summaries and video interviews with Joss, Helo, and Eliza.

What do we have to look forward to?

The relationships inside the Dollhouse are what Whedon and his writers will be taking advantage of in Season 2 ... Though he didn't rule out doing self-contained episodes, the show would move away from an "engagement of the week" for Echo and move more toward the conspiracy-flavored character drama we saw in the last few episodes of Season 1.

"This year we're going to see the results of everything she [Echo] went through last year -- particularly the event [in the finale] with Alpha, where she was downloaded with all the personalities -- we're going to see the effect that's had on her and we're going to find her to be a great deal less passive and a great deal more directed in what she wants, and that of course is going to make her life a lot harder," Whedon noted

The Watcher: Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku talk 'Dollhouse' Season 2

The Watcher: Getting 'Dollhouse' in order: What's coming in Season 2

If that's not enough spoilery goodness for you, io9 has the inside intel on the roles Summer "River Tam / Cameron" Glau and Ray "Nobody plays the devil with as much glee as me" Wise will play.

Summer Glau and Ray Wise Live In Joss Whedon's Bizarro Dollhouse - Dollhouse - io9

For another take on where the show might be headed, check out my recap of Epitaph One over at Tubular.

I would hang it over the fireplace in the library ... if I had either

The real thing would have set you back 10 grand, but thanks to Think Geek, the Old Man's painting of the First Cylon War can be yours for $14.99. At that price, you can get one for every room in the house.

The war was bloody and brutal. One only has to look at this beautiful lithograph of an original oil painting, commissioned by Universal Studios and hung on the wall in Admiral Adama's office, to see the truth of it. Hundreds of Colonial soldiers, in stunning detail, battle their fearsome metal automatons in a fierce ground war.

This painting was painstakingly scanned in archival resolution, and reproduced on 22" by 17" 100-pound art-quality paper. Any Battlestar Galactica fan, new and old, can appreciate this fine piece of sci-fi artwork!

So say we all!

Get Your Own Grisly Memorial Of The First Cylon War - io9

I'm motherfrakking Boomer, bitch! Pop, Pop!

It's Friday, and it's still hard to let go. So many questions still lingering. Grace "Sharon Valeri/Boomer/Athena" Park has some answers.



Strange Questions: Grace Park Answers Your BSG Questions, Bruce Campbell Style

Methadone for my BSG withdrawal

via io9

Let's go to work

io9 Triviagasm: 10 Greatest Science Fiction TV Show Endings Ever

I found the BSG finale totally satisfying - I don't even mind the "angels among us" twist.

And speaking of Angel, I would add this to the list. Gunn totally survives, irregardless of what Ilyria says.

I wish to do more violence.



And this is called "The Wanton Folly of me Mum"!

Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor!

You've got to give it to Bones McCoy on general principle, but it's Doc Cottle for the win!

io9 Triviagasm: What's Up, Doc? (Twenty of the Best Physicians in Science Fiction)

Clearly, this was the best part of the BSG finale

In my humble opinion.

NGM Blog Central - Battlestar Geographica: Galactica's Secrets Revealed in the "Yellow Magazine" - National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com

When fandoms collide

io9 - Battlestar Galactica: Spike And Angel Debate The BSG Finale

Sweet alcohol takes the pain away. So say we all.

Tubular: Get your Battlestar Bingo and Galactica Bracket

The Chron also has a handy BSG recap so you can be fully up to speed for all the finale goodness.