CarLashes: oh no, they didn’t. {via}

caffeinating…: clever coffee holder.

Michael Moschen performs THE TRIANGLE: astounding juggling performance. {via}

6 Things From History Everyone Pictures Incorrectly: the painted Greek statue thing kills me every time.

Future Man – The Bearer of Bad News: I guess that’s one way of looking at it.

Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters: these are my kind of cookies. {via}

Valentin Beinroth, Florian Jenett: gun-shaped licorice makes for great photos. {via}

48 Things Frugality Has Taught Me: it’s linkbait but it’s good linkbait.

I could tell you but Id have to kill you: it’s hard to remember a time when this was clever. {via}

iDish: I myself have used an iPad as a tray for a meal. {via}

“Did ‘Star Wars’ become a toy story? Producer Gary Kurtz looks back”: “… essentially ended the trilogy with a teddy bear luau.” perfect summation of what went wrong with Return of the Jedi.

The Trustworthiness of Beards: one man’s opinion. {via}

Metaphys Ojue Lunch Box: the lunchbox revisited. {via}

ElliptiGO: that looks like a blast.

Journalism Warning Labels: it’s a funny idea but I see zero actual utility here.

Happy Friday the 13th!: was it his birthday? I guess I never really saw the movies.

Me my Shark and I: man, this is why I hate the ocean. At least on land you can generally see the predators. {via}

FriendMosaic: neat idea. Here’s mine.

the land of giants: this would look fantastic in real life.

AbeBooks Weird Book Room: it certainly lives up to its billing. {via}

Oil of L.A.: I was recently in Signal Hill and Beverly Hills and saw this stuff firsthand. Very interesting.

Pedestrian scramble: I’ve never seen the “Barnes Dance” but it sounds neat.

Hidden features of Google: there’s some really good Google tips in there.

The dozens: I knew of the call-and-response style from rap, but I didn’t know its name or origin. Fascinating.

“How black people use Twitter”: good look into this phenomenon that I’ve wondered about for a long time. I agree about the “tight-knit cluster” hypothesis.

Devour: curated video from the guys at Uncrate.

Incepción Trailer: I’m a sucker for Dora parody, I suppose.

OH CRAP A BRICK: funny little animated GIF.

JS1k: cool stuff in very little JavaScript. I like the gravity simulator

Edison: online tool to help you experiment with your life.

Books of the world, stand up and be counted! All 129,864,880 of you.: fascinating look into the task of counting books.

What The Fuck Is My Social Media Strategy?: save some time.

Paper Tweet: nice. {via}

[UPDATE: I wish I shuffled more paper. This would be awesome!]

100 years ago — 1910 U.S. Census lists “Chief Cities of the U.S.”: Los Angeles at #17, beneath New Orleans and Buffalo.

Sergey Larenkov: photos of World War II-era Moscow, Berlin, and Vienna masterfully Photoshopped into the present. {via}

Incredible Miniscule Pencil Tip Carvings by Dalton Ghetti: yowza!

Yvette’s Wedding Dresses Panama City Florida Yvette’s Yvette’s: yowza! I guess that’s one way to do SEO.

A Passing Thought: sometimes you just have to stop and think about the world you inhabit.

chewy comission fur on fur: painting of Chewbacca riding a squirrel fighting Nazis. Enough said.

Magic Trick Revealed!: oh, the Alliance isn’t going to like that. {via}

14 Famous Man Caves: personal retreats from the recent past.

Garden Zombie: this ain’t your father’s garden gnome.

Speaker Wiki: dang, that’s some serious honoraria. {via}

My Phone is Off for You: an important sentiment. {via}

From Spy Plane to Monster Truck – a Photo Gallery of Awesome Cockpits: this is seriously neat.

Because Every Country Is The Best At Something: what kind of sick bastards would reduce the United States to “being best” at producing serial killers?!

The Ins-n-Outs of an In-N-Out Double-Double, Animal-Style: I knew there was a reason why I loved them. Also, you can get your french fries animal style as well.

50 Fantastically Clever Logos: many aren’t particularly clever but well-executed. The “Spartan Golf Club” logo blew my mind.

Eisenhower Interstate System Diagram Map Posters: beautiful work. Makes it seem like a cross-country trip is a short subway ride away. {via}

iOS 4.0 on 3G iPhone parody: this is my experience since I “upgraded” to iOS 4.0. It certainly makes a compelling case to upgrade your phone to a 3GS or 4, doesn’t it?

Inside the Offices of Etsy: I think the environment would be a little too busy and distracting for me. {via}

Spiders, Scorpions, and Crawlies: holy crap! I hate bugs for exactly this reason—who needs that kind of aggravation?

Branch Skewers: expensive but a definite improvement. {via}

My Nature Documentary: speaking of Jack Handey…

tarp surfing: derivative of this but more professionally done. {via}

Hitler Parody – Hitler Speaks to Double Rainbow Guy: wow, there exists a different scene in Downfall?! Also, today I was reading What I’d Say to the Martians and came across this passage.

Gas pads by Subtle Butt – Disposable Gas Neutralizers: uhh. Wait, wha? Uhh. {via}

Motivational Posters from the Movies: all good ones.

How Do I Win Rock Paper Scissors Every Time?: I need to start playing some high-stakes Rochambeau.

Hilarious iPhone 4 Antenna Decal: it’s overblown and no big deal, but funny.

“Five things that could topple Facebooks empire”: it was kind of a linkbait article to begin with but completely blew any credibility with number four.

“Black parents give birth to white baby”: wow, that is quite a genetic quandary.

Portable Watermelon Cooler: I assume you could use it for keeping other watermelon-shaped items cool when watermelon’s out of season, like hams, severed heads, or jugs of milk. {via}

Launchlist: in the vein of “turn off the stove” checklists.

poopsenders: proving that there ain’t no niche small enough that someone won’t fill it. {via}

Monopoly: how the board game saved many Allied prisoners’ lives.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal“Economists are no longer allowed at boardgame night”: too true.

Oxford Dictionaries FAQ: lots of fascinating answers here, like one indicating the origins of the dollar sign. (HINT: it didn’t come from the United States’ initials.) {via}

Handmade Dollhouse Miniatures and Collectible: these are adorable and handmade.

Awkward Stock Photos: I can’t see using those in a design. {via}

Metafilter Turns 11: and I’ve been a member for over 10 years myself.

What’s Wrong With This Picture?: yikes.

West Baden Springs Hotel: wow, this is a magnificent hotel. I want to go just to see it in person. {via}

“Now I cut a hole in the box?”: well-played.

10 Innovative Subway Advertisements: my favorites are the funeral home one and the Durex one, though I think it’s wildly inappropriate for a public space.

Comic Fireball: Chrome extension to change Daring Fireball‘s font to Comic Sans and Marker Felt. (Note to non-avid readers of DF: John Gruber hates those two fonts.) {via}

Re: Haley | Old Spice: Old Spice guy responds to his daughter’s question. {via}

Undercover Karaoke with Jewel: just great stuff.

20 Weird and Goofy Facebomb Photoshops: these are surprisingly well done.

LOST Encyclopedia: as much as the series finale disappointed me, I still really enjoy the mythology of everything that came before it. It’ll be published on August 24, 2010.

Ten-Second Tales: Francesco Marciuliano’s (of Medium Large fame) new project. Hilarious and well worth following.

Stick with me, baby!: it seems rather sacrilegious to do this, but I’m sure a lot of people would love it. {via}

Balloons and Dyson Air Multiplier™ fans: simply stunning. As I said previously, it’s pricey but intriguing. {via}

Loiter: these are some of the best t-shirt designs I’ve seen in awhile.

I Shot The Serif T-Shirts: font puns are great.

Urban Dictionary – Social Fruitfly: I’ve met quite a few of these in my time.

The 7 Most Extreme and Weird Beds You’re Ever Likely To See: I see they failed to include the adjective “Expensive” in the list title. {via}

How to trick people into thinking you’re good looking: I enjoyed the earnest comments people left. “I thought she was beautiful before.” Point: missed.

Stealing login details with a Google Chrome extension: man, just when I made Chrome my default browser…

The Truth About Cold Water: the take-away lesson for me? Avoid cold water.

Garden path sentence: I’m a fan of these constructions. With thoughtful people, they practically force a re-read and more careful parsing. With the thoughtless, the likely result is “huh?” and moving on.

Tierney Wins Peak Oil Bet: Julian Simon is sighing contentedly in his grave.

The Fat Monkey: missing bacon, so pass.

Kristen Stewart Emotional Chart: I know, Twilight hate is so passé but I can’t help myself.

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop: it’s jarring but I think I could come to appreciate such a reality.

Super Mario Bros. on a Wall: I watched the whole thing and loved it. {via}

“Many English speakers cannot understand basic grammar”: sad, but true. Grammar, like history, is one of those really lively subjects that are taught dryly and concrete-boundedly.

“Tired Gay succumbs to Dix in 200 meters”: I bet that made some editor’s week. {via}

Ravoux’s slavemaker ant: yet another example of the insect world’s badassery.

Did Americans in 1776 have British accents?: interesting question and informative answer.