Many of my favorite all-time movies are on this list, and with good reason. I will need to seek out a copy of Six String Samurai and rewatch Zardoz; I didn’t like Dark Star all that much, and A Boy And His Dog was boring. But the Fifth Element, Repo Man, Big Trouble In Little China, and Buckaroo Banzai are classics. Oh, and it looks like I’m going to have to see John Dies At The End, too. Because Clancy Brown.

Date posted: January 23, 2013 | Filed under entertainment, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Ooooh, look at this: Inexpensive tube amplifier kits. Yummy.

Date posted: January 15, 2013 | Filed under music, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a great use for spent grain left over from the brewing process: Spent Grain Bread. Via Lifehacker.

Date posted: January 12, 2013 | Filed under brewing, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a story my father wrote for his local paper that has been a family legend since I was Finn’s age: A night on the Southampton hills with the 'snow custard'.

Date posted: January 7, 2013 | Filed under family, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Via the Baltimore Sun: Baltimore darkrooms are re-developing.

Date posted: January 5, 2013 | Filed under photography, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Chris Myers, the photographer that shot all of our subjects for the University of Baltimore campaign, took some really nice shots of the outdoor billboards in Hampden last month. There are also some shots of the indoor displays at the Gallery.

Date posted: December 29, 2012 | Filed under art/design, photography, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Via Drawn: The Yiynova MSP19U Cintiq Alternative Swings for the Fences. This is a ~$500 competitor to Wacom Cintiq tablets, which run in the thousands.

Date posted: December 29, 2012 | Filed under art/design, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

From Metafilter: a link to some free music inspired by Boards of Canada, with extra bonus links to similar artists.

Date posted: December 16, 2012 | Filed under music, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

I’m filing this one away for Science Tuesdays: What are cool and inexpensive home science experiments I can do to blow my son's mind? – Quora.

Date posted: December 15, 2012 | Filed under family, finn, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Yep, this is cool: How Obsessive Fans Built a Better Han Solo Blaster.

Date posted: December 14, 2012 | Filed under geek, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »