Everybody lies

posted on Thursday, February, 19th, 2009 in Thursday Thirteen

I couldn’t think of any more book lists for the time being, so this week I present just

13 random things I found somewhere on the net lately.

1. The Jumbo Hostel

A hostel within a retrofitted Boeing 747 in the Stockholm-Arlanda airport.

Bloody cool idea, if you ask me. From the pictures it doesn’t look too practical, bit cramped and all that. But I don’t care, if I ever make it to Stockholm I’d definitely like to give it a try for a couple of nights.

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2. Vetsch Architektur

I’m on a bit of an architecture trip at the moment and this is definitely something outside of the norm. Peter Vetsch’s Earth Houses do tend to end up looking like modern versions of hobbitholes, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. I’d love to have a chance to look inside one of them one day.

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3. Banana Spring Rolls

Yumm!That’s all I’m saying.

That blog the recipe is from, by the way, is generally awesome. Not only is it one of the very, very few blogspot-blogs with a really nice design, it also has mouth-wateringly delicious recipes aplenty. I gain 3 pounds just by reading them and looking at the pictures. Visit at your own risk!

4. Plastic Logic Reader

Even though I do think the general idea of them is fantastic, I’m not much of a fan of e-books so far, because I don’t like having to read a book on my computer monitor and I can’t afford a Kindle. But here is another kind of reader that to me looks even better than the Kindle.

I just think they really have to come up with a better name before they actually start selling this thing. But since I doubtlessly won’t be able to afford this one either in the near future, I guess I won’t become a fan of e-books anytime soon. Shame, really.

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5. Red Velvet Cheesecake

Ok, I admit, I haven’t tried the recipe yet. But I will. And soon. Because the picture alone blew me away. Plus, it’s cheesecake. And it’s red. And it’s got creamcheese topping on top (yeah, I know, where else?).

Beautiful and yummy doesn’t even begin to cover it…

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6. The Institute For Human Continuity

I don’t know if you heard, but apparently the world as we know it is gonna end on Decmeber, 21st of 2012. To be honest, I am still fuzzy on the details as to how it will happen – mostly because I don’t really give a shit – but if you care to find out, a simple Google search will give you plenty of results to sift through.

Now, this Institute’s self-appointed mission is to “ensure the survival of the human race beyond 2012″. You can even register for a “survival lottery” that is supposed to improve your chances of surviving whatever cataclysmic event it is that will kill off most of your fellow humans. Although, for the life of me I can’t see how that is supposed to work. Then again, people who actually take such a site seriously probably don’t have to intellectual capacity to question much of anything on it.

Anyway, if you wanna have a couple minutes of hilarity, check it out. I especially enjoyed the staff page. Now that’s a list of the most made-up sounding names I ever saw. Or maybe I’m just cynic. LOL

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7. The New Zealand Travel Blog

There just had to be something New Zealand-related in this list. Now, I could probably write a blog about this topic myself, but the fact of the matter is that I am way too lazy for that. But luckily there are other folk who aren’t.

So if you’re planning a trip to God’s Own Country in the future, or just wanna dream about it, have a look through this blog.

And all I can say is: I wanna go home again. *sigh*

8. A Drive

Do you need to store some data , which you want to be able to access from anywhere and share with other people? This is a great site.

50GB of free online storage. What more could anybody want?

I must admit I haven’a tried it yet, but it does sound awfully good. So far I have been using GoogleDocs for my online backups, but for some reason I often have trouble accessing the site and sometimes it takes 5 tries to save something. I don’t know if that is a general problem or if it’s just me, but I decided to just don’t bother anymore and give this A Drive thing a try next time I need to backup something again.

9. Elements of Design – an alternative webdesign showcase

Now this will only be interesting for you, if you are the least bit interested in webdesign. As you probably know there are lots and lots of design galleries. Most of them showcase complete webdesigns, mostly with a complete screenshot of the particualr websites.

This one here, as the name already tells, concentrates on only single elements. Accordingly, the categories are called things like “footers”, “comment forms” or “navigation” etc. Which is cool when you need inspiration for just a certain aspect of a design.

As I said, for not design-interested people totally uninteresting.

10. IconsPedia and Icon Archive

Here is something that might be interesting to more people. If you like icons, that is.

On both of those sites you find literally thousands of different icons, which you can use on your computer to replace the boring normal ones that come with Windows. Or as buddy icons, or as avatars in a forum. Or whatever else you can think of.

And have I mentioned they are all free?

11. 50 Excellent Icon Design Tutorials

Or maybe you’d rather learn how to design these nifty icons yourself?

Yeah, I know, it was a long shot. But I want to give some of these tutorials a try some time (when I’m finished with working my way through the countless interesting Photoshop tuts out there) and this is as good as place as any to keep that link.

12. LDS Sparkledammerung

Yes, I know,  have linked to this thing before, but it is just so hilarious that I like to read it again once in a while.

So, if you are a fan of those awfully crappy, steaming pile of shit Twilight books, or if you are still trying to decide if it is worth your time reading them in the first place (hint: no, it’s not), have a look at this review of all four parts of the series over at LiveJournal. It’s just so damn hilarious and so much more fun than the bloody books themselves.

13. Dollhouse

Joss Whedon’s new show. The one I have been waiting for for fucking ever, it seems. The first one I have the chance to watch right from the very beginning (I was late to the party with the other three). I’m not sure yet if I will love it as much as the other three shows (scratch that, I doubt I will ever love anything as much as I love Firefly), but even after only one episode I can tell that it’s better than 95% of the other stuff out there at the moment.

Just 2 words: watch it.

Fridays on FOX. Or on Hulu. Or wherever. Or get it from iTunes. Just watch it, especially you folk in the US – because if FUX cancels this show prematurely I will personally hold all of you responsible.

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