Links By Mark

Some funny/useful/interesting links:

Listen To Yourself
Another classic from XKCD. (by Mark)
I Haven't Lived A Perfect Life
But there's one thing of which I'm proud... (by Mark)
The Rut
Occasional toons. (by Mark)
The Onion Sunday Magazine
Excellent. (by Mark)
First Drafts of the Parables of Jesus
“And Jesus said, 'No, don't do that'.” (by Mark)
Blues Singer's Woman Permitted To Tell Her Side
(by Mark)
Man sells Pizza.com domain for £1.3 million
If only I'd bought a load of domain names when I first started web design... (by Mark)
GraphJam
Hmmm... interesting... (by Mark)
'I Spy' in Hell.
“I spy with my little eye, something ... red.” (by Mark)
Gizoogle
I've posted this before, but the home page of this site makes particularly amusing reading at the moment. Fo' shizzle. (by Mark)
Solar Company Says Its Tech Can Power 90 Percent of Grid and Cars
That's a bold claim - but what if they're right? (by Mark)
Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies
A crippling idiom shortage that has left millions of Americans struggling to express themselves spread like tugboat hens throughout the U.S. mainland Tuesday, in an unparalleled lingual crisis that now has the entire country six winks short of an icicle. (by Mark)
The worlds largest record collection is for sale on eBay...
(drool)... can anyone lend me a few million? (by Mark)
List of Electronic Music Genres
There's loads, and some of them sound rather interesting - 'Skacid', anyone? Personally I think I'll spend my evening chilling out on the sofa with 'The Best Of Terrorcore Vol. 3'. (by Mark)
Sleeveface
People with records on their face. Better than it sounds. (by Mark)
The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs
I just love the descriptions: 'they then descend upon the beehive like an unholy plague of hell-born death engines'. (by Mark)
R Kelly - 'Real Talk'
I still can't decide whether R Kelly is taking the piss out of himself or if he's actually totally fucking nuts. You decide. (by Mark)
High Wire
“There's only three things I've ever been afraid of: electricity, heights, and women. And I'm married, too.” (by Mark)
Motorhead Messiah
Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him? (by Mark)
Suggested Poses for Photo Booth Pictures
Try some of these in Bretonside bus station... (by Mark)
Entire Precinct Made Up Of Loose Cannons
“The shortage is compounded by the recent tragic loss of the 34 suspended officers' partners, who were reportedly gunned down in warehouses across the city while doing something brave.” (by Mark)
Breakfast
In the same vein as this, pics of people with their breakfast. (by Mark)
Worst. Interview. Ever.
Sigur Ros interview on NPR. They are not up for it... (by Mark)
David Ford - State Of The Union
Brilliant video, brilliant lyrics. (by Mark)
Lollipops
Pixel bands from FlipFlopFlyin. I'm sure you've seen these before somewhere - how many can you guess? (by Mark)
Archaeologist Tired Of Unearthing Unspeakable Ancient Evils
“Can't a man even clean up his work area without inadvertently conjuring up a pack of lightning-breathing ocelots?" (by Mark)
New Crispy Snack Cracker To Ease Crushing Pain Of Modern Life
“Our tasty new snack cracker will, if only for a few lovely moments, significantly lessen the aching, gnawing angst that haunts your very soul." (by Mark)
Clinton Calls For National Week Off To Get National Shit Together
"...the Army's been hassling me for months about getting them some new bombers. Plus, I owe Mexico like a billion dollars." (by Mark)
Troubleshooting Guide for Timecorp's VH3928 model Time Machine
“Problem: Creature from alternate timeline has stowed away aboard time machine, escaped into user's timeline, and is wreaking havoc on everything user knows and loves." (by Mark)
The Troubled Life Of Amy Winehouse
What have the warning signs been? (by Mark)
2007 'probably wettest UK summer'
No fucking kidding. (by Mark)
Hard To Tell If Wikipedia Entry On Dada Has Been Vandalized Or Not
One for the arty types among us (by Mark)
Les Fantasticos
Download our MP3's from the band website. (by Mark)
Wikipedia Article on Tourette's Syndrome
Funny (by Mark)
RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
From The Onion (by Mark)
David Hasselhoff 'Music Video'
What in the name of Christ is going on. Seriously. (by Mark)
Fucking Blue Shells
From XKCD (by Mark)
A letter to Optimus Prime from his Geico Auto Insurance Agent
“You have claimed not to be responsible in (any of the cases), usually listing the cause of the accident as either 'Sneak attack by Decepticons' or 'Unavoidable damage caused by protecting freedom for all sentient beings.'" (by Mark)
Nintendo pounds Sony and MS in sales
I don't know why I care (they're all just faceless corporations, after all) - but saying that, well in Nintendo... (by Mark)
Coolest yacht design ever?
(by Mark)
Single Bee Sends Gathering Of Humans Into Helpless Panic
More from The Onion. (by Mark)
What The World Eats
Interesting photo essay showing 15 different families from around the world beside everything they will eat in a week. (by Mark)
Media Landscape Redefined By 24-Second News Cycle
In addition to creating its groundbreaking format, CNN:24 broke many important stories with reports such as “Ford No Money Everyone Fired," “Iraq Bomb Kill Truck," “Country Hates Bush," “Dow High Now," and “Squirrel Water Skis." (by Mark)
Children's Books
From Something Awful's Photoshop Phriday competition... (by Mark)
Kentucky DMV Introduces Game Of Chicken To Driver's Test
“If we have drivers on the road lacking these vital chicken skills, something terrible could happen—like, for instance, someone swerving away at the last second like a giant pussy” (by Mark)
Last.fm
Music-based social networking site - if you have iTunes you can download the software, which uploads tracks you play on your computer, and can then recommend stuff you might like (according to other users). (by Mark)
Ye Olde Metal Days
Loads of photos of 80's metal bands including some very young Metallica members. (by Mark)
Virb
What MySpace should be like (as opposed to a horrible mess of badly-designed crap). (by Mark)
The Prophet of Garbage
“Joseph Longo's Plasma Converter turns our most vile and toxic trash into clean energy—and promises to make a relic of the landfill”... seriously clever stuff. (by Mark)
Superfoods For The Pessimist
“They are also high in fiber, folic acid, and vitamins C and E, none of which can help you now." (by Mark)
Cornflake King
Until I found this, I thought this site was weird. That's all I'm saying. (by Mark)
Schoolyard penis seen from space
Makes drawing them on each other's schoolbooks look a bit lame, really. (by Mark)
Postsecret
Some of them are really sad, some of them are funny, and some are, in the words of Keely, 'absolute loopers'... now you're curious, aren't you? (by Mark)
I probably shouldn't have opted for the cheapest HMO
(by Mark)
Most Dangerous Roads
And I thought my journey to work was stressful... (by Mark)
Will It Blend?
A kitchen blender company, demonstrating (in rather unorthodox fashion) just how powerful their blenders really are... (by Mark)
Mark B's Massive Geekathon
Some electronics stuff I'm fiddling about with which you may find interesting. Or, really, really boring. Whatever. (by Mark)
Little People
Wicked. Warning - site is a bit slow (there's a lot of photos). (by Mark)
Very Funny Ads
Not all very funny, but a good timewaster. (by Mark)
Excellent Movie Pitch Ideas
Check out these works of genius. (by Mark)
Scary Elevator
This just makes me very nervous... (by Mark)
OK Go Music Vid
Just watch it... (by Mark)
How To Destroy The Earth
What it says on the tin. (by Mark)
The Apple Product Cycle
As someone who spends a LOT of time on the web, I can say that this is (hilariously?) close to the truth... (by Mark)
Bedtime Stories By Thom Yorke
Ample parking asphalted over bunny bones. Everyone everyone everyone get in. (by Mark)
Dark Lady
Our very own Rachel's blog - pay her a visit! (by Mark)
Fainting Goats
No comment. Just watch it. (by Mark)
Audio Lunchbox
Buy MP3's Online, but with no DRM or restrictions (and higher quality files than iTunes). (by Mark)
Jarvis Cocker
Listen to the lyrics of his new track 'Running The World'. I was never a Pulp fan, but - genius. (by Mark)
Rock Balancing
Bizarre but fascinating. (by Mark)
Jaffa Quake (Pimp That Snack)
Jaffa cakes not quite sizeable enough for you? Check out this monster... (by Mark)
Two Hundred Spam E-Mails Can't Be Wrong
“Everybody was talking about them, from Maybelline Stackpole, to pdqun zjfspdbie to Lyle Ortiz”... (by Mark)
This is social realism. This is Gash.
Funny spoof documentary. (by Mark)
70,000 Beer Cans Found in Ogden Townhouse
This is what our house will look like when we start drinking again... (by Mark)
Study: Alligators Dangerous No Matter How Drunk You Are
“the alligators far outperformed their inebriated human counterparts in the following areas: lunging, biting, crushing, dismembering, and swallowing." (by Mark)
Confessions of a Generic Magazine
Thought this was quite clever. And true. (by Mark)
Goddamn Findings Fail To Support Researcher's Hypothesis
The Onion never fails... (by Mark)
Halo 2 and the Criminal Mind
Not even really sure why this was written, but made me laugh... a lot. (by Mark)
iTunes Smart Playlists
An incredibly in-depth piece on creating good Smart Playlists - some good ideas here (if you listen to an iPod all day). (by Mark)
The Brothers Brown
These guys have an ear for a good mash-up - Pantera vs Mark Morrison anyone? (MP3's available for download) (by Mark)
Tube Gossip
Stuff overheard on the London Underground - very funny (and sometimes strange). (by Mark)
Crazy Java Sand Game
Well, not really a game, more of a time waster. (by Mark)
Mark Bell
It's my 'name domain' site… (by Mark)
Pac-LAN
And I thought I was a nerd... very clever though! (by Mark)
Webmasters who didn't think when they registered their URL
Hilarious. Even if you're NOT a complete nerd. (by Mark)
Metal Council Convenes To Discuss 'Metal Hand Sign' Abuse
“If your head is neither banging nor thrashing, you should not be throwing the sign," Butler said. “It's that simple." (by Mark)
Dr McNinja
He's a doctor - and a ninja. (by Mark)
Lowbrow
Just go there - it's strangely addictive. (by Mark)
Cassette Jam
Loads of images of cassettes - interesting for some reason I can't quite put my finger on. (by Mark)
Veteran Cop Gets Along Great With Rookie Partner
You can't beat The Onion... (by Mark)
Celestia
Like Google Earth - but for space. Load this up, put on some FSOL and prepare to be spun out at the sheer hugeness of it all. (by Mark)
Knitted Robots
I don't know why, but I want one. (by Mark)
God Loves The 1974 VW Dasher
Very well written article about US oil policies. (by Mark)
Kittenwar
Can you handle the cute? (by Mark)
Baffling Cuteness
Surreal. Just surreal. (by Mark)
The Best Page in the Universe
Nothing like a self-deprecating title, eh? And I thought I ranted a lot - well, wait till you read this guy's site... (by Mark)
Wulffmorgenthaler
F**king nuts. (Almost) daily cartoon strip - browse the previous strips for an idea of what to expect... (by Mark)
Captain's Crate
Nice audioblog from a guy who obviously loves music - broaden your horizons. (by Mark)
Gizmodo
Gadgets... so many lovely gadgets... (by Mark)
Lifehacker
Genuinely useful tips on just about everything. (by Mark)
Klingon Fairy Tales
From McSweeneys.net - you'll only find this funny if you're a total geek. Which I am. (by Mark)

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