Fink's Links

So time for another weekly roundup of cool links, I thought Friday was a more natural home for this sort of post, giving you time to savour each delicacy during the gentle wind-down towards the weekend...not that I get to slow up on a Friday, it's accounting day...oh well...! ;)

So, to begin, an absolute gem, apologies if you are already familiar with the site (I know I have mentioned it once before), but it really deserves another mention (in fact, it probably deserves a post of it's own, as it's so vast, but anyway...) welcome to the wonderful world of the "419 Eater archive"...basically a group of twisted individuals that take great pleasure tormenting the (largely) Nigerian con-men who prentend to be in possession of huge sums of money they need to smuggle to the West (and of course scam you for "admin charges" via Western Union and vanish laughing)...the return stings are eclectic, brilliant and largely hilarious...enjoy... ;)

Now, how about a peep at the drawing board for Star Wars merchandise that never made it into production? Some interesting ones, particularly the Death Star BBQ and the Princess Leia headphones... ;)

Continuing the Star Wars theme, take a look at the largest collection of Star Wars toys on the planet (and yes, he does (somehow) have a girlfriend)...

Off on a slight Lucasfilm tangent now to watch the recently released Indiana Jones IV teaser trailer (and thanks to a bit of Hollywood magic Harrison definitely doesn't look too old to be holding that bullwhip)... ;)

Now, two instructional pieces, just in case you ever find yourself in either of these unhappy positions, first - How not to release a bear into the wild - and second - How not to release a leopard into the wild - yes, leave the stick in the cab next time folks (and do up the window)...

Time for some armchair travel, by checking out a nice set of pictures of Istambul's totally amazing Grand Bazaar...

Following on from the "cheeseburger in a can", how about a nice Hamburger-shaped Lunch box to take your salad to work?

Now on to a nice collection of rather poorly thought out business names...

A really interesting story from ABC News about an autistic girl who suddenly found a comfortable means of expression through her laptop...

Check out this nice demonstration of how rubbish your brain is at dealing with the inputs from your default visual system (in certain circumstances)...

Now, following another theme, check out this incredible use of space - a staircase library!

On the subject of home improvements, what about a beautiful steampunk-flavoured Nautilus-themed home cinema setup? Oh for the millions of dollars to do something so ridiculously cool...

A picture entitled "Coming soon to a child's nightmare near you"... ;)

A brilliant bit of urban art...

...and finally - following the wild animal theme from earlier on - a Columbian woman who found a very sick lion while she was trekking in a remote forest, she managed to get it back to her home (as you do) and slowly nursed it back to health, passing care to a local zoo in due course so they could continue monitoring it's recovery professionally, then when it was back in perfect health she went to pay it a visit in captivity (just to see how it was getting on)...what you are about to see is the lions reaction when he saw the woman again, simply incredible...

Previous posts here...and more linky goodness next week...