Kottke's roundup of links about Banksey's Paris Hilton thing

Kottke’s roundup of links about Banksey’s Paris Hilton thing

Artist Banksey replaced thousand of Paris Hilton’s CDs in stores with fake discs.

Diane Arbus

We’re doing a Stanley Kubrick Netflix marathon over the next week or two. In poking around Wikipedia, I discovered that the creepy apparition of the two girls in The Shining is inspired by a photograph by Diane Arbus, an artist about whom I’d never heard (which isn’t surprising considering my extremely limited knowledge of art history). Compare the image of the girls in The Shining to Arbus’s Identical twins. After doing some quick searching, I’ve found her work to be positively chilling. A few of her more famous shots:

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Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds

Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds

Some guy posted a fake personal ad, then posted all the responses, with photos and email addresses. Waxy looks into what laws might have been broken.

VG Cats' Spore creatures brought to life - Joystiq

VG Cats’ Spore creatures brought to life - Joystiq

Awesome. VG Cats made a comic about the game Spore. EA re-made the comic using creatures created in the game, then sent the creator figurines of them.

Inventory: 8 Musical Artifacts That Capture What Nuclear Paranoia Felt Like At The End Of The Cold War | The A.V. Club

Inventory: 8 Musical Artifacts That Capture What Nuclear Paranoia Felt Like At The End Of The Cold War | The A.V. Club

IGN: Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters

IGN: Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters

See also their list of best guest appearances, linked in this article.

A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change

A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change

Great ideas here. It’d be neat to be able to, say, search a map for my address and see all the news happening near home.

Chris Staros on Lost Girls' Market Performance

Chris Staros on Lost Girls’ Market Performance

The book sold out its first printing immediately, as well as its second printing, and they’ve ordered a third.

Wizard Magazine's rundown on Lost

Wizard Magazine’s rundown on Lost

What they think we should expect in season three.

IGN's Coverage of the Wii at Leipzig

IGN’s Coverage of the Wii at Leipzig

Annoying loading times, but worth a look. Lots of good shots of some of the big games. The more I see about Red Steel, the less I care, but the other ones look great.