Firefox/Fennec logo (link roundup)

Logo for the version of Firefox for smartphones. Via.

And a few more links:

1. "Nokia products say 'Made in China' on the back. Chinese-made Nokia-knockoffs say 'Made in Finland.'" Observation by Eric Barker, who discusses claims here that current Olympic athletes were outclassed by prehistoric man. Via.

2. My instant reaction upon seeing that Twitter is sort of down (8am in California) - - what's happened in the world that I don't know about? (Nothing, as far as I can tell.)

3. Cuckoo clock costume.

*Previously: Firefox t-shirts.

*Buy costumes at Amazon.

Wind-up papercraft car (link roundup)

Download the car paper toy here.

And a few more links:

1. Reminder: Don't post something on Facebook unless you're prepared for it to become public knowledge. Via.

2. Seven secrets known only by two people, including Baseball's favorite mud and the location of Oliver Cromwell's head.

3. Steel Doctor Doom and The Thing heads. Via.

*Previously: Stainless steel punch-out ring.

*Buy Dr. Doom toys at eBay.

Operation and Twister costumes (link roundup)

Operation and Twister costumes. See how to make the Operation costume here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. The Red Robin restaurant chain is apparently saving a bit of money by giving kids two crayons instead of four. Via.

2. Gawker has placed a $1,000 bounty on a new photo of Nikki Finke.

3. For any Richard the III fan, Philippa Gregory’s novel "The White Queen" sounds intriguing.

*Previously: Alternate skin for the board game Operation.

*Buy board games at Amazon.

Vikings never wore helmets with horns (and other useful trivia)

Vikings never wore helmets, Sherlock Holmes never said, "Elementary my dear Watson," and the 100 Years War lasted 116 years. Trivia I learned from ads by age for propmark. The slogan is, "When the advertising is good, it becomes a part of history," and it's hard to argue with the sentiment. (Of course, the ads don't do a very good job of explaining what propmark is.) Via.

*Previously: Viking paper toy (with horned helmet).

*Buy Sherlock Holmes posters at eBay.

Obituary of the Day: Yeltsin was like "a retarded nephew...

"Boris Yeltsin was always good for a laugh, which is probably why on the occasion of his death people outside of Russia are not calling him words like scum and monster, but instead recalling him fondly, with a smile, as one would a retarded nephew who could always be counted on to pull his pants down at Thanksgiving dinner."

Read the rest, this first paragraph is mild.

*Buy KGB collectibles at eBay.

"[Herbert] Matthews was the first American reporter to interview Fidel Castro..,

...and the last to recognize the man as a ruthless and slightly mad totalitarian murderer."

Read the rest of "Fidel's Favorite Propagandist"