{"id":14972,"date":"2012-06-15T06:33:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T11:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=14972"},"modified":"2013-08-21T13:40:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T18:40:49","slug":"five-little-link-dumps-and-how-they-grew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=14972","title":{"rendered":"Five Little Link Dumps and How They Grew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldmarket.com\/product\/index.jsp?productId=12872300\">Absinthe-Flavored Coffee<\/a> &#8211; I object to the product description, in that I don&#8217;t think anything flavored with absinthe could properly be called a &#8220;cup of Joe.&#8221; <i>(Hat tip to Linda)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2012\/06\/11\/hrii-cthulhu-goka-font-phng.html\">Cristoforo Font Kickstarter<\/a> &#8211; Something something Lovecraft font something.  Honestly, the attempt to juxtapose font recreation and Cthulhu had me cocking my head like the RCA dalmatian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5915359\/welcome-to-death-week\">Death Week<\/a> &#8211; A roundup of death-related topics from io9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sheishine\/7179173688\/in\/photostream\">Ectoplasm<\/a> &#8211; The cutest little needle-felted hunk of supernatural goo that you will ever see.  There&#8217;s a second view <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sheishine\/7179019184\/in\/photostream\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modani.com\/furniture-stores\/baroque\/victoria-lounge-chair\" rel=\"nofollow\">Victoria Lounge Chair<\/a> &#8211; This has just become the top item on my furniture wish list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoonflower.com\/tags\/haunted\">Haunted Fabric<\/a> &#8211; Custom fabric printer Spoonflower&#8217;s &#8220;haunted&#8221; tag turns up a number of lovely patterns, including several riffs on the Disney Haunted Mansion wallpaper.  (I would suspect those get copyright takedown notices occasionally, so order while you can.)  Also check tags like &#8220;spooky&#8221; and &#8220;monster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CbGMy.jpg\">iPhone Charging Station<\/a> &#8211; From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pics\/comments\/tsgxp\/a_friends_husband_just_built_this_iphone_charging\/\">Reddit<\/a>, a splendid Kubrick-esque phone charger made from Legos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/hugh-laurie-play-villain-robocop-336463\">Robocop Remake<\/a> &#8211; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkgeek.com\/blog\/\">ThinkGeek blog<\/a> puts it better than I could: &#8220;Robocop remake? Maybe okay. Starring Hugh Laurie, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman &#038; Samuel L Jackson? WELL THEN.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewitchhunt.tumblr.com\/\">she didn&#8217;t float<\/a> &#8211; Photoblog of odd old photos.  Some are creepy.  Some are NSFW, so beware.  <i>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mistermacabre.com\/\">Mr. Macabre<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/transaction\/36550698\">Bat Hat<\/a> &#8211; The expression on the face of this fleece &#8220;bat&#8221; hat just cracks me up.  The seller also has a cute <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/85511289\/cthulhu-cap-green-and-orange-medium-23\">Cthulhu<\/a> version.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\np.s. &#8211; I&#8217;m going to be dragged, kicking and shrieking, away from the computer for a week.  Due to the magic of advance scheduling posting will continue as usual, but if you email and I don&#8217;t respond I&#8217;m not ignoring you.  (Or&#8230;<em>am I<\/em>?  Muwahahahaha.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absinthe-Flavored Coffee &#8211; I object to the product description, in that I don&#8217;t think anything flavored with absinthe could properly be called a &#8220;cup of Joe.&#8221; (Hat tip to Linda) Cristoforo Font Kickstarter &#8211; Something something Lovecraft font something. 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