{"id":20714,"date":"2014-01-14T06:13:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T11:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=20714"},"modified":"2014-01-06T18:00:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T23:00:40","slug":"yet-another-week-of-link-dumps-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=20714","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Week of Link Dumps: Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/art\/blog\/2010\/11\/thursdays-art-notes-48.html\">Wu Zei<\/a> &#8211; This art-installation giant octopus is certainly&#8230;ambitious. <i>(Hat tip to Sisifo)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclecticbydesign.com\/GiftShrouds\/gothicgiftwrap.htm\">Gift Shrouds<\/a> &#8211; Gothic gift wrap.  Why did I not find this before the holidays?!?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintagelifemagazine.com\/\">Vintage Life Magazine<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;The voice of vintage.&#8221;  Great magazine for vintage-inspired fashion. <i>(via WitchArachne)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harkavagrant.com\/index.php?id=213\">Jules and Edgar<\/a> &#8211; This cartoon from Hark! A Vagrant never stops being funny.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/internet\/10468112\/The-internet-mystery-that-has-the-world-baffled.html\">Cicada 3301<\/a> &#8211; Article about a fascinating cryptographical mystery on the internet.  This needs to be the basis for a movie.  (Update: There&#8217;s been a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/is-this-a-clue-for-online-code-breaking-scavenger-hunt-cicada-3301\/\">new puzzle<\/a> released.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/24.media.tumblr.com\/e36972be7fc365f82f4d3b32df19563b\/tumblr_mwnfvmEZ8M1sbge2oo1_1280.jpg\">Anatomy of the Rat<\/a> &#8211; This made me squee. <i>(Hat tip to xJane)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Calton_Cemetery\">Old Calton Cemetery<\/a> &#8211; The Wikipedia article has photos of some of the more interesting gravestones in this old Scottish cemetery.  I love the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Old_Calton_John_Gray.jpg\">John Gray<\/a> one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Through-Woods-Emily-Carroll\/dp\/1442465956\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=shadmano-20&#038;qid=1387804849&#038;sr=8-1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Through the Woods<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ve previously mentioned Emily Carroll&#8217;s spooky webcomic &#8220;His Face All Red;&#8221; it&#8217;s included in this new collection of her work.  Comics&#038;Cola has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicsandcola.com\/2013\/12\/through-woods-by-emily-carroll-preview.html\">preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mcphee.com\/shop\/jane-austen-tattoos.html\">Jane Austen Temporary Tattoos<\/a> &#8211; I love the metal &#8220;Imprudent&#8221; one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/asset-2.soup.io\/asset\/4118\/6162_288d_960.jpeg\">I&#8217;m So Fucking Happy<\/a> &#8211; The juxtaposition of the medium and the message is amusing.  I&#8217;m not sure of the original artist on this; it resembles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perrotin.com\/Farhad_Moshiri-works-oeuvres-17546-40.html\">this piece<\/a> by Farhad Moshiri, but I don&#8217;t see it in his gallery.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bonus Links<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goominet.com\/unspeakable-vault\/\">Unspeakable Vault (of Doom)<\/a> &#8211; Odd little Lovecraftian webcomic with a suspiciously cuddly Cthulhu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhgate.com\/product\/ws-246-gothic-vampire-diaries-sexy-vintage\/161880902.html\">Spiderweb Bracelet<\/a> &#8211; I like this design, but if I were doing a DIY version I think I&#8217;d make the attached ring a spider.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theforgottenfriends.deviantart.com\/art\/The-Octobunny-251363785\">The Octobunny<\/a> &#8211; Adorably bizarre custom plush toy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aweddingringexperience.com\/\">A Wedding Ring Experience<\/a> &#8211; Design and create your own wedding\/commitment rings with the help of a master jeweler.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/199354720979218656\/\">Haunted Tree Cake<\/a> &#8211; Lovely, spooky cake covered with twisted trees.  Looks potentially DIY-able by mere mortals.  (I couldn&#8217;t locate the original source for this, but whilst looking I stumbled upon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/fedha\/cakes\/\">this<\/a> Pinterest board full of awesomely creepy cakes.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wu Zei &#8211; This art-installation giant octopus is certainly&#8230;ambitious. (Hat tip to Sisifo) Gift Shrouds &#8211; Gothic gift wrap. Why did I not find this before the holidays?!? Vintage Life Magazine &#8211; &#8220;The voice of vintage.&#8221; Great magazine for vintage-inspired fashion. (via WitchArachne) Jules and Edgar &#8211; This cartoon from Hark! 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