{"id":26631,"date":"2015-12-25T05:39:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T10:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=26631"},"modified":"2015-12-18T09:25:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T14:25:15","slug":"link-dump-on-34th-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=26631","title":{"rendered":"Link Dump on 34th Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lio.jpg\" alt=\"Lio Comic\" width=\"425\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26803\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lio.jpg 425w, http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lio-150x73.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lio-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/halloween-skull-socks\">Halloween Skull Socks<\/a> &#8211; The motifs in this knitting pattern could be re-purposed for a lot of different projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/CuriousCryptidCurios\">Curious Cryptid Curios<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Miss Mantis&#8221; gives twee porcelain figurines insectoid makeovers, resulting in oddly winsome, elegantly-dressed bugs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/croshame.com\/2011\/12\/21\/krampus-time-is-here-again\/\">Krampus Time is Here Again<\/a> &#8211; This amigurumi Krampus, complete with screaming kidnapped children, is adorably menacing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=10716154\">Supernatural Horror in Literature<\/a> &#8211; Interesting discussion thread about Lovecraft&#8217;s essay (linked at the top). <i>(Hat tip to Bruno)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/arts\/culturebox\/2015\/10\/haunted_house_attractions_in_japan_are_more_immersive_and_intimate_than.html\">The Terror of <i>Yurei<\/i><\/a> &#8211; A look at Japanese haunted-house attractions, and how they differ from their Western counterparts.  The article is actually an excerpt from a book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Scream-Chilling-Adventures-Science-Fear\/dp\/1610394828\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;tag=shadmano-20&#038;qid=1446465440&#038;sr=1-1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Scream<\/a>, which sounds interesting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespookyvegan.com\/2015\/12\/monsters-holiday-by-bobby-boris-pickett.html\">Monsters&#8217; Holiday<\/a> &#8211; I had no idea that Bobby &#8220;Boris&#8221; Pickett followed up &#8220;Monster Mash&#8221; with a Christmas-themed tune.  After listening to it, I can see why I had no idea.  <i>(Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/survivingtheworld.net\/Lesson2665.html\">Surviving the World<\/a> &#8211; An amusing perspective on &#8220;the war on Christmas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geyserofawesome.com\/post\/133156578515\/the-outside-world-can-be-a-dangerous-place-for\">3D Printed Cat Armor<\/a> &#8211; For the feline gladiatorial games you&#8217;ve always dreamt of.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/wonderland-solvitur-ambulando\/id986118053\">Wonderland<\/a> &#8211; This is kind of an interesting game idea.  It&#8217;s an audio murder mystery set in 1914 Toronto.  There&#8217;s a puzzle at the end of each chapter, and you have to solve it to unlock the next one.  If you get stuck, you can go for a walk (assuming you&#8217;re playing it on a device which can recognize when you&#8217;re walking) and every 100 steps unlocks one letter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedustyvictorian.blogspot.com\/2015\/11\/christmas-decoration-2015-18th-century_25.html\">Countessa Ephemera&#8217;s Evergreen Gown<\/a> &#8211; Amazing Christmas decoration made of evergreen branches.  There are additional posts documenting the &#8220;gown&#8217;s&#8221; construction on the sidebar, along with similar decorations from previous years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween Skull Socks &#8211; The motifs in this knitting pattern could be re-purposed for a lot of different projects. Curious Cryptid Curios &#8211; &#8220;Miss Mantis&#8221; gives twee porcelain figurines insectoid makeovers, resulting in oddly winsome, elegantly-dressed bugs. Krampus Time is Here Again &#8211; This amigurumi Krampus, complete with screaming kidnapped children, is adorably menacing. Supernatural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-link-dump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26631"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26851,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26631\/revisions\/26851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}