{"id":29756,"date":"2018-08-10T05:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=29756"},"modified":"2018-08-09T05:50:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T10:50:44","slug":"the-link-dump-and-the-pussycat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=29756","title":{"rendered":"The Link Dump and the Pussycat"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Spectre is Haunting Unicode<\/a> – This sounds like the title of a really nerdy horror story, but it’s actually an overview of the meaningless “ghost characters” that have accidentally been included in Unicode.<\/p>\n

Getting Dressed in the 18th Century – Gentleman<\/a> – A few months ago the National Museums Liverpool Twitter account posted a video<\/a> of the rigmarole a (wealthy) 18th Century woman had to go through to get dressed. They’ve just posted a companion video showing a man’s dressing routine.<\/p>\n

@MorningArrived<\/a> – “Morning arrived like ten wombats driving a Porsche\u2014three for the pedals, two for the shifter, two for the steering wheel, and three to lean out the windows and scream: “we’re all gonna die!” in the cutest possible way. #badnoir”<\/p>\n

Milk Jug Skulls<\/a> – Tutorial for making good-looking skulls out of plastic milk jugs. (Hat tip to pdq)<\/i><\/p>\n

The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat<\/a> – There should be more fairytales with dinosaurs in them.<\/p>\n

What does it take to understand spiders? False eyelashes, capes and face paint<\/a> – Which also sounds like the recipe for understanding drag queens. Anyway, neat article about researching spider behavior. (Hat tip to Bruno)<\/i><\/p>\n

The Bloggess’ Secret Room<\/a> – Amusing Twitter thread.<\/p>\n

Illuminidol<\/a> – “Idolatry of the 21st Century.” Offers devotional candles featuring pop-culture “saints.”<\/p>\n

Terminal 00<\/a> – As submitterator Bruno phrased it, “TFW you’re a goth but also a web designer searching for a job.”<\/p>\n

“Dead and Breakfast” Lap Desk<\/a> – Tutorial for a nice-looking gothy lap desk. (Hat tip to Pixel Pixie)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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