links for 2008-10-05

Always read contracts. And watch out for that Fred Savage guy.

His first eponymous series left a liiiiittle to be desired, but this is why we love him. His Terry Pokemon-Harris is spot on!

“George Clooney and Grant Heslov are assembling an all-star cast for their Mandate Pictures-produced The Men Who Stare at Goats, says The Hollywood Reporter.” Here’s hoping they do something amazing with Ronson’s excellent book, cos he deserves it.

Mr Doob plays the Google Chrome logo out to its logical conclusion.

“Concrete Jumble, a series of short animations, is his attempt to capture and chronicle change in New York City.” Good ongoing jazzy cartoon series at the NYT.

“;;HISTORY: ;;
;;Nov ’82 – IDS, initial coding ;;
;;Dec ’82 – more coding, hair pulling, general cruftiness ;;
;;Jan ’83 – schedule screaming, rampant insanity, accusations ;;
;;Feb ’83 – semi-winnage, accompanied by cries of anguish and threats;;
;;Mar ’83 – Lucifer announces a cooling trend”

Still do kind of want one of these RSS feed sweaters.

“Chris Morris has had his new comedy about a suicide bomber cell in northern England rejected by both the BBC and Channel 4.” Keeping a close [brass] eye on this continuing saga.

Analog surveillance equipment porn from Coppola’s The Conversation.

“Feminists may initially shake their heads wearily at the premise for Tony Davidson’s new book One-Track Mind, which bears the subtitle “a revealing insight into the obsessed minds of men”, but should read on as it’s actually surprisingly amusing. The book contains photographs, taken all over the world, of objects that are reminiscent of breasts.”

Black as midnight on a moonless night.

Clearing out some ancient “starred items” that I never got around to bookmarking, including this collection of Byrne’s specially designed NYC bike racks.

Upcoming events at Austin’s new arcade.