Squid!

This reminds me of the "Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus" trailer. If you haven't seen it, GO SEE IT NOW.Via the Fuck Yeah Cephalopods tumblr.

Geek pride AND towel day!

Today is both geek pride day and towel day. These holidays have non-disjoint sets of celebrators, so perhaps geeks can celebrate both by carrying a towel around?

Reinterpreted spam

Eliott Burford reinterprets spam with sketches:Sometimes I will read a spam title in the wrong frame of mind, and interpret it pretty much like this.Via MetaFilter.

Robotic sheep-shearing

No longer the realm of fiction (a la Wallace and Gromit's A Close Shave), there is now a frightening mechanized sheep-shearing robot/torture device. You can see a full, and unsettling, video of the process after the jump.

Wood-fired brick ovens: another life goal

Today boingboing taught me that there is an entire nerdy subculture of guys who construct elaborate brick ovens to cook better pizza. These range from using a few bricks to upgrade an in-house oven to major construction projects. So many nerdy pastimes, so little time!