The Free Universal Construction Kit is a set of plans for 3-d printable thingummies that allow you to connect your Tinkertoy spools to your Lincoln Logs, or your Lego bricks to your K’Nex.
Category: Fun
R. L. May
Long-overlooked research explains the nature of Rudolph’s glow, and its fitness for his habitat.
The records for 25 December 1949 indicate a worldwide fog of unprecedented extent. Claus’ adoption of Rudolph and cultivation of a pure-breeding strain facilitated his navigational tasks during the smogs that beset developed countries in the 1950s and 1960s.
Some links: 18 again
An oldie but a goodie, saved from linkrot: Thomas the NJ Transit train.
Happy
Featuring (now) full-time colleagues Alex and Maanvi.
And check out the cameo by Stacey at 1:39.
And about that milk carton…
It turns out that here at NPR, we will edit anything, even a cartoon from The New Yorker. This exchange was posted on the 4th-floor bulletin board by the audio engineers’ mailboxes.
Upcoming: 41
Looks like I won’t have to travel as far as L.A.
#isTooAKitty
I hate it when Mom and Dad fight
An oldie but a goodie:
Accommodation
Ooh, when I’m in LA to see the show, I’ll have to stay here.
Secret fan
Oh, I think I need to make it out to Los Angeles some time early next year.
And a honorable mention for looping
Tommy, you had me from the awful magenta-on-blue script neon logo. Ben Yakas is a lucky man.
What do you see?
Alley-rollers?
Brooklyn has Columbused the only game at Dave & Buster’s that I like to play.
News of the weird
A new season of nature blogging, and I’m thinking I should jazz up the brand a little bit, maybe add a little more sizzle. Something like this:
Generated by the PULP-O-MIZER ↬ The Endeavour
The taxonomy is uncertain
Get while it lasts: Hitler reacts to missing the first Colorado record Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni).
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Undercarriage incidents
What’s most admirable about Sam Borden’s piece on the reluctance of NFL players to wear athletic protection is how he runs the table of euphemisms without once referring to the family jewels. Oh, and I learned why a pioneering manufacturer of jockstraps was named Bike.