Link Round-Up: February 13, 2012

My First Blaster

Interview: Alan Moore, author of the V for Vendetta series, discusses the origins of the iconic Guy Fawkes mask and its role in the Anonymous movement in this BBC opinion piece.

Concept Art for 20 Visionary Flying Cars

Diesel Sweeties pixelated webcomic creator Richard Stevens has launched Diesel Sweeties eBook-Stravaganza 3000, a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to produce an eBook of his first 3,000 comics. The campaign has been quite successful and Stevens has been adding bonus items for contributors, like the custom Red Robot thumb drive.

Geek Chic makes amazing tables specifically designed for roleplaying games.  If I were rich, I would have one of these in every room... which is likely why I'm not rich in the first place.

Last Exit to Nowhere's new t-shirt is inspired by the movie Short Circuit

Minecraft players are now trying to build a scale model of Azeroth

NASA Unveils Future Aircraft Designs

Installation: The Infinity Room

The Infinity Room by Yayoi Kusama

The Infinity Room is on exhibit at the Tate Modern in London from February 9th to June 5th. The Infinity Mirror Room is an installation illuminated with constantly shifting LED lights reflected by fractal mirrors in order to impart the sensation of floating through space. Created by Kusama, an 82-year-old woman who has spent most of the last forty years of her life as a voluntarily patient in a psychiatric hospital.  Read more about the exhibit at the BBC or The Guardian.

Fresh Take: Rock ‘n Roll Valentine

Rock ‘n Roll Valentine by Bryan Lee

Does it count as incest if you’re robo-siblings? Maybe Dr. Light never told them.

Sweets: Star Trek Valentines Cake

Awesome! cthon98 touched up the photo below for me.

Via: Notoriouscupcakes

Cards: Sherlock Valentines

Sherlock Valentines by Daunting

  

Sculpture: Robuts in Repose

Robuts in Repose by Giles Walker

Photo Source: Ed Jansen

Part of an exhibit currently showing at RAW Art Fair, these relaxing and poledancing robots are built from industrial scraps and car parts, which are then controlled through a PC using a DMX programme. Making robots dance for your viewing pleasure seems like a fun night sure, but keep in mind that’s precisely how the Matrix started.

Sweets: Brain Slug Cupcakes

Brain Slugs! by Alicia Policia

And so this past weekend, I made some Futurama brain slug cupcakes for a birthday celebration. We needed something that could travel to the pub, be delicious, be to the birthday boy's liking in terms of content, and fairly quick and easy to make, just like last year's Zappa Utility Muffins.