UPDATE: Robin (in the comments below) found the source. Plus, you can buy it. Go and buy this awesome photo here, and see more great photos by that photographer (he’s from Tunisia) here.

If you’re in the none-of-the-above category, you can go right to the source, where I save these so-called awesome links: http://delicious.com/joemurphy/awesome.

Here are some samples from the awesome list:

• Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
• Otto the octopus wrecks havoc, juggles crabs.
• McSweeney’s: Lit 101 Class in Three Lines or Less
• State-by-state popularity of your last name in USA
• Wordle – Beautiful Word Clouds
• The Village Carpenter: Carving for the future

Enjoy!

(via friends in peoria, illinois)

Holy shit.

Here’s a bunch of stuff that’s awesome and you oughta know:

• JJ, whose photo portfolio web site I built, is selling a book of his detailed Chicago photography for 30 bucks. Thirty bucks! That makes a great gift!
• My employer, The Denver Post, won an Online News Association award last month for “General Excellence” among medium-sized english-language news web sites. What that means: They think we’re the best among the middle-sized news sites. I know you can’t see what our web site looked like or how it worked, but in the past 15 months its really gotten a whole lot better.
• My friend Vinnie, who is a master at Tetris, also makes a monthly radio show. Not only that, if you’re on the internet you can listen to it.
• I’m working on a database of all the Ms. Pac Man arcade games in Denver. It’s going to be awesome. I already have a lot of it built. I need to know where more Ms. PacMan games in Denver are. If you know of any (besides the one at the Lion’s Lair and the lame lame shitty Galaga-MsPacMan combo one at the Bank), hey, drop me a line. Also, if you’re an expert at Ms. PacMan I’d like to play you. I haven’t lost for years. Fools keep steppin’ up, and stepping right on back down again.

No, not Denver. In Denver “cars” takes first. Yeah, we like cars more than getting our erotic stuff serviced. I think that makes me proud to be here.

» Via Scott Karp’s Publishing 2.0

The 2007 winner was just crowned: Vanilla Dong. See the full list of winners at the Name of the Year blog here.

Awesome Summer

The first question is: What makes for an awesome summer? Here’s what I’ve got so far, feel free to contribute your ingredients.

• A good porch. What makes a good porch?
  • People,
  • comfy chairs,
  • an interesting view,
  • maybe a water balloon slingshot.
• Road trips. Denver’s kind of in the middle of nowhere, so the destinations are fuzzy. That’s okay, heck, “south” could be a destination. But a car, or motorcycle…or, hey, lots of motorcycles are definitely necessary. If it’s a car, one with a sunroof would be good. And maybe a water balloon slingshot mounted on the passenger-side door.
• Afternoon Drinking. Sarah says it’s legal to drink in Denver’s parks. That just seems like the parks department is asking for trouble, but hey, cool.
• Frisbee, Miniature Golf. Could be paired with “Afternoon Drinking” for more fun. Adding “Water Fights” to Frisbee or Miniature Golf is also acceptable. (Via Sarah)
• Water Fights. Last year this went hand-in-hand with Chicago. It could also be paired with afternoon drinking. I hope I don’t have to wait that long this time around. (Thank Tammy for the tip)
• Fireworks. I don’t know what Colorado’s attitude toward fireworks is, but considering this state is a bunch of desert (and some mountains on the side), you’d figure Colorado wouldn’t care what you blow up. I might be optimistic. (Thanks for the tip, Laura)
• Go-Carts.
• Chicago. I’m going out there mid-July, so that’s in the works. Chicago’s the best in the summer, and it’s pretty darn good on vacation.
• Vacation. Time to start working up those comp hours / saving up those vacation days now.
• Getting stuff done. If you know me you’ve probably heard of that to-do list I’ve got running. To-do lists of non-awesomesummer related activities have no place in summer. So, while “getting stuff done” doesn’t have to do with summer, it’s a necessary ingredient for awesome summer.
• People. Summer alone may be peaceful, but it probably won’t be awesome. So if you’re in Denver and interested in coming along with Awesome Summer, hey, drop a line.

That said, I’m sure there will be more ingredients added to Awesome Summer as it gets near. Also, in light of this Lame Winter, I may be writing this season off while I conjure up some preparations … and if you have an awesome porch, let me know.