Take a little trip

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Happy Friday,

Going somewhere? Well whether or not you're taking a (real) vacation this summer, here's an inspiration. An excellent variation on a theme: take a photo holding up a cheesy souvenir or postcard to mask the real famous landmark. Well done and comprehensive.

Overshadow reality
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_hughes/sets/346406/show


Head for (and over) the mountains
You can't see the vehicle, but presumably it's an electric oyster. Vaguely cool for a few seconds if you need a quick escape.
http://www.electricoyster.com/electric3d/index.html


How background people ruin your photos
This could be an ad for photo-editing software. (Thanks Joe)
http://vinweasel.posterous.com/how-background-people-ruin-you


Slug space program
Short, Creature Comfort-inspired film from the clearly very talented David Ellinor. His other stuff's worth checking out too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOHE2KsmdGg


QuOteD
"The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes." -- Dave Barry


Hand Drawn Map Association
You can't get there from here. Kind of a cool collection.
http://www.handmaps.org/


Friday gag: Yellow Pages racists
http://goldenpages.ie/search/Ireland/sober_ people.html


Quick pic: Summertime
And the living is sandy.
http://www.harrisand.org/toc.html


Friday game: NAMETHTPL8
We've all played a version of the license plate game. Today we bring the fun indoors. Using your memory and subtle clues (slogans, scenery and state flags), determine which state each plate came from.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=209


Dead office photography
Slightly annoying interface but worth checking this photo gallery of abandoned office space. Little signs of life, interrupted, turn out to be oddly affecting.
http://mrtoledano.com/frame_bankrupt.php


Famous last words
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly." -- Richard Bach


Bonus quiz: How Prepared Are You if Disaster Strikes?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/health/20080805_WELLQUIZ.html#


Enjoy and have a good weekend,
vW