Once the slivers had been excised from the finger, I looked up, then over at the man-sized centipede in the corner. Leaning against an old Calvi Parma accordion and gnawing an green carpet scrap, it leaned over slowly picking up the cigarette I had tossed on the floor. Offering me the carpet scrap, I realized the beginning of our next journey would start and end with these links.

Michael Rogers – Maybe it’s his strange obsession with Star Wars and Wes Anderson films (all the way back to Bottle Rocket) or maybe it’s the typography and the layer effects. This is his art.
Google maps – New things are coming. Things like fully interactive, tailored maps and integration with Google Earth for 3D views of cities. Preview and invite sign up here.
Encounter – A graphical look at the territorial response of North Atlantic species by Eoin Duffy. Watching the first minute, will make you watch the rest.
TV Miniatures – Here’s one thing you can do with a hallowed out television. Turn them into small rooms, sit and stare at them for hours.
Riddick – Afraid of the dark? I, for one, am glad the next chapter of Riddick is upon us. Vin Diesel is back this fall. This is the trailer.
Arrow Machinations – A sculptural installation featuring arrows? Yes, I think I’ll have a look at that.
Assemblage – A third sculptor this week, Jud Turner creates impressive mixed media wall art; a mix of the natural, mechanical and unusual.
oOohh Baby Gimme Mores – Toronto-based band gets the Ryan Enn Hughes color-clash makeover in this video cool enough to start your weekend off right.

The timber was cold. All around stood the frozen furbunny army of the first war, some caught mid-stride. Others caught, as if, warming their hands by the icy ashes of a darkened fire. Surely, no one would ever again underestimate what runs through the veins of these links.

Andrew Bell – A special treat this week. One of my favorite of favorite artists. Pages and pages of wonderful creatures with some paintings, plushes and sculpts as well.
History of Typography – Stop-motion goodness on the history of type from Roman type to Futura, Serif to Sans, with some explanation on their characteristics.
Ghost – The new blogging platform being funded through Kickstarter. Just a blogging platform. This is cool stuff folks. Check it out. Back it up.
Bag & Panniers – Mother’s day is coming up. Why not a nice tote, handlebar bag or pannier for their bicycle?
Laser vs balloon – What fun are lasers if you can use them to pop 100 black balloons then watch it happen in reverse?
Iconic Furniture – A short guide to iconic furniture of the last century. Nice, neat, but would like to see more in it.
Baku Parkour – Ryan Doyle teams up with Red Bull in this quest to find his own seven wonders of the world.
Iron Man remix – 1, 2, 3, kick it. A proper industrial mix of the three Iron Man movies by Mike Relm with visuals as good as the audio.

Pretending there was time, he shook the dust from the vest. It wasn’t as if the tentacles provided any additional power, but they did have a nice effect against the setting sun, whilst rocketing through the air in a face-off against these links.

Raku Inoue – What better way to present something in 3D than with clay? Raku’s mix of polymer clay type and texture is incredible.
Compliflication – Even thought you need JAVA installed to interact, this “gallery of Computation” is a mathematically visual treat.
How Indie Rock Killed My Doubts About Self-Publishing – A great article on how one author decided to go indie on his book publishing.
VW Glof GTI – It’s perfectly realistic that this could happen to you, if you drove a VW Golf GTI. Das Auto.
NatGeoFound – Vintage photographs of yesteryear from National Geographic? Yes please. Hundreds of images from the 20th century and on.
The Super rope Solution – Perhaps this could be the solution to all of life’s problems. A beautiful (slightly disturbing) animation by Auke de Vries. “The Super Rope. Only $99″
Atlas Genius – IF that video was a bit of a bummer, perhaps this hand-drawn interpretation of the song Trojans by Atlas Genius will brighten things up.

Once there was enough mud caked around the post, we sent in the diggers to do their thing. It wasn’t long before the eruptions started–not from the ground… from the backs of the diggers. Tentacles shooting out from them all, tentacles of these links.

Ben Mauro – He’s a graduate of ACCD in Pasedena and certainly excels at providing that edgy, yet refined, industrial look to his creatures and mechs.
Frog Fail – Frogs. Funny creatures. With poise and grace, they often catch that fly they’re going after, other times… well.
Ken Taylor – They’re all sold out, but these Ken Taylor prints of movies like Beetlejuice and Watchmen are a site to behold.
Measure up – We’ve had cooking guides on here before. This one lays out exactly how much of one measuring cup is in another. Thanks Eric!
Calvin and Hobbs – Gritty Reboots explore the life of Calvin growing up and how his imaginations eventually start fighting back.
Distance to Mars – Given that the Earth is only 100 pixels wide, this is how far it is to Mars in real-time pixels.
Post-it Arcade – And to think this stop-motion retro video game hit only took 96 days spread out over 11 months to create.
New Zealand – The timelapse art of Bevan Percival. Put this at the highest resolution possible and watch in fullscreen.

Their arms were the strange parts. Each one of them filled with orifices shielded by an impermeable membrane. It all seemed safe, their emotionless faces even seemed somewhat welcoming, as if to say, “Don’t worry, if you come within five feet of us, our arm orifices will not open and blast you in the chest with these links.”

Andre Wallin – You have most likely seen his work, or the result of his concept work. He has the uncanny ability to embed the visuals deep within your cerebral cortex.
Lasercut decks – Magnetic Kitchen makes beautiful lasercut/laser engraved products. These are a series of skateboard decks. View the detail shots.
Snoozing – Should the snooze button be used? You’re doing it all wrong apparently. This explains why it should not.
Cannes – Interesting story behind the graphics for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Newman, Woodward by the Bronx agency.
Robotic Lego Band – Lego Bionicles, a drum pad, some arduinos and a midi sequencer, Giuseppe Acito brings the beat. Action picks up at 0:57. Thanks Duncan!
Googly eyes – What happens when some innocent fun goes horrible wrong? GOOGLY EYES. The horror!!! The horrible HORROR!!!
Visual Periodic table – A very cool interactive Periodic table of the elements with history of each, related alchemy history and more.
Invisible friend – Will you take a photo of me and my buddy? People react to the ‘magic’ of Rajat.
Cityscapes – A beautiful ride through the open, retro-future desert on a shiny, silver road, with 1980′s electronica playing in the background.