Oregon's pink uniform to promote breast cancer research

Nike:

Nike and the University of Oregon have partnered for many years during the month of October to honor Breast Cancer Awareness. This year, the Ducks’ will wear pink Nike Vapor Talon Elite cleats, pink Nike Vapor Carbon Elite socks and pink Vapor Jet gloves in combination with their black Nike Pro Combat uniform system. In addition, this year the Ducks will punctuate their look with bold pink helmets.

Link roundup

1.  "Iraq ha[s] already surpassed all prior years up to 2008 in civilian deaths in bombing attacks. The number of deaths has now surpassed 6,000 and may even top the 2008 death-toll of 6,787 by year’s end."

2.  50 scariest television episodes of alltime.

3.  Nightmare fuel.

Bioshock Plasmid

Joe Trinder created a mock Bioshock plasmid advertisment and posted it in the 2K forum.  It was so popular that 2K bought the design and added it to the game.

Remember Me concept art

Remember Me concept art by Gray.

*The Art of Remember Me is $16 at Amazon.

Link roundup

1.  Photos, videos of the renegade Dodgers rally bear mascot.

2. "It looks like some kind of inflatable pool toy, but what this turtle is munching on is, in fact, a pyrosome: a free-floating colony of hundreds of thousands of tiny tunicates (filter-feeding zooids) wrapped in a gelatinous 'tunic.'"

3.  Hackers in The Netherlands and Belgium hacked port computer system to change the location and the delivery times of shipping containers that had drugs in them.

*Buy mascot bobbleheads at ebay.

All Those Vanished Engines

Cover for All Those Vanished Engines. The novel started out as an art project:

Sound artist Stephen Vitiello created All Those Vanished Engines especially for the MASS MoCA boiler house. This building is a relic from the industrial past of the site and was once used to heat the factory buildings that now make up the museum. Starting with the inherent resonance of the pipes and metal drums in the space, Vitiello built a layered sound installation that can be explored throughout the first two floors of the building.

The narrative (and title) for All Those Vanished Engines comes from a commissioned text by novelist Paul Park. (Read it here.)

Palm tree frond mask

Mask carved from a palm tree frond.