Just found out from The Gawker: Bo Diddley died of heart failure at the age of 79 yesterday. The Gawker post embeds a great 50s performance by Diddley of Willie Dixon’s classic “You Can’t Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover.” NPR has more. Blogged with the Flock Browser Tags: bodiddley, rock music, musicians

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Several more prominent blogs have linked to this already — including Matt Bors, whose blog tipped me to it — but I want to share this with some of my colleagues in the information professions (i.e., librarians.) Graphic designer Erica Smith has created Paper Cuts, a graphical blog that uses Google Maps to track layoffs [...]

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This is Not Safe For Work, just so ya know. A craigslist ad that brings the Muppets into the lands of the furries: Some time ago, I found an original full head rubber Miss Piggy mask, circa 1977, complete with a full head of long blond hair. I am looking for a tall, sexy BBW, [...]

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Hat tip to MightyGodKing.

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