http://dzineblog.com/2008/07/portfolios-of-the-month-july.html

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_lang_folds_way_new_origami.html

Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami — using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e303/tkane9/bilko.jpg

Sheesh, Bilko art and no one sent it to me!

Found via Cuil > judefa > tommykane

http://www.myspace.com/samromansoul

Creator of the “The Best Day We Ever Had” song, this is singer songwriter Sam Roman’s myspace page with a few more tunes to listen to.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/mcnail/OMG/dexter3comiconvertical.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32nQsMqqZz4

Very nice pop song with an animated video about the last day on Earth as we’re about to be hit by a meteor – or are we?

Thanks to http://samroman.stumbleupon.com/

http://www.dyers.org/blog/beards/beard-types/

From the page: “The Quest For Every Beard Type

I’ve been growing a beard every winter for some years now, and every spring, I try to see how many facial hair variations as I can check off from the chart of facial hair types. Listed below are descriptions of the 34 facial hair types from the chart, including examples of the 24 25 variations that I’ve been able to attain so far.”

With thanks to http://stephiebug.stumbleupon.com/

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080801/how-hard-could-it-be-good-system-bad-system.html?partner=fogcreek

From the page: “Starbucks’ meticulous policy manual shows employees how to optimize profits. Too bad it undercuts basic customer service.”

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/07/28/carlin.album.ap/index.html

Just months before he died, George Carlin was looking into the face of death — and making it the butt of his jokes.

“You know what I’ve been doing? Going through my address book and crossing out the dead people. It gives you a feeling of power, of superiority, to have outlasted another old friend”

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2008/07/beards.php

From the page: “In 1986, when I first attempted to grow a beard, the general consensus was that beards were for murderers and maniacs. Almost no one in mainstream America wore a beard during the eighties, and even in Alaska a beard was a serious statement that the wearer ate cold beans from a can and slept with his dogs. The only public figure of any note who wore a beard at that time was Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who also wore a bow-tie, rode a mule, and carried a blunderbuss. “