About this cockatiel giving Skrillex a run for his money, Youtuber Rainykauke says, “Just my bird Harvey dropping some fat beats. Sorry about the poor cropping filmed this on a phone.” (thanks, Chris!)
[Damn. -egg]
Eric Standley’s intricate laser-cut “stained glass” paper windows: 
Jane Kenoyer of Hi-Fructose says:
Eric Standley works with hundreds of layers of colored paper creating intricate laser cut stain glass windows. These beautifully constructed works are made up of interlacing positive and negative spaces that seem to “float” in a fabricated suspension. He begins with a drawing, this helps him create the complex range of imagery needed to make a workable design, before cutting and assembling the paper pieces.
Eric Standley’s intricate laser-cut stained glass paper windows
[The last sentence is the interesting one. -egg]
BotBusters. An algorithmic web service to help you assess the…: 
BotBusters. An algorithmic web service to help you assess the likelihood of a twitter account being run by a bot. It takes one to know one. The service was used to help identify “suspicious Twitter accounts that were posting identical messages, always in support of the same political party, Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).” Source
The service is being misused by bots to measure their own bot-score, and through recursive genetic algorithms, work towards lowering that score to the human end of the scale.
[On the difficulties of social futurism. -egg]
Open the Future: The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be
http://www.openthefuture.com/2012/01/the_future_isnt_what_it_used_t.html
(via Instapaper)
[This is just an incredibly important essay for anyone interested in the shifting role of the museum (and for that matter, art and design) in our culture. Really, really good. -egg]
[this is aaronland] The “Drinking Coffee and Stealing Wifi” 2012 World Tour
http://www.aaronland.info/weblog/2012/12/01/coffee-and-wifi/#timepixels
(via Instapaper)
[Really great 5-minute introduction to code-as-art. -egg]
Short documentary about The Art of Creative Coding:
Lisa of PBS Off Book says:”We just released our first episode of 2013, ‘The Art of Creative Coding.’ This one was really interesting to work on, since I hadn’t previously been aware of the platforms and libraries available to creative programmers. And the projects they create are beautiful.”
Programming plays a huge role in the world that surrounds us, and though its uses are often purely functional, there is a growing community of artists who use the language of code as their medium. Their work includes everything from computer generated art to elaborate interactive installations, all with the goal of expanding our sense of what is possible with digital tools. To simplify the coding process, several platforms and libraries have been assembled to allow coders to cut through the nitty-gritty of programming and focus on the creative aspects of the project. These platforms all share a strong open source philosophy that encourages growth and experimentation, creating a rich community of artists that share their strategies and work with unprecedented openness.
[Pretty damn slick google maps trick. -egg]
Talking porcupine knows how to party: corn, champagne, unintelligible grunting:
“I think Teddy’s had a happy new year,” observes his handler. More about “Teddy Bear,” Zooniversity’s talking porcupine, in Zooniversity.org‘s YouTube channel. (Thanks, Dean Putney!)
Hunter Thompson’s daily routine: 
I hope those onion rings weren’t fried in transfat! From Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson, by E. Jean Carroll.
(Via World’s Best Ever)