Link Day

Links
-While you’ve often heard of the crazy vending machines that exist in Japan, you’ve never seen them. Well, now you can! Photoman lives in Japan and has traveled extensively in search of these miracles of automated, self-help wonder! Seriously, this crap is fascinating to me. Why? Because they’re fast, convenient and just plain odd. They even have the creepy “used school girl” underwear vending machine that most people thought was just an urban legend. Well, guess what, when I happen to mention that something exists, even if I’m at a cocktail party and have drinks in both hands, I assure you that I am a reliable source of weird information. Believe it! I’m like Nostradamus that way… except my cult following is relegated to stuffed animals and my mom. Hi mom!

-President Bush loves Sharpie markers and gives them out as presents to “important aides” – Who do I contact about getting my wife a White House emblazoned marker pen? Do I have to go straight to my red, hotline phone or should I just check eBay. I’ll look into this and let you know.

-IGN got another hands-on taste of the new Zelda (more of the same since E3, but still, some more refinement coming in every day), and they said Zelda “is poised to be the best entry into the lucrative franchise yet.” DAMN! I will definitely preorder this game.

-Ok, Gizmodo tipped me off to an unnatural bit of architectural/interior design: Red Bull’s London HQ - huge photo spread.

-Apple still has refurbished stock of the previous generation to get out of the door though and they are selling them at some pretty hefty discounts:
60 gb video Ipod - $229 ($120 off)
30 gb video Ipod - $179 ($70 off)
2 gb Nano - $99 ($50 off)

-Dog The Bounty Hunter (of TV show fame) is in jail in Mexico for getting his man. The Smoking Gun has the details and it's interesting stuff - who knew he was the father of 12? Not me, but, honestly, good for him. TSG also says that Dog is 50+ years old, which just scares the crap out of me. Imagine that you're being chased down by this dude who looks like he just jumped off the set of an 80's hair metal video and then you realize that not only is he not a member of Twisted Sister, but he gets a senior discount at select locations... Yeah, you've just been busted by Grandpa. Good luck living that one down.