The Ocean’s Secret Paths
An interactive map of fiber-optic cables running beneath the world’s oceans (and seas). (via etsy)
The Periodic Table of Exploitation
One man laboring in obscurity in has finally done what scientists working for vast think tanks have struggled for decades to accomplish. Behold, the “Periodic Table of Exploitation!“
Conan the Barbarian becomes a university lecturer
That’s a great hack: adding Dr. Conan T. Barbarian to a faculty listing. His thesis is of course: “To Hear the Lamentations of Their Women: Constructions in Masculinity in Contemporary Zamoran Literature”
More Tin-Tin and Lovecraft
We posted some of these before, but here’s an expanded gallery of Lovecraftian Tin-Tin book covers by Murray Groat. (via Forbidden Planet International).
The Art of Horror Movie Music
Stephen Thrower writes a retrospective soundtracks and composers for horror movies spanning from Psycho to the present, and ends with a call for more innovation and “a neat draft of madness.” (via @AwesomeBMovies_)
Prepping for Talk Like a Pirate Day
Savage Chickens has been pulling out all the stops in the run-up to Talk Like a Pirate Day… Also, Mundane Spider-Man!
The Cultural Gutter 