Link roundup

1. "Remember, when signing up for things with your email address, put the name of the company as your name so that you know who is leaking your email to spammers." More tips about spam here.

2. How to make a foam and posterboard mortar board graduation hat for kids.

3. "The Walt Disney Co.’s Imagineering research division, which develops new technologies for the company’s theme parks, is planning to open a small lab in East Cambridge next month, 11 years after Disney shuttered its last such facility in the city."

*Buy Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real at Amazon.

Disney imagines the future of highway transportation

From the 1958 Disneyland TV Show episode entitled Magic Highway USA, check out wildly inaccurate predictions about the highways, cars, and cities of the future. Via.

*Buy The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute, and Other Predictions from the Past at Amazon.

Giant Lego Maleficent (as a dragon)

Prince Philip vs. Maleficent - - one of the Lego creations at Downtown Disney Marketplace.

*Buy Maleficent collectibles at eBay.

Illustration roundup

The Melvins concert poster on sale here. Via.




Japanese Star Wars/Coca-Cola ad. Via.



Fictional concert poster by JP Cuison.




A Mind for Trade: A Great New Solar Queen Adventure available at Amazon. Via.




Revenge of the Sith alternate universe poster by Sean Hartter, who is looking for commissions. ($30, full color.)




Thor loves his hammer by Mike Maihack.

*Buy concert posters from Japan at eBay.

Illustration roundup

Illustration by Owen Freeman for a short story by Stephen King.



Spy vs. Spy by Jason Chalker.



The Wise Little Hen poster by Tom Whalen for Mondo.



Sam the Eagle convention sketch by Dave Perillo.



Baticorn convention sketch by Brianne Drouhard.

*Buy Spy vs. Spy toys at eBay.

Disney/Star Wars mashups

Disney/Star Wars mashups by Nathan Boyd.

*Buy Star Tours collectibles at eBay.

Dancing Mushroom from Fantasia

Dancing Mushroom from Fantasia with Austrian crystal dewdrops available at eBay. Via.