The Rambling American

Bands as people. From Jeph Jacques, writer of Questionable Content. "Fever Ray was the girl in drama class that everyone was genuinely afraid of. One day she left a notebook on her desk. You flipped it open to find that it was full of gorgeously surreal portraits of everyone in class, drawn in ballpoint pen and charcoal smuggled from the art room."

(via Largehearted Boy)

BLDGBLOG on why Die Hard is one of the best architectural films of the past 25 years. "The majority of that film's interest, I'd suggest, comes precisely through its depiction of architectural space: John McClane, a New York cop on his Christmas vacation, moves through a Los Angeles high-rise in basically every conceivable way but passing through its doors and hallways."

The Rumpus interviews an anonymous Facebook employee. It shouldn't be surprising that Facebook keeps copies of everything, even deleted messages and photos. Also, there used to be a master password that would get you into any Facebook profile. It was a variation on "Chuck Norris."

We're taking a break this week. In the meantime, enjoy some of our best work from 2009.

An octopus hides in a coconut. Sure it's cute now, but the next time you're looking for a delicious island treat but instead a vicious cephalopod springs out and wraps itself around your face and starts digging into your eye with its horrible beak, don't say we didn't warn you.