coolness

• booksprice.com. Compare book--and shipping!--prices from various online establishments. You can pick if you want to go with used or new; perhaps suprisingly, Amazon isn't always the cheapest on the latter. (This reminds me: I need to ship el brother's birthday present. Why do I have a feeling it's going to be late?)
• go make something. Go ahead--just do it! Fun little site full of varied art and crafting techniques. I definitely want to learn more about the collage thing.
• awesome photo essay about cosplay. Gorgeous pictures. Suddenly I want a black dropcloth.
• perfect captures of a summer evening.