links for 2008-12-16

Social spume

• Secret Life of Cats Revealed in GPS Tracking Study
  Oh, cats — those furry little enigmas — we love 'em, but can hardly understand 'em What exactly are our feline friends up to when we're not around? A joint study between BBC Two's Horizon programme and the Royal Veterinary College answered that question by equipping 50 cats with GPS tracking devices and micro-cameras to monitor their acti […]
  Anita Li
• Massive Rubik's Cube Could Travel the Globe
  Those with a penchant for puzzles will be pleased to know that there's a big crowdfunding campaign in the works. Quite literally, big Liberty Science Center CEO Paul Hoffman, a friend of inventor Erno Rubik, has launched an Indiegogo project aimed at recreating the world's largest working Rubik's Cube, dubbed the "Groovik's Cube. […]
  Sean Fitz-Gerald
• How 'Game of Thrones' Slayed on Social Media
  By now you've already survived one Sunday night without Game of Thrones, dear devoted fan of all things Westoros GoT's epic third season is behind us now, and the wait for season four is sure to feel oh-so-long. But lost amid season three's deliciously gruesome bloodletting, plot twists and betrayals was this: The show dominated social media i […]
  Sam Laird
• 'Lego Movie' Teaser Trailer Gives First Look at Film
  You may be familiar with Legos in block-form, but the popular line of construction toys is entering new territory: motion pictures. Billed as the "first-ever, full-length theatrical Lego adventure," The Lego Movie follows the story of an ordinary Lego figurine named Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) who — in a case of mistaken identity — is enlisted to […]
  Anita Li
• Man Loses Home Following Overly Funded Kickstarter Project
  You apparently can have too much of a good thing. Ed Carter only wanted to raise $21,000 through Kickstarter to finance a deluxe edition of "Glory to Rome," a board game produced by his company, Cambridge Games Factory. He ended up raising more than $73,000, with pledges from more than 1,600 people. SEE ALSO: 20 Funniest YouTube Videos According to […]
  Luisa Rollenhagen
• 9 Ways to Dance About Architecture
  Martin Mull famously said, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." But what if you actually did dance about architecture? SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Grant Snider of Incidental Comics illustrates a variety of architectural forms and their corresponding dances. Which one is more your style — Bauhaus Bounce or C […]
  Matt Petronzio
• Giants' New Social Cafe Brings Twitter to Life
  Physically going out to the ol' ballgame has always been an unmatched sporting experience. More recently, however, fans have flocked to online social platforms to talk trash, post thoughts and generally partake in the fun of spectator sports Well, fandom's offline and online realms just got married at AT&T Park, home of MLB's San Francisco […]
  Sam Laird