Hello.

Erratum: I credited someone called ‘Mark O’Neil’ with a link to the Lego Turing Machine last week. I meant, of course, O’Neill with two Ls. Sorry, Mark. I should have know that, really.

Paris Syndrome
“a transient psychological disorder encountered by certain individuals, in most cases from Japan, visiting or vacationing in Paris, France … The susceptibility of Japanese people may be linked to the popularity of Paris in Japanese culture, notably the idealized image of Paris prevalent in Japanese advertising.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome

A New HTTP Status Code for Legally-restricted Resources
“Thanks to Terence Eden, whose blog observed that the existing status code 403 was not really suitable for this situation, and suggested the creation of a new status code. Thanks also to Ray Bradbury.”
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-tbray-http-legally-restricted-status/?include_text=1

The Beatles Never Existed
“There is an ever-increasing amount of evidence and information that this ‘superstar’ rock group was produced by recurring techniques known as Human Simulacra as well as Clones, Organic Robotoids and Synthetic Humans”
http://thebeatlesneverexisted.com/ (which is now down, so try http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_wk1PFnmDoMJ:thebeatlesneverexisted.com/ instead)

The very funny Avery Edison has been busy making things to sell to us
“Framed Egg, a short chapbook-type magazine-y thing full of never-before-seen comedy writing”
http://blog.averyedison.com/post/25386365716/hi-ive-been-busy-making-something-to-sell-to

Wired: How Anonymous Picks Targets, Launches Attacks, and Takes Powerful Organizations Down
“Anonymous is not unanimous, but somehow they still succeed in speaking with a single voice, demanding freedom for the network that is their home”
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/06/ff_anonymous/all/

Etsy: I will never Lego print by ilovedoodle
http://www.etsy.com/listing/86109981/i-will-never-lego-print
(via @mnowster)

LEGO is hiring product designers
http://jobsatlego.com/dk/billund/product-design_-development/jobid2510307-product-designers-for-lego-group-jobs

Build With Chrome
http://www.buildwithchrome.com/
(Lego builder in your browser. Via everyone. Thanks, everyone.)

Video: Sorkinisms - A Supercut
“This video is a tribute to the work of Aaron Sorkin: the recycled dialogue, recurring phrases, and familiar plot lines.”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S78RzZr3IwI
(via @knolleary)

The KFC ‘Cheese Top’ burger seems like a really bad idea to me
http://kentuckyfriedbloggin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/streetwise-cheese-top-burger-arrives-in.html

Audio: slowed down modem sounds are rather creepy
http://www.noisemademedoit.com/dial-up-modem-slowed/

Colours in movie posters since 1914
http://www.vijayp.ca/blog/2012/06/colours-in-movie-posters-since-1914/

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds