del.icio.us links for 2006-01-19

• Olduvai George » Blog Archive » I’m A Professional, Don’t try this at Home: Some very useful tips on how to build up a drawing in Photoshop. It also looks very applicable to the GIMP. [via Drawn] (art cool gimp howto illustration photoshop)
• Sorry, Dogs Don't Do Subways - Why canine sniffers won't make mass transit safer. By Amanda Schaffer: There's nothing wrong with using dogs to walk the subways to deter crime and make people feel better. But their noses can't be relied on there. If dogs are so fallible in loud, crowded places, why was the new TSA program conceived at all? (dog politics schneier terrorism tsa us)
• Sploid: Japanese fishing beset by sea monsters: The massive Echizen kurage jellyfish, some weighing more than 400 pounds, have been terrorizing the fishing industry off the coast of Japan since July. (environment food japan news sploid weird)
• Sploid: Kublai Khan discovered America: The chief proponent of the theory that famed Muslim sailor Zheng He first mapped America now says the Mongol king Kublai Khan probably had the Americas explored even earlier, in the 13th Century. (china history news sploid us weird)
• Sploid: Millionaire alien: Prince Mongo is 333 years old and was born on the planet Zambodia. He lives in a waterfront mansion in Florida filled with his strange art. Mongo only goes barefoot and generally dresses in old t-shirts and shorts. (alien florida news sploid us weird)
• The Onion Radio News: The Onion Radio News is a daily podcast featuring a short news clip from The Onion's award-winning 24-hour radio news network. Server doesn't set Content-Type correctly, but this is an RSS feed. (audio humor mp3 news rss theonion)
• johndoro.com » Blog Archive » How to beat a speeding ticket: "I never admitted or denied speeding, I just asked to prove it was me." (howto law reference)