tuesday's awesomeness of the internet

i apologize in advance for not having any truly original content for today. i blame the 4+ hours i spent this afternoon playing Desktop Tower Defense. [warning: do not attempt to play this game if you value your sanity or your free time. however, should you attempt to play, begin on easy, and construct a maze with the cheap cannons to send the bad guys back and forth past the same guns. on the medium level, first funnel the bad guys from the top and left to the same point, then build a narrow pathway maze.]

in lieu of original content, i will share the best of the world of metafilter on the day. first is the metafilter community observation of a curious feature of google maps's driving directions. to investigate for yourself: ask for driving directions from new york, new york to paris, france. look at step #23.

second is the Donkey Kong mural photoset at Flickr. apparently some bored engineering students, armed with 6400 post-it notes, some mr. pibb, at least one set of white bunny ears, and 5 hours of free time, created an enormous mural in homage to the classic arcade game. you should check out the pictures. they've got some in-the-making photos on their livejournal page.

also a shout-out to the red sox for demolishing the seattle mariners' mediocre pitching staff. way to pick on someone littler than you. i mean, i appreciate the effort, and it's nice once in a while to just kick ass. but, make sure you score runs against good teams, too.