skip me, I'm today's "to-do" list

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link dump

Paper toys:

The Toymaker
Haunted Paper Toys (via ozarque. Make your own Necronomicon notebook. ;))
Paper doll links

Crafty (largely via the Make: blog):
Knitted robots (also via phinnia)
Crocheted flying pig
Lego yarn winder
Nifty embroidery patterns
Blackwork embroidery archives
Make a robot statue from an iPod box.

Mixed bag:
Bat Conservation International
Indie Pool (current featured artist: Enter the Haggis). Warning: it annoyingly tries to resize your browser window.
Livejournal backup tool
LJ Book (save your journal and the associated comments as a PDF)
When you don't have a breadboard handy, make your own.
Adding a spoiler to a VW Beetle. ("This spoiler alone made this otherwise stock car, stable at speeds in excess of 300 mph! Part of this is due to quality of materials. We were able to obtain cardboard that was used to ship parts for a NASCAR Winston Cup race car. Fast parts for a fast car came out of the box, so why wouldn't it help make this bug fast? And did it ever.")