Yes, we’re giving in to some end-of-year silliness…know what I mean? Shall we deconstruct this and find deeper meaning, or relevance to design, subtext, artifice — nah! Nudge nudge wink wink, say no more.

As an evolution to its Uniqlock, Uniqlo offers this hypnotic, lyrical and interactive calendar. We’re trying to figure out how we can quit our 9-to-5 jobs so we can watch this all day instead. Click on the video and you’ll see how amazingly clever this doodad is.

Get the news straight from the source at The Onion. Amongst all the news websites out there, this one is really the best for honest journalism and unadulterated points of view. It has a good opinion section as well.

It does what it says on the tin: it’s a behind-the-scenes Fashion Photography Blog from Melissa Rodwell, who oozes talent and is generous with her advice. Fascinating for fashionistas and regular humans alike.

With a name like Design Squish it has to be good! This blog is full of gems like the Lazy Susan tabletop rotating on skateboard wheels. Also: chandeliers made of re-used plastic spoons which look like kelp and scrub pads resembling sea anemones.

This internet Tardis will take you right back, nearly to the dinosaurs — at least it will feel like that when you see Google’s 1998 beta. Pre-Twitter, pre-Facebook: was that the Age of Innocence? Type your favourite website into the Wayback Machine and find out for yourself.

Artist Lisa Congdon shares one collection per day — most are real and vintage, but some are imaginary and illustrated. (We do have a soft spot for one-a-day projects.) You can also tour her inspiring and surprisingly uncluttered apartment. Thanks to Yanyan for the wink!

The Hoax Slayer website is definitely not up for a design award, but hey we’re not design snobs, are we? Forget look and feel and find out if that really is the most colourful river in the world or a good Photoshop jobbie!

Strangely, Nobody Here seems to have been around since the beginning of time (or at least since the beginning of the Internet), but it’s definitely still worth a visit when you’re feeling that rational thought has slipped away with that last cup of coffee. Good for minutes, or hours, of aimless exploration.