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9 Links for a Hot Sunday Afternoon

posted on August 07, 2011 by Gina Hong

Good news: it's sunny and hot again in New York! No more of that ridiculous, muggy rain today. Bad news: it may be a little too hot to have fun roaming around outside.

So why not stay in and peruse the newest edition of our weekly 9 links?

Good Mag (good.is) teamed up with Chow for a doodling contest in July, and the winners are in! Doodlers were asked to illustrate their favorite meal, and the winner received Good goodies and a smoker!

Robert Smithson's iconic Spiral Jetty has long since been a subject of legal debate over ownership and control; Etsy, of all places, has laid out the situation for us.

Cosmopolitan's new publication for men, Cosmo For Guys, will only be released on iPad. The best part about this venture, however, is the promo video. Cosmo teamed up with Thinkmodo to create iPad Head Girl: hilarious viral video marketing campaign:

Summer craft time? Prisoners at Exeter prison in the UK used paper mache and paint lifted from the jail's arts and crafts department to cover up their escape!

More crafts? Or ridiculous paper manipulating skills. Designmilk featured Christina Lihan, a trained architect who creates absolutely amazing paper sculptures.

This year has been a pretty good year for Shepard Fairey: to kick August off he's got a show in Copenhagen that opened yesterday, but the best part is that in addition to the show, he's created 5 enormous new murals around the city.

In addition to super crafty inmates, the UK has also got some innovative people making pop-up outdoor movie theaters made entirely out of old refrigerators--if you're in the area, there are still tickets left!

30 Mosques in 30 States is well on it's way! The project began on August 1: it aims to visit 30 mosques in 30 states for the entire month of Ramadan. Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq's trip will span a 13,000 mile route that will eventually land them back at home in New York City; they aim to unveil Ramadan and Muslim culture in the US. They're documentng the project through videos, photos, and doodles!

Banksy's new work is ripping Murdoch a new one!