Stormtrooper cake. This is surely the greatest cake ever created. LIFE-SIZED, PEOPLE! (Link courtesy of Kunaal.)

Road rage is in the news. Boofhead Shane Warne had a run-in with a cyclist and is now bitching on Twitter about how we should all be licensed. (Of course, Warnie’s version bears little resemblance to the cyclist’s.) I was also shocked to read about this incident in New Zealand where an American cyclist was knocked off his bike and punched in the face.

I was just saying to the Snook last night that I actually felt safer riding down the lane with traffic than I did on a bike lane or shared footpath. Now I’m not so sure.

The Fixie Bike Index – LOL. An attempt to quantify the “hipster-ness” of various American cities by looking at second-hand bike listings for fixies.

AFP has formed a supergroup to play the entire Violent Femmes first album this weekend. – What does it cost to fly to Tasmania? I NEED TO GO TO THERE.

CultureLab: Touching the crocheted clouds – Math + nature + craft + textiles + Roald Dahl reference = WIN.

The Illusion Knitting of Pat Ashforth and Steve Plummer – Wow. This blows my Autobots logo out of the water. I wonder if they machine knit them?

Buy our stuff! I’m destashing some knitting books over on Rav, and the Snook is selling off a PlayStation and games over on eBay.

How-To: Portlandia Put a Bird on It Brooch – According to a few people I know, Portlandia is a show that the Snook and I really, really need to watch.

Moda Bake Shop: Charming Window Pillows – I always wondered how these quilt blocks were done. Brilliant! Uses a lot of fabric though. I love that you basically make and sew together a heap of cootie catchers to start.

7 Trends in Business Analysis and Project Management to Watch for in 2012 – I especially like #1: “Divergence of the PM and BA Role.” This is a big one for me. I don’t want to be a PM, but my whole career people keep trying to get me to be one. They are very different roles, and it doesn’t make a lot of sense to have the same person filling both on a project. (The good news is that my new job will be strictly BA.)