Tuesday linkblog, absurd hardware edition

I have just learned about the Mind Killer Dual Distortion pedal from Acorn Amplifiers; let me quote you the copy in full:

Seemingly crafted by the hands of the Kwisatz Haderach, the Mind Killer by Acorn Amplifiers is a dual distortion device that guarantees to deliver total obliteration in the form of huge gain tones to any rig. Featuring two separately stomp-able distortion circuits in series, each with their own bass boost and clipper diode toggle switches, the Mind Killer offers a mélange of stackable crunch tones in a single stompbox.

The two knobs are labeled SPICE and LIFE!! Incredible. They also have a TMA-1 Fuzz which has a truly excellent red light in the center.

Is this the thing that finally pushes me to learn guitar? No, but it’s close.

And, in case you missed it, a Marine was in a training flight in an F-35 over South Carolina this weekend, got into trouble, ejected. The pilot was okay, but the jet was in stealth mode and on autopilot, so now they don’t know where the plane is?

This is the funniest possible way for the 21st century american military to screw up. I am in love with the mental image of a bunch of FBI guys standing around the pilot’s bed in the hospital asking, “So, son, did the plane give you any idea where it was headed next?”

(They have found some debris now, but they had to ask for help looking for it, which is even funnier. Guess those cloaking devices really do work!)