Internet picks of the week

Curbed This busy blog is primarily concerned with high-end estate agent listings of US property, but beyond the gated communities lie plenty of voyeuristic thrills, from the palatial power pads of the world's richest people to a Google executive's interior design quirks and Mary J Blige's sales techniques. Elsewhere are famous buildings recreated in Lego; a Taiwanese love motel's interiors which feature a slightly alarming Batman-themed suite; and a recent entry with all the English country homes Stanley Kubrick used as film locations (the Manhattan townhouse in Eyes Wide Shut was Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire). Bangable Dudes In History It may make historical scholars recoil, but TV and film's recent appetite for bodice rippers has eroticised a subject that many previously found dusty and dull. Here, under the subtitle "dead man porn for your still beating heart", blogger and Harry Potter fan Megan reassesses men and women from history – not for their impact on society but for their hotness. Each entry comes with a pie-chart to justify her particular choice – 19% of Edward VIII's fitness is attributed to marrying someone else's wife. It's brilliantly funny and absolutely no one is off limits. She speculates whether Stalin's nickname of "steel" referred to "his buns" and for "historic boner No. 15: Lewis Powell", she overlooks that he was a racist and a violent killer and focuses instead on his handsome pecs and the fact that he "cared for sick and stray animals … cuuuuute". Blog roll: Protest God Hates Protesters Down with this sort of thing: collection of the smartest and funniest placards from around the world. Life On Wheels Freedom of speech campaigner Jody McIntyre ponders imperialism and the English Defence League. Spy Blog "Watching them watching us", including the dangers of the forthcoming census. At War With The Motorist Dispatches from the pot-holed frontline of two-wheeled insurgency. UK Uncut Central portal for direct action against George Osborne's public-services cuts. Freedom For Tooting George Formby-style rants against the far right and other musical hectoring. What we learned on the web this week They made the floating Up house a reality The Radiohead video that keeps on giving The truth is less entertaining Why Dutch men are so tall Guinness tastes better in Ireland Suduko thieves are not cool Every picture is improved with rabbit ears The hard sell of Soviet advertising What really happened to Justin Bieber on CSI Where to fess up to your mess up