Remember when an artist created a rainbow over New York’s East River with fireworks? I’m going to see if I can do something similair to that tonight. Except over a baby pool. With Roman Candles.
There will be no posts today. Instead kindly celebrate our nation’s birthday by spending the day and night outside, grilling with friends and doggling with fire.
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Wearing the fur of dead animals is unfashionable. But styling your own hair so it looks like a dead animal? That’s a doggle if we’ve ever seen one.
When I see my girlfriend tonight, I’m going to ask if I can put a little moose in her hair.
Link: Geekologie
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Having just mastered Twitter, I’m sure this is still light-years beyond me. I’ve always found that one of my favorite things about plants is just how little they interrupt. Still, something about wiring a ficus to micro-blog [translation: posting ultra-short blog entries] when it’s thirsty makes me smile.
BONUS: If someone could help me train my bionic, potted friend to post comments (I’m sure he/she wouldn’t have the most interesting things to say, but it’s a start), I’d be ever so grateful.
LINK: Botanicalstwitter via Presurfer.
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Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books you read when you were young? Sure you do. They were the books you picked in third grade when you had to write your first book report*.
Anyway, The Secret Location is just like that. Except with video.
It’s what they promised the internet would one day look like … and it’s about to be the reason I’m too busy to post. Give it a go.
[NOTE: I've yet to get to the end, but I hope it's not a Marlboro ad or something. If it is, just know that I'll probably find out at about the same time as you. And, right up until that moment I'll be smiling.]
Link: Thesecretlocation.com
*For some reason every book report I wrote back then ended with “Want to know what happens? Read the book.” I thought I was so clever. Twenty-something years later, I almost ended this post with the same phrase. Go figure.
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Yeah, Phil Hansen painted this cool portrait of Bruce Lee. But what makes it a doggle?
How about the fact that he painted the whole thing by dipping his hands in paint then karate chopping the wall?
Yeah, that’ll do it. Phil’s also painted a picture of Lance Armstrong with a paint-wheeled tricycle, created a portrait of the Virgin Mary out of peanut butter and jelly, and crafted a mosaic of Jimi Hendrix with colored matches — which he then lit on fire.
A mosaic doggle? We’ve dug that before.
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Laughter is definitely contagious. When you see someone laughing like a hyena, you pretty much have no choice but to join in yourself. So we double doggle dare you to watch Skype’s new Laughter Chain without giggling like you’ve been attacked by a tickle monster.
Here’s how it works: You watch video of people laughing, you catch the laughing disease and film video of yourself giggling along. Then the footage of you getting giddy is added to the Laughter Chain. Without leaving your desk, you’ve shared a smile with the world.
So simple.
So pleasurable.
So it’s time to doggle.
Links: Skype Laughter Chain via The Presurfer
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Puzzle Farter is:
A. A retardedly simple flash game.
B. A juvenile excuse to make fart sounds.
C. A pleasant way to spend the day.
Trick question; clearly it’s all four.
LINK: Puzzlefarter
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In the past, I’ve spent full days doggling with a deep fat fryer. You can fry oreos. You can fry twinkies. You can fry pizza and hamburgers and even Coca-Cola. But after watching this video, I can’t wait to try making Chicken Fried Bacon, or road tripping to Texas to give it a try at this restaurant. You’ve got to see this stuff. It even comes with gravy! Deep fried doggles: They’re fun you can eat!
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Sometimes, it’s the simple things in life that can give the most pleasure. A kind smile from a stranger, a compliment from your coworker — or a good back scratch. The USGS Northern Divide Grizzly Bear Project captured this inspiring footage of a ginormous bear scratching his itchy, furry back on a tree. He really seems to be enjoying himself.
Bears dancing in the woods from David Cho on Vimeo.
Nobody doggles better than Ma Nature. I’ve been getting my bear on by rubbing my back against all sorts of stuff in the office: the doorpost, the carpet … my coworkers. Do it with as much giddy joy as the bear and it feels great. I promise.
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When most people travel, they pack their passports, clothes, a book or two, and more often than not, a camera. Dogglers bring props as well.
Why’s that?
Even a long line at customs can be a good time in tiger ears, and even the most staid group tour becomes laugh-tastic with fake-eye glasses.
In our next installment we’ll be discussing eating out abroad. Smiles are guaranteed.
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