Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

Feeling down? This might be the single, greatest invention EVER: A CD featuring words of encouragement layered over top of cheers. Those cheers are for you. And this disc is Ellen approved. $16.95, but that includes three, affirmative “Puzzle tokens” (“I AM COURAGEOUS,” “I AM UNSTOPPABLE,” and “WITHOUT ME THE PUZZLE IS INCOMPLETE”).

LINK: Thegoodcheercompany. Thanks to Marisa (my super secret sometimes spell-checker) for sending it in.

This is kind of beyond my brain power to compute, but as far as I can tell, this might be the single funnest thing you can do to a bike. Spoke POV is an LED kit you assemble, attach, then program, so that, as you’re spokes whirl while you ride, what was a simple stick of light becomes an image. And did I mention it’s under $100? Come on, really, how fun is that?

LINK: Adafruit.

Nerd out with your bird out, with this turkey-tie that counts your pistol pumps. BPM, that’s “Boinks Per Minute.” Like a pedometer for your pud. Even saying it is fun. £9.99, that’s less than $20.

LINK: Lovehoney.

A classic video game redone using annotations. How fun is that? Really, turn your speakers down (if you must), push play, and click the options as they come.

Yup, our denim-loving brothers to the north sure know how to turn a phrase when naming a business, but they’re not the only ones. Pop over to the Torontoist to check out their complete list, then start a “pun hunt” (you’d think there’d be a more clever name for that… I tried though, there’s really not) in your own town.

For my part, I’ve spotted the following in lower Manhattan and beyond:

I’m not entirely sure they all qualify really…

LINK: Torontoist. Thanks to Dan for sending this in!

Sick days are dull days as I pretty much run on human interaction. That said, I’ve found this soundboard keeps me pretty good company. What better way to top off a half-hour spent dividing the cereal into two piles (“Lucky,” the marshmallows, and “Charms” the not-so-lucky other bits) then with some “Giggling,” followed by an “Oooh” and a “Hiccup.” I’m sure it’s no less usefull in the office.

LINK: Audiencesounds.

Connect the power points to clear the board. Simple, right? It gets harder. Everything does. Click the pic to get the game… you’re going to need to scroll down as well.

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I was just sitting here, admiring my new mustache (or “disgustache” if you must)… when my sometimes office-mate Jon Flax pointed out that, between the ‘stache and the hood, I am now officially the Unabomber of Fun. Discuss amongst yourselves.

URDB (a long-time friend of the doggle) is a place for posting world records for others to beat. This week Todd Lamb continues to raise the bar, more than doubling his existing record of 25 images of fish sandwiches looked at in one minute to an incredible 54.
Meanwhile, Matt Steck kicks it old school with 19 ghetto-blasters (as they used to call them).
Don’t be scared to top either, or set a record of your own—it’s what URDB was made for.

LINK: URDB and URDB.

Surely by now you’ve heard of IWearYourShirt, that’s the blindingly brilliant money making scheme whereby Jason Sadler is selling the right to program his daily t-shirt selection at the days face value (IE, if you want him to wear your company’s T on Jan 1st it would’ve cost $1, 365 days later, that same honor would cost $365… do the math, the guy is getting rich).

Anyway, brother in arms Josh Spear had yesterday, inauguration day, but after several t-shirt concepts and ideas, never got round to sending a t-shirt for Jason to wear. Instead (and by Twitter if memory serves) Josh asked Jason simply to write his name, along with a note about Obama, on his chest. This left Jason shirtless, and cold, ALL DAY, but with arguably the best content IWearYourShirt has seen thus far. Enjoy.

NOTE: The video picks up some after the very lengthy shower-open.

LINK: Iwearyourshirt via Joshspear.