Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

I missed last years trip from New York to Montreal. This year – San Fran to Tijuana – I will not be deterred. The date is May 15th. The cost is $250 per car. The trip is expected to take 36 hours. The fun is off the charts. The details are as follows:

There is no set route, but each team must hit pre-defined checkpoints, the locations of which will be provided in the rally booklet given to each team at the starting line. Each team must provide photographic evidence of each checkpoint. No photos = disqualification. Each team is scored by a combination of odometer reading, team style, and hijinks (details below).

As for the rules… Don’t speed. Obey the local laws. That’s about it.

Scoring is on a 100pt scale, with judges using the following wonderful maths:

Odometer [50pts]
They take your odometer reading at the start and finish lines. Choose the shortest routes between checkpoints. Points are awarded on a sliding scale: the lowest reading gets 50pts, while progressively higher readings receive progressively fewer points.

Team Style [40pts]
Style is judged by originality of the costumes and attention to costume detail, plus metaphorical consistency between the costume and the team’s rally vehicle. The 30pts are split evenly between personal costumes (15pts) and vehicle (15pts).

Freelance [10pts]
Whether jumping a canyon or robbing a bank, spectacular feats of daring-do will earn your team up to 10pts.

Winner takes home $2500. Seeing as I’m without car, anyone looking for a teammate?

LINK: Rentalcarrally.

Cat + Jenga = Fun.

LINK: via Laughingsquid.

Eons ago, we featured what appeared to be a brilliant bit of reader handiwork under the title “Coloring Porn.” Per the letter we’d received, we were lead to believe that said reader de-porns images for fun using child-like drawings and loads of imagination. We even had a competition to see if anyone could top it (total entries: 0… it was like Zoomdoggle’s second week). Sadly, we were had. Turns out the reader in question simply stole the graphic from the website PownSFW , a site which, as you might imaging de-porns images for fun using child-like drawings and loads of imagination (still tons of fun). Sorry for the mix-up. Glad to finally hit the mother-load. Tons more now-SFW images after the jump.

LINK: Pornsfw.

In order to win, you’ll have to avoid the obstacles you can see… and those that only live in reflections. There’s more to it of course. There always is. Click the pic to get the game.
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I didn’t want to post it, but having gotten no fewer than 5 notes about it yesterday (and having spent no fewer than 15 minutes playing with) I feel it’s my duty… Simply put, Guesshermuff is a blog that features one girl-next-door type per post. Click the button to see what’s going on in the, er, Netherlands. There are hundreds of posts, and it’s fun trying to predict based on her clothes, but seeing as so many people decided to alert me to it yesterday, I can’t help but wonder if it’s not some kind of April Fools thing. Either way, it’s NSFW and then some.

LINK: Guesshermuff.

There’s a reason Spike Jonze is my hero. Where The Wild Things Are… live action… I have to see this movie.

Reader Eric Tabone writes, “According to my friend, my dad in 1982-83 looks like you. Or you look like him. Not sure which.” You be the judge:

SIDE NOTE: Anyone know why my fonts are coming out all jagged today? I hate that and have some serious design-stuff to do later on. Any help/info/thoughts you might have would be greatly appreciated.

On April 2, G1988: LA presents Idiot Box, 100 artists paying tribute to icons of the small screen. Steve Urkel, Small Wonder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, and more, all given the once over by some of today’s top artistic talent. The show stays up till the 23rd, but the big open will be hosted by Mr. Belding — Dennis Haskins from Saved By the Bell — how fun is that? Above it my omage to early 90s TV art, below is the invite.

LINK: Ninteeneightyeight via Joshspear.

This might be the most amaging this ever. No really. Are these the friendliest lions, or is he the friendliest guy, and does it even matter? They hug. How fun is that?

Instructables has the how-to on marging a derelict shopping cart and a bike. Smart. Stable. Storage-y. Handsome. The author, Ryan McFarland warns, “It is quite the head turner but not a good corner turner.” Still, I think I might’ve just found this weekend’s project. How fun is that?

LINK: Instructables.