Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

Photographer and neighbor-of-the doggle, Dulce asks the question “are immigrants the real heroes for working below wage and still sending money back home?” The way he asks is by dressing them as such and taking pictures, thus earning himself the highly sought-after ‘honorary’ title. How much funner would the world be if we all dressed this way on the regular?

LINK: Dulcepinzon.

Takeuchi Taijin took a wolf suit, paper mache pig, and hundreds of photographs and came up with a brilliant animated fairy tale. Feel the funshine.

Marisa Bregman sent this in. Amazing, I worried she was gone forever.

If you’re anything like me, you’re kind-sorta distraught that there hasn’t been a major beer-drinking breakthrough since the invention of the beer-helmet some 32 years ago (NOTE: actual numbers may vary, I’m kinda-sorta too lazy to look it up right now). Enter the beer belt, a bandoleer that can hold six cans or bottles around your waste plus one other thing (I’d probably go cell phone, or even playing cards, but if cigarettes are your idea of fun, there’s always that too). $21.95.

Cheers to Eddy M for sending this in.

LINK: Thebeerbelt.

Like the mamma-bird nudging her nestling out of the tree and hoping that it doesn’t plummet to its death, so we too are nudging the Superuseless thing into its next stage of life. To put it simply, we want you more involved…our loyal followers.

We’d like to invite you to send us your whole Superuseless sha-bang (your power, a your writeup, AND your accompanying illustration). That way you don’t have to wait on us to bring your brilliance to life. We’ll be moderating the submissions and plan to post them on a regular basis. So many of you have sent us your ideas, and we want those ideas to live on our site, along with ours.

So here are some guidelines:

1) Email us your power, writeup and accompanying image at talktomeaboutit@gmail.com

2) Title your e-mail “Superuseless Submission: (name of power)” Otherwise it may fall into the abundance of spam and junk mail we often receive.

4) Submit your attached illustration/image as a single jpeg. Just make sure the file isn’t HUGE (over 1Mb).

5) Include whatever personal information you’d like to see on the blog so we can give you credit (name, location, email, etc.).

Leon, Nicaragua, home of the still-active, black ash covered, Cerro Negro Volcano. Add to that a plywood board with with metal rails, and suddenly the 1600 foot slope is capable of producing 55mph speeds. The locals call it Volcano Boarding, the visitors call it thrilling. A 4.5 hours round trip, including the orange jump-suit and a free mojito will set you back just $28. How fun is that?

LINK: Bigfotnicaragua via Trendhunter.

This one treads pretty far into mindless territory, but this morning it hit the spot and then some. Adjust angle and power to squirt the sunbather as many times as you can before your gun runs out of juice. So far the score to beat (mine): 12063. Click the pic to get the game.

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Meet my new hero Lucas, an alternative locksmithing, cabinet-hiding, fun monster genius with a penchant for giving his keys to strangers and breaking into his own home. Amazing. There’s so many fun ideas packed into this one tiny video it hurts.

LINK: via Boingboing.

How much time do you have to kill? No, really, give it a think. If you don’t have at least 5 minutes, a pen and some paper, and a PHD in Twitter, just skip this one over. For the select few however, the makers of the new Terminator movie have come up with a twitter based game. Here’s how it works (note, what follows means next to nothing to me – wayyyyy toooo complexxxx – but the idea of the thing sounds fun):

OVERVIEW

Members of the human resistance are communicating with each other through Twitter. The Resistance is able to “intercept” Skynet communications, but they are decoded, incomplete or unanswered. The Resistance is turning to the Resistance2018 community to help complete these intercepts and broadcast messages in support of the cause.

TERMINATOR SALVATION TWITTER GAME

1. Follow Terminator Salvation on Twitter (@resistance2018)
2. Log In on 2018blog.com
3. Watch for tweets from @resistance2018
4. Send answers via @replies with hash tags to @resistance2018 or RT through the blog
5. You will receive a direct messages in Twitter with point updates

OBJECTIVE

Your primary objectives are as follows:

* Follow Resistance2018 on Twitter for messages throughout the day
* Respond to Resistance Assignments quickly to earn points
* Accrue points to advance positions on the leaderboard and achieve higher ranks in the Resistance Army

TWITTER MESSAGE TYPES

1. Resistance Assignments (Abbreviation: RA) will be of the following types:
* Word Mix (Abbreviation: WM) – Word Mix is a simple jumble of letters that need to be unscrambled. Ex: “OHJN” is “JOHN”
* Trivia (Abbreviation: TR) – Trivia questions require simple answers about Terminator Salvation. You may often be directed to the website to find the answer.
* Partial Transmission (Abbreviation: PT) – Partial transmission is a simple letter, word or combination of both that you must fill in and then reply with the complete message. Ex: “_O_N” is “JOHN”
2. Skynet Warnings (Abbreviation: SW) are informational messages related to the war between humans and machines.
3. Terminator Salvation Updates (Abbreviation: TSU) are information about the film. The updates may also reinforce the instructions and provide tips on how to earn more points.
4. Status (Abbreviation: STAT) are direct messages that update you on your points and rank in the game.

TWEET FORMAT

Tweets will utilize abbreviations to identify message types. Resistance Assignments will begin with RA: followed by the specific message type abbreviation, as in:

* RA:WM
* RA:TR
* RA:PT

Next, an action command and the question, as in:

* RA:WM Decode “OHJN”
* RA:TR “What is the last name of the leader of the Resistance?”
* RA:PT Complete “_O_N _O_NN_R”

You will likewise be required to reply with a set format:

* @Resistance2018 JOHN #RA:WM
* @Resistance2018 CONNOR #RA:TR
* @Resistance2018 JOHN CONNOR #RA:PT

PLEASE NOTE: All Resistance Assignment replies must include a hash tag for the question type as shown in the examples above. Failure to do so will register your response as incorrect.

RETWEETS

Once you log into the blog, click on your twitter icon to see available RT bonus assignments and a summary of your activity within the game.

SCORING

You can both earn points and lose points in the game. Earn points through timely responses to Resistance Assignments (RA) and retweets through the blog. RA and RT point values vary, and you may receive greater point values if you are one of the first respondents. As you earn points, you move up the leaderboard and rise in rank within the resistance army.

Machines may periodically harvest you and penalize you a percentage of your points. There is no defense against being harvested so be on alert!

LINK: Resistance2018.

This could easily be the happiest 5 minutes of your day. Don’t fight it. PS: Don’t let the counter fool you, it’s really only 4 minutes long.

LINK: via Neatorama.

If I understand correctly (and I probably don’t, last night was a late one) you start with someone else’s tweet, re-jigger it magnet poem-style, @ anyone you like, and publish to the TwitterMagnets feed. Yup, good times. Have a go. Let us know if you come up with anything good.

LINK: Twittermagnets and Twitter/magnets via Swiss-miss.