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Archive for July, 2009

GET: Custom Mermaid Tails


Ladies, wanna live out your mermaid fantasies? Sparkly pool-ready lycra/spandex, a single fin, and for only $135 you can pick your own color and have it tail-made to fit. What could be more fun? (Admit it, you read this and thought it was silly, then you watched the video again and gave it a second though. It’s OK. We did the same thing.)

LINK: Mermagica via Trendhunter.

HONORARY DOGGLER: Tom Judd

Tom Judd was thinking about “botox users and their wonderfully emotionless faces” when it stuck him. What the world needs is an eyebrow hat so the rest of the world can tell when something strikes those unable to make expressions due to over-surgery-ing. “The eyebrow hat allows its wearer to express themselves by altering the pitch and height of each synthetic brow using the lightweight controller. The result is a dignified look that friends and family will admire.” How fun is that? Well done Tom.

LINK: Tomjudd via Joshspear.

FUN VIDEO: Scared-y Bear

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Nothing’s funner than mixing up the animals at the zoo. Cute too!

LINK: via Buzzfeed.

QUICK: How Hetero Are You?

 
Ready for the answer? Stockholm Pride has a page that lets you plug in your twitter name for an honest and expert, third-party assessment. According to the site, I’m 81% hetero… which is as hetero as black coffee. Go figure. What’s it say about you?

LINK: Howhetro.

LOOK: 101 Muppets of Sesame Street


The National Post has everything you ever wanted to know and then some (Example: Did you know there’s a duck named Jamie Fox?)… you’ve got to click through for the roll-overs to work though. Once you get rolling though, it’s hard to stop. Have a look.

LINK: Nationalpost.

PLAY: The Laying Down Game


Here’s how it’s played: Lay down. Lay down with the palms of your hands flat against your side and the tips of your toes pointing at the ground. Just as if you were standing, but vertically challenged. That’s pretty much it. Once you’ve assumed the position, have a friend snap a pic to post to facebook. How fun is that? Groups are popping up all over, but the one that set it all off currently has over 27,000 members. Even funner, they’ve got over 5,000 photos. If you can’t find the time to play, at least set aside a minute or two to have a look.

LINK: facebook.

PLAY: Demolition City

Get ready for another destroyer-type game (I love these). Demolish derelict buildings by placing sticks of dynamite. Warning: You’ve only got so many boom-sticks, and the building has to fall beneath the blue line. Click the pic to get the game, post high scores below. 

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FUN VIDEO: Instant Karma

It just gets better and better and then…

CONTRIBUTE: Star Wars Uncut (A Day Late… My Bad)

Star Wars Uncut is a super-fun project where 473 people have the chance to recreate Star Wars: A New Hope. The entire movie split up into 15 second clips. Click on one of the scenes to claim it, re-film your own version following the scene as best as you can, and re-upload it. When it’s all said and done, they’ll stitch the whole thing together and share the magic with the world. How fun is that? Here’s the not-so-fun bit, I got my first note about this 5 days ago, but I’m so bad at keeping up with emails that I just got around to reading today and, well, all of the scenes have already been taken. Thanks still to Mike K (the first tip-off) and Nobarkno (who says he got three scenes) for tipping me off. Can’t wait to see the final product.

LINK: Starwarsuncut.

FUN VIDEO: Darth Hammer

I can’t tell which are cooler, diaper pants or a cape. Either way, it never gets old.