Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

Wondering how long something is? Wonder no more? Simply press it up against the screen. I know what you’re thinking: Varying screen-sizes and whatnot… It knows how big your screen is. Fun, right?

LINK: Iruler.

OK, someone please tell me how this is done. Have to know. Have to do.

Want to call out sick today, but worried you’ve run out of sympathy cards to play with your boss. Meet the ultimate ‘get out of work’ card, one that comes in a box and has it’s own name. Each Office Kid kit comes with a framed picture of a child (ethnicity of your choice), a work of children’s art, and a list of suggested excuses. Everyone will think you have a child. A child who happens to get sick the day after you go out. For an additional $10, you can have jr photoshopped into a sports team picture or get a doctor’s note on official-looking stationery.

LINK: Theofficekid via Neatorama.

A Nintendo themed wedding? How fun is that? Game on.

LINK: Gonintendo via Technabob.

Stack these crazy shapes as they fall by rotating and repositioning them. It reminds me of something – another game I’ve long enjoyed maybe – I just can’t put my finger on it. Regardless, stack ‘em high, stack ‘em straight, stack ‘em for the win. There’s 24 levels in total, but there’s no embed; Click the pic to jump to the game.

LINK: Flonga.

Millions of hours. Billions of blocks. Trillions of fun.

LINK: via Metafilter.

What if you had to pass the written test now? Would you pass or fail? Only one way to know. Have a go and let us know. NOTE: This isn’t nearly as hard as you’d think (just a few clicks really), but it’s not nearly as easy as you’d hope either.

LINK: Autoinsurancedriverstest.

Feel free to skip around, minute 2 is pretty much the same as second 1, but it’s all good times…

It would seem UO as gotten their hands on 700 hand-numbered deadstock Polaroid camera kits. This exclusive Urban Outfitters special edition will include one pack of deadstock Polaroid Instant Film and one of the most sought after analog instant cameras: the Polaroid One600 classic, the last Polaroid camera ever produced. Urban Outfitters worked with The Impossible Project on the kit, who recently purchased all of the dead stock, plus all the machinery and equipment at Polaroid’s Netherlands factory before it closed. Together they two hope to bring back new analog instant film for Polaroid cameras in 2010. The film itself, Type 779 Instant Film saved from the last production runs made at the last Polaroid factory, has been hand-selected, tested, and stored at low temperatures. Get ‘em while they’re hot (or cold really)… each store only received 12 kits.

LINK: Highsnobiety. Many thanks to Whitney or the tip-off.

Friday, August 14th, while I was packing up the Buckyball’s booth, fun was afoot midtown. This, via Kottke:

“1pm marked the opening event of the Midtown Games: Olympics, and was attended primarily by the city’s punch-drunk, heat-stroked interns. With the blare of a foghorn the crowd closed in like a shield, trumpets sang out “Eye of the Tiger” and five swimmers in Speedos and caps leapt into the burbly water of a decorative fountain to swim its 50 metres or so in elegant racing style. A cheerleader of ambiguous gender danced on the sidelines. Confetti was thrown on the dripping champions. The winner was proclaimed with chants of “USA, USA!” and then the racers disappeared into the folds of the crowd. By the time the police, the building officials and 20 amused rent-a-cops were ready to break it all up, not a swimsuit or medal was to be seen; everyone else was a mere bystander.  By 1:04pm it was time to get back to work.”

LINK: Moreintelligentlie via Kottke.