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Archive for February, 2010

HONORARY DOGGLERS: University of Alberta (The World’s Largest Dodgeball Game)

1,200 students and staff at the University of Alberta unofficially beat the Guinness World Record for the most players in a single dodgeball game. I feel bad for whoever at URDB has to try and count to make it official…

LINK: Laughingsquid.

QUICK: Change Your Profile Picture To…



Designer Anton Mircea has made an uber-smart – fun too! – collection of facebook pictures to use as your profile pic in place of the default annonumus blue man. Click through to check ‘em out in full size, download the one you like, or take a screen grab, and upload to your profile. Anonimity has never been so, well, unique. Yup.

LINK: Antonmircea.

FUN VIDEO: Ponies Doing Musicals

Word on the street is this was a birthday gift from one member of the live action action troop to another. Ponies got soul and know how to party! Things get rowdy at 2:08…

GET: Nerd Merit Badges


1 1/2 inches, fully embroidered, Velcro backed, based on the Foursquare and all around awesome. There’s even a laptop sash so you can line them up Girl Scout style. How fun is that? NOTE: I just ordered the Been Boinged both for me and office-mate Craig. One of us is going to display it with pride, the other is going to Grinch it up and roll his eyes. Anyone care to guess who’s who?

LINK: Nerdmeritbadges.

MAKE: Young Me / Now Me


To play, find an old picture of yourself, match it up as best as you can (clothes, locations, expressions), snap a modern-day recreation, and upload. That or you could just scroll through other folk’s. Ze Frank is a genius.

LINK: Zefrank via Photojojo.

PLAY: G-Switch

Brace yourself for the simplest, most addictively fun game you’re likely to play all day. See how far you can run without going off screen using only a single button (the “X” key) to switch up the gravity and nothing else. Once you get good, challenge a co-worker. Up to 6 people can play at once using one keyboard. How fun is that? Click the pic to get the game.


LINK: Armorgames.

LOOK: Painting With Pogo Sticks


If I were rich, this is how I’d have my portrait done. Daily. Yup.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: ENRON the Musical


WHEN: Previews start April 8th, but with only 2 weeks of shows, best to book now
WHERE: New York’s Broadhurst Theater, 235 West 44th Street
WHAT: An epic tale of money, power, greed, and undoing… set to song and sprinkled with comedy! “The only difference between me and the people judging me is they weren’t smart enough to do what we did.” It’s hard to read a line like that without wanting to sing it. The thing pretty much wrote itself. Take a sneak peak at the trailer after the jump. How fun is that?

LINK: Broadhursttheater.

HONORARY DOGGLER: Kinetic Artist Tim Fort

Tim Fort builds “stick-bombs” by placing tongue depressors in such a way that, simply by touching one he sets off spectacular chain-reactions. Just watch. For this, his latest creation, he set a personal record using 2250 depressors to build 562 tension-loaded bombs. Prepare for jaw-drop in 3… 2… 1…

LINK: via Geekologie.

GET: The Zombie Combat Manual


Sure, when the day comes you could combat the undead using unproven techniques, but where is the fun in that? This 300+ page manual trains you in both melee and improvised weapon techniques that will help keep you, your loved ones, and your brains intact during the next outbreak.

LINK: Amazon.