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Archive for the ‘Desk Fun’ Category

GET: Buckycubes

Buckycubes: The World's Most Powerful Desktoy!

OK, brace yourself, we finally cracked the code: Cubes are better than Balls!

It’s embarressing how long it took me and the rest of Team Bucky to come to that realization, but in all fairness there was lots of experimentation, trepidation, frustration, and yes, even a vacation. There was also an explosion or two. Thankfully, we have a fire extinguisher now.

Anyway, I still don’t have much time for blogging, but behold, the fruits of our labors: Buckycubes. They’re even easier than Buckyballs to pick up, but even harder to put down. Say goodbye to Mashing and Molding, the future is all about Bending and Folding. Check the video to see ‘em in action…

LINK: Buckycubes.

PLAY: Color Infection 3

The goal here is to yellow objects with brown by smashing them together while avoiding green. Pinks get clicked to destroy. Bombs go off when you click ‘em. Click the pic to get the game. Good times. Yup.

LINK: Demonically.

 

PLAY: Dinosaur Zookeeper

You are the keeper of a zoo. A zoo that houses dinosaurs. Show ‘em off to the public without getting the public eaten

QUICK: DJ At Your Desk


Yeah, yeah, yeah Turntable.fm is awesome and addictive (more on that later, maybe, if I’m not too busy cuing up the tracks myself… see if you can find me there), but if you really want to feel like a DJ you’re going to need to get your hands on the wheels of steel. Wheels Of Steel is the digital equivalant. And it’s free. I’m told scrach functionality is coming soon. How fun is that?

LINK: Wheelsofsteel.

PLAY: Famous Objects From Classic Movies

First, let me start by saying, “No need to email, I know I’m a wee bit late on this.” In fact, I’m going to be late on a lot of things while Zoomdoggle gets caught up. Luckily, these movies are still the classics they were when the game came out 6 months ago. The game is still well designed and fun. And, for the moment, I’d like to think my top score of 18 is something to be proud of. Beat it if you dare.

LINK: Famousobjectsfromclassicmovies.

LOOK: Onion-like Headlines in Real Life

As promised, each of these headlines reads like they were clipped from the Onion. They weren’t (they link to the articles for proof). Every day brings new gems. Check the complete list, 30 or so and counting, after the jump. Fun, right?

LINK: Tumblr.

QUICK: Find Your Doggelganger

Ready to find your furry-match? Upload a shot of your face to the Doggelganger (a clever marketing initiative for doggy addoption down under) and let it works it’s magic. I wanted to upload a shot of my own dog to see what kind of dog it thinks he’d match up best to, but Cash refused to sit still for the portait. Oh well.

LINK: Doggelganger.

QUICK: Make A New Year’s Resolution

… better yet, let The Resolution Generator make one for you. Posting what you got below is probably a fun idea too as I had to run the program 3 or 4 times before I realized it was actually reacting to how I answered the questions. Yup.

LINK: TheResulutionGenerator.

MAKE: Any Site LOL

Above is what the last few days of Zoomdoggle look like in LOL Cat-a-vision. Turns out you can make any site LOL by putting the code http://lol.ianloic.com/feed/feeds.feedburner.com/ before the name of any site that uses Feedburner. Fun, right?

LINK: Lolfeeds.

PLAY: Bullseye Darts

Finish this sentence: Bullseye darts is…
A. Simple.
B. Mesmerizing.
C. Frustrating.
D. Fun.
If you guessed E. All of the above, you got, well, a bullseye. There’s a reason we’re bringing it back. Click the pic to get the game.

LINK: Bullseye.