Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

WHEN: July 13th, 7PM-Midnight
WHERE: NYC’s McFadden’s, 800 Second Ave.
WHAT: A chance to land a hot date, find out what you’re worth, and give to good cause all at once. “Use your charm, good looks and contacts to put together a great date package that someone would love to bid on (value $150+). Dinner and a show, sporting/concert event, zip lining, tickets to the gun show – whatever you and your date would enjoy doing that will help raise money… Insider tip – chicks do great when their dates are paired with interesting dates geared toward guys (i.e. a day with a golf pro). On the flipside, guys sell great when paired with dates geared toward chicks (i.e. a day at the spa).” All proceeds are going to One Love Generation, a non-profit that empowers youth to inspire positive social change through art, service and awareness. Good times, right?

Want to get auctioned (word is they’ve got loads more girls signed-up than guys; gotta like them odds), Send 2-4 horizontal, hi-res photos (that means long ways, minimum of 100kb in size), 4-6 fun facts about yourself, and a song for you to be intro’d to by Wednesday, June 29. Complete details after the jump.

LINK: Metromix.

Congrats to the whole team at URDB.org who, after nearly 4 record setting years in the world records game, have changed their name and extended their vision. Writes CEO Dan Rollman, “Over the past two years, a global community of thousands (the Record Setters!) has risen up and shown a desire to not just create and submit records, but to compete against one another, moderate submissions, voice opinions on rules, befriend fellow competitors and host offline events around the globe… This overwhelmingly positive feedback has given us the courage to evolve our vision to something beyond just a database.” As part of that switch, they’ve changed their name to RecordSetter (it’s a good one), but there’s more. Read all about it in Dan’s own words HERE.

And in related news, RecordSetters has just kicked off a partnership with Stride Gum and there’s $50,000 at stake! That’s right, set a record today and you could pocket cash tomorrow. Good times, yeah? Ready to get in on the action? CLICK HERE.

LINK: RecordSetter.

That is all. Yup.

Sorry I skipped out Friday, but Zoomdoggle & Co had to run on account of Buckyballs having it’s first ever holiday party.

Mega-thanks to everyone who made 2010 the year it was. Especially you, the Zoomdoggle readers who set it off, without whom none of this would be possible. Full photo-booth shenanigans (including real-beard Santa) after the jump.

LINK: PoliteinPublic.

Put your head in the box and put the picture on Facebook and you just might win a free set! Here’s how it works…

1. CLICK HERE to check out the fancy custom photobooth our good friends at FunFaceCam made for Zoomdoggle last night.

2. Once you’ve got everything just the way you want it, click the “Go” button and save the picture.

4. Finally, post the picture to the wall of our Facebook page HERE (http://www.facebook.com/Buckyballs216).

At midnight tonight (Dec 15th, 2010) we’ll pick 5 and send whoever’s face is in the box a free set. Fun, right? Get to it.

WHEN: November 19th – December 26th, Wednesdays through Sundays, 11AM – 7PM
WHERE: 692 Broadway NYC
WHAT: “The WIRED Store is not just a shopping destination – it’s an interactive experience that allows you to touch, test and tinker with the most “wired” products out there for the digital gentleman, gadget girl, gastronaut, smarter upstarter, adventure capitalist, maker, or culturazzo in your life. Stop by to shop and share what you find with friends and family”… No really though, it’s a room filled with mega-fun, super high-tech toys you’re allowed to play with. There’s a giant pipe-organ-y-thing and Buckyballs and they want you to touch ‘em both!

LINK: Wiredstore.

Remember when I said I’d turn the doggle back on starting now? I forgot one very important detail: I’m getting married today then going on honeymoon. See you in a week. How fun is that?

A special thank-you to the street teams from Brand Marketers who’ve made giving away 20,000 copies of the Fun List such a breeze (hope you saved me some – no, really though)…. and the balls that paid for it all:

Did you know Buckyballs now come in three super-premium, executive platings (real Gold, Silver, and Black Nickel). It’s true. We’ve got a new website too. Check it out and, if you feel like supporting, don’t forget to use promo code “doggle” to save big a checkout!

LINK: GetBuckyballs.

Well, kind of almost, just about back….

I took a month off to make a magazine. A free magazine. A free magazine about NYC fun.
I’ve taken the morning off help distribute the first 15,000 copies (click “FUN LIST” at the top to download a PDF. It’s good times.)
Tomorrow the site returns.
See you then.

Long story short, yesterday’s outage was due in part to some logistical catastrophe JetBlue was suffering. Sunday morning I woke up in Orlando to a simple email informing me that the flight that was set to take me home had been canceled and I was to dial JetBlue’s 800 number to re-schedule or get a refund. No explanation given. After an hour and half on hold, I’d still yet to speak to a human about my flight (I now know it was due to weather on the East Coast). After complaining to anyone and everyone who would listen, and booking a Monday flight on another airline, I did was any sensible 30-something would do: I went to SeaWorld solo.

If you haven’t in a while, I highly recommend taking a personal fun-day. It does the body good.