Archive for the ‘Make Fun’ Category

HONORARY DOGGLER: David Livingston


Quick, can you spot the Big Dick in these photos? Look closely, that’s absurdist artist David Livingston tooling around town with a six-foot phallus coming out of his pants. See dick read the paper, see dick cross the street, see dick go to the museum - You’ve got to see the videos after the jump - a strange calm seems to follow this thing all over town.

LINK: Davidlivingstonart and Vimeo.

MAKE: The Joydick


Wait, a system that lets you control video games with your penis? Why not, mine controls just about everything else in my world. At first this may appear to be a joke but, well, full instructions and how-tos on making your own after the jump.

LINK: Sfmedialabs.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: “World Record Appreciation Society” at Joe’s Pub



WHEN: March 17th, 9:30PM
WHERE: Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC
WHAT: Really? This still needs explanation? Dubbed “Best Oddball Night” by New York Magazine, the World Record Appreciation Society features an ever-changing lineup of eclectic performers setting unique world records. This time around:

* Writer/Performer OPUS MORESCHI (The Colbert Report) - Record TBD
* Juggler STEPHEN BENT (The Flying Karamazov Brothers) - (Record TBD but will likely involve drinking a pint of Guinness while juggling)
* World Record YouTube Superstars THE RECORD COLLECTION - (these guys are flying in from Toronto and will be in the midst of setting a world record for Longest Hug (24+ hours), which will be revealed the following night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon)
* Actress/Performer ELLA MORTON (host of The World Record Show) - Longest Time Hula Hooping On One Leg
* Drummer ALEX ALEXANDER (Eminiem, Dido, Chaka Khan) - Most Sounds Made From A Drum In Four Minutes
* Producer JIM JUVONEN (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon) - Fastest Recitation, in Order, of Every Prime Number Between 0 And 200
* Writer/Performer ELNA BAKER (The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance) - Record TBD
* Writer/Comedian ELIOT GLAZER - Most Bench Presses Of A Live Dog In One Minute
* PATRICK SAUER (Dad) and PATRICK SAUER (Son) - Fastest Time For Two People Named Patrick To Name 50 Famous Patricks on St. Patrick’s Day (the dad will be joining from Billings, Montana via Skype)
* Operations Specialist DIEGO MEDINA - Most Acronyms Devised In One Minute

It’s $12 at the door, but it’s all going to charity.

LINK: PublicTheater.

HONORARY DOGGLER: Jane Robert and Her Astro-Squirrels


This, via the UK’s Telegraph:

Miss Roberts, 46, leaves out two coconuts a week and suspends them on pieces of string from her washing line and watches her furry friends dig in.

She said: “The first time I saw them feeding I nearly died laughing, they looked like a pair of astronauts and even now I can not stop chuckling every time I see them. I make a large hole in the coconut so they can get to the flesh. They cannot get enough of them.”

Reminds me of a Squirrel A Whirl.

LINK: Telegraph via Popbitch.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Coco on Tour

WHERE: New York’s Radio City Music Hall (plus spots in 29 other cities)
WHEN: June 1st, 8PM (dates and times vary by location - check local listings)
WHAT: A night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence. Just because he legally can’t do it on TV, doesn’t mean he’s not doing it at all. See it live and in person. Tickets look to be sold out in NYC - though I snagged two on Stubhub - but additional dates and times were added just yesterday. Complete details after the jump.

LINK: Teamcoco.

HONORARY DOGGLERS: Elk River (the Kindest Town in America)

The mayor of Elk River, Minnesota, challenged its residents to perform 1,000 acts of kindness. They responded:

“At Christmas time, Klinzing saw a YouTube video about a restaurant in Philadelphia where people kept paying for other diners’ meals. “I got the sense that if we did a similar thing through the entire city, something would change. It would be kind of a climate change. That basically is what happened.”

Read all about it after the jump. Be inspired and feel good. It’s a fun one. Yup.

LINK: Startribune via Neatorama.

MAKE: 3D Pictures

Believe it or not, it’s easier than you think. Take two identical pictures from 3 inches apart. Upload to Start4d and boom, watch them do their magic free of charge. No doubt I’m spending the rest of the day experimenting. I tried making a few this morning for this post using Photobooth to snap the shots. Turns out bed head looks even worse with added dimensions. Go figure.

LINK: Start3d.

QUICK: Chatroulette

If you’re anything like me, last week meant you discovered Chatroulette (a cam enabled version of Omegle), got excited, then got, well bothered for all of the reasons you’d expect. Casey Neistat explains the situation nicely:

Turns out though, there’s still loads of fun to be had playing games with strangers…

Hell, there’s nothing wrong with sing-a-long…

Where it goes from here is anyone’s guess. Last night, I’m pretty sure I roulette’d the Ex-Presidents gang from Point Break. How fun is that? If you haven’t yet, take the thing for a spin and make the call for yourself.

LINK: Chatroulette.

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.

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.

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