Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

If you only do one thing with your fingers today…

LINK: Bgirldeedee via Neatorama.

If you’ve ever wanted to see your face everywhere, here’s your chance!

Photofunia allows you to upload an image - could be you, your friend, your boss or your pet. Once done, chose from a wide range of scenes such as Billboard ads, art galleries, Paris Hilton’s new CD or even Times Square. Your pic is then automatically sized and dropped into the scene.

It’s sort of like being famous except without all the hassle (or cash unfortunately). It’s free, fast and loads of fun

Fame at Last!

LINK: Photofunia.

Ever have one of those nights where you just can’t sleep? That was me a week or two ago. So, instead of just tossing and turning through the wee hours, I did what any rational New Yorker would do: I got dressed at 5 AM, so I could hit the Plaza by 6, and have a good place to stand when the Today Show starts taping at 7.

Even getting there when I did - and even wearing my tiger ears for better visibility - I couldn’t get close enough to the action to spot myself when I watched the thing from home later that day.

(Who loves DVR? I do. Yay.)

Looking back now, if getting air-time was my goal, I see all the things I could’ve done better. And there were loads.

MARK MY WORDS: I’m going back. Once per week for as long as it takes. The goal? Get Al to talk to me live on air. Keep an eye out… I’ll keep you posted… game on!

In somewhat related news, in looking through some of my favorite Today Show clips this morning, I couldn’t find the one where Meredith Viera gets stuck in a giant clam. A little help please…

This is the Eclipse. It is a a pneumatically powered, semi automatic 40mm potato launching platform.

That’s right, it’s a potato gun. It launches complex carbohydrates. Far. Very far.

It’s built by “2nd Lieutenant Solar” and it’s one of the hundreds of models being shown off, talked about, and further developed at Spudfiles.com. Wowsers. It’s overwhelming how under-performing my launching apparatus is.

LINK: Spudfiles via Trendhunter.

Yeah, Phil Hansen painted this cool portrait of Bruce Lee. But what makes it a doggle?

How about the fact that he painted the whole thing by dipping his hands in paint then karate chopping the wall?

Yeah, that’ll do it. Phil’s also painted a picture of Lance Armstrong with a paint-wheeled tricycle, created a portrait of the Virgin Mary out of peanut butter and jelly, and crafted a mosaic of Jimi Hendrix with colored matches — which he then lit on fire.

A mosaic doggle? We’ve dug that before.

Laughter is definitely contagious. When you see someone laughing like a hyena, you pretty much have no choice but to join in yourself. So we double doggle dare you to watch Skype’s new Laughter Chain without giggling like you’ve been attacked by a tickle monster.

Here’s how it works: You watch video of people laughing, you catch the laughing disease and film video of yourself giggling along. Then the footage of you getting giddy is added to the Laughter Chain. Without leaving your desk, you’ve shared a smile with the world.

So simple.

So pleasurable.

So it’s time to doggle.

Links: Skype Laughter Chain via The Presurfer

Puzzle Farter is:

A. A retardedly simple flash game.

B. A juvenile excuse to make fart sounds.

C. A pleasant way to spend the day.

Trick question; clearly it’s all four.

LINK: Puzzlefarter

In the past, I’ve spent full days doggling with a deep fat fryer. You can fry oreos. You can fry twinkies. You can fry pizza and hamburgers and even Coca-Cola. But after watching this video, I can’t wait to try making Chicken Fried Bacon, or road tripping to Texas to give it a try at this restaurant. You’ve got to see this stuff. It even comes with gravy! Deep fried doggles: They’re fun you can eat!

Sometimes, it’s the simple things in life that can give the most pleasure. A kind smile from a stranger, a compliment from your coworker — or a good back scratch. The USGS Northern Divide Grizzly Bear Project captured this inspiring footage of a ginormous bear scratching his itchy, furry back on a tree. He really seems to be enjoying himself.

Bears dancing in the woods from David Cho on Vimeo.

Nobody doggles better than Ma Nature. I’ve been getting my bear on by rubbing my back against all sorts of stuff in the office: the doorpost, the carpet … my coworkers. Do it with as much giddy joy as the bear and it feels great. I promise.

When most people travel, they pack their passports, clothes, a book or two, and more often than not, a camera. Dogglers bring props as well.

Why’s that?

Even a long line at customs can be a good time in tiger ears, and even the most staid group tour becomes laugh-tastic with fake-eye glasses.

In our next installment we’ll be discussing eating out abroad. The ladies love it.