Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

I still don’t have an iPhone but I was stuck on a plane last night next to a girl who did. She also had Jukebox Music Quiz, a game that tests your knowledge of your own music. Thanks to that (and her willingness to share with the guy in the seat next to her), when it was all said and done, 45 minutes stuck on the tarmac didn’t sound that bad. Check it out for yourself.

LINK: Jukeboxmusicquiz.

What’s better than cake, you ask? A cake shaped like something you love! I would get one of me eating a cake that looks like me eating a cake. It would be a Mobius strip of cake eating and narcissism.

LINK: Humor Articles via Random Good Stuff.

Ready for freedom? This is scary, fun, and brilliant all rolled up into one. Download the app. Dial in how much freedom you need (up to 8 hours worth). From that point on, beg, borrow, or steal, there’s no internet for you. Freedom is, of course, free. HFIT? But it’s only for the Mac (go figure).

LINK: Macfreedom via Switched.

This might be the best bat costume ever. Granted, it’s all about hanging around in the right places (rimshot please). Well done as always Remy.

LINK: via Trendhunter.

Yup, make music right here, right now:

1. Select 1 of 8 different Sound Patterns from the small colour- coded Matrixes on the right.
2. Use your mouse to draw or select notes on each 16 Step Matrix and combine sounds.
3. For each Pattern, you can adjust Volume, Mute, Clear, or set the Audio Pan from Left to Right.
4. Click on the Tempo value and drag your mouse up or down to change the overall Tempo.
5. Get & Share allows you to, well, get and share. Have a go.

The fun starts after the jump.

LINK: Inudge.

Ever heard of a Flarf? Yeah, my neither. Furd, maybe, but never a Flarf. Anyway, this morning Jason Kottke alerted me to the newly minted and somewhat questionable art form of Flarf, buy which poets are crafting poems using random bits of pieces taken from Google searches. Fun, right? Time to twist it doggle-style. Go to your email, find the last email somebody forwarded you (not just sent you, but actually forwarded) and post either the subject or first line in the comments below. Every ten or so I’m combine them just as they came in, but all stacked together for readability into a poem. Here’s hoping we come up with something fun…

LINK: Kottke.

We’re giving away one free set per day, from now until the 4th of July…

Ready to win? Just mention how much you want free BuckyBalls (www.getbuckyballs.com) on Twitter. We’ll be searching and randomly selecting a winner everyday. Not on Twitter? It’s OK. Just mention how much you want free BuckyBalls (www.getbuckyballs.com) in your facebook status update.
How fun is that?

NOTE: As facebook statuses aren’t searchable the way twitter is, if you go the facebook route you should probably also join our facebook group and let us know. We’ve also started posting how-tos over there, so if you’ve got a set already, now is a good to join.

CONGRATS 6/24 WINNER 1 @jcbstn77 (DM @jakehimself your address so we can send ‘em).

CONGRATS 6/25 WINNER 2 @Treezypoo (DM @jakehimself your address so we can send ‘em).

CONGRATS 6/26 WINNER 3 Gillian Morello via Facebook.

CONGRATS 6/27 WINNER 4 @Lasticko (DM @jakehimself your address so we can send ‘em).

CONGRATS 6/28 WINNER 5 @brassfield (DM @jakehimself your address so we can send ‘em).

CONGRATS 6/29 WINNER 5 Daniel Ozankan (DM @jakehimself your address so we can send ‘em).

CONGRATS 6/30 WINNER 6 Lori Anderson (send me your address so we can send ‘em out).

CONGRATS 7/1 WINNER 7 @manonfootpath (DM @jakehimself your address so we can send ‘em).

CONGRATS 7/2 WINNER 8 @ZippingMeteor (DM @jakehimself your address so we can send ‘em).

LINK: Getbuckyballs.

WHEN: June 19th, this afternoon.
WHERE: Battery Park.
WHAT: The annual Swedish Midsummer Celebration is a glorious mix of blonds, flowers, booze (no one’s going to stop you from having a shot of Akvavit or two), games, a revelry set to celebrate the Friday closest to the summer solstice. Scheduled activities are as follows…
5:00 pm: Sing-along led by Swedish choir Sound of Sweden
5:30 pm: Traditional Swedish music by Daniel Dahlin and fiddlers from
the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis
6:15 pm: Midsummer pole procession and welcoming remarks
6:30 pm: Music and dancing around the midsummer pole with performances
by Barnklubben Elsa Rix and Swedish Folkdancers of New York
led by Jeanne Eriksson Widman
7:30 pm: Musical performance by Kristoffer Ragnstam
7:50 pm: Grand finale with Daniel Dahlin and fiddlers

NOTE: This picture, taken at last year’s is every bit as awkward as it would appear, but only because I was once set up on a blind date with the girl (Jennifer) that didn’t go to plan. Midsummer really is fun. See you there.

LINK: Swedenabroad.

I don’t know why, but this year, I’m feeling more and more anti-manscaping by the second (read: lazy). If you simply must touch razor to fur-shirt, here are some fun patterns to consider. And there’s more where that came from; check the full collection after the jump, apraise your manvas (like canvas, get it?) and go to town.

LINK: Nowthatsnifty.

The Muppets do the tipping scene from Reservoir Dogs. WARNING: They say “fuck” just as many times as you remember. If you work in the kind of place where fuzzy-fuckers are frowned upon, this might be NSFW.

LINK: via Buzzfeed.