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Play a pretentious game

2012-05-29T18:39:00.000-06:00

Try to beat a fun little platform game about love.

Sometimes, when a blue square loves a pink square, he'll do anything it takes to reach her. This game gets it.

link: Pretentious Game
via: Huffington Post

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Enjoy french fries for dessert

2012-05-29T18:38:00.001-06:00

Bake up some crinkle cut french fry-shaped cakes with raspberry ketchup.

What's better than a nice hot and crispy french fry? Uhh, nothing, but these faux french fries made from pound cake are pretty darn tasty! With summer right around the corner, these dessert fries are the perfect addition to any bbq or summer bash. They are served with a faux Raspberry Ketchup for your dipping pleasure. Alternatively, you can use regular red frosting.

Enjoy!

link: Cake Fries
via: Laughing Squid

**related: Fry a sandwich for dessert

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Build a drawbot

2012-05-29T18:37:00.001-06:00

Put together a fun little automated drawing device.

If you used to draw with Spirographs as a kid, then this cool little project will surely take you back to those halcyon days. Italian artist Lorenzo Bravi came up with this design, and it is amazingly simple. Besides some markers and self-adhesive velcro, the main component is a milk-frother, used when making cappuccino.

link: Make Your Own Drawbot

**related: Draw and guess

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Play a story

2012-05-28T17:17:00.001-06:00

Write, remix, share, and play interactive text-based games with the world.

Playfic is a platform for writing and playing interactive fiction. Interactive fiction (aka "text adventures") is a genre of game that uses no graphics or sound, but instead, uses text to tell a story in an interactive world.

Playfic is a way to write interactive fiction and publish it entirely on the web. Playfic uses a "natural language" programming language called Inform 7 that's easy to pick up and difficult to master. You're able to make your first simple game within minutes.

link: Playfic
via: MakeUseOf

**related: Find a pig

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Prepare for daily emergencies

2012-05-28T17:16:00.001-06:00

(lucamascaro / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Assemble useful workday emergency kits.

People create emergency kits for car problems and bad weather, but few create kits to deal with more common but less urgent situations. In particular, misplacing a wallet or forgetting a work laptop at home can play havoc with a person’s workday.

With a little bit of planning, you can create emergency kits that will let you deal with these types of situations in a calm and productive manner.

link: How to Create Emergency Kits for your Average Workday

**related: Put together a survival kit

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Thread an artwork

2012-05-28T17:15:00.002-06:00

Make inspiring string art.

I've been seeing tons of string art popping up all over the web and decided to try my hand at a piece of my own. I really didn't want to mess with hammers and cutting wood and all that though, so I used cork board instead. Easy to work with, light weight and cheap! What's not to love?

link: DIY String Art Tutorial

**related: Spirograph a necklace

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Eat an iPhone

2012-05-27T17:24:00.001-06:00

Make a tasty chocolate iPhone.

Do you love your iPhone so much that sometimes you just want to eat it right up? No? Ok, but how sweet (get it?) would it be to have a carbon copy of your darling phone in chocolate form?

link: Sweet! How to Make a Chocolate iPhone

**related: Make a melt-in-your-mouth sandwich

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Wind up a butterfly

2012-05-27T17:23:00.002-06:00

Make beautiful wind-up paper butterflies.

Growing up, I had an aunt who lived in Canada. Every year for my birthday she’d send me a card and a fancy little gift. She always found the neatest things! One year, when I was maybe 10 or 11, she sent me another card—and when I opened it up, a paper butterfly fluttered out of the card. It was magical! I was enchanted.

link: wind-up paper butterflies are my fave
via: Craft

**related: Feed butterflies

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Send happy mail

2012-05-27T17:22:00.000-06:00

Mail delightful, surprising parcels to the people you know. Everyone loves to receive packages in the mail!

I've discovered that you can stick postage on just about anything and the good people of the USPS will mail it for you. I have walked in there with two pretty small packages and a round package and I have yet to stump them.

My favorite is when the package weighs 13 ounces or less. I hand them my package and wait in suspense while they flop it onto their scale. If it's under 13 ounces I try not to act too excited, then I send it off first class and pay only a buck or two.

link: 13 Ounces Or Less

**related: Leave notes for strangers

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Festoon flip-flops

2012-05-23T17:33:00.001-06:00

Use an old t-shirt to create a pair of fabulous new sandals.

This summer, make room for Gap's new Ts by getting crafty with old Ts and T-It-Yourself. Each Friday, we will share a T.I.Y. project that we co-create with our friends at Threadless. Today, learn how to turn an old T into a pair of fashion-forward flip flops here.

link: Gap + Threadless T.I.Y. Project 1: Sandals
via: How About Orange

**related: Turn a sweater into a hat

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Watch the eyes

2012-05-20T16:52:00.002-06:00

See a wall of eyes that follow your cursor. Creepy!

A little interactive eye thing. Click on the image and move your mouse around.

link: Aye Eyes
via: The Presurfer

**related: Add eyes to everything!

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Have a ball

2012-05-20T16:50:00.001-06:00

Enjoy a huge snowball pinball experience.

[...] there's a certain addictive charm to Snowball's wintry setting. Be it the original and lovely jazz music soundtrack, or the way the snowland denizens interact with the paddles as you play, Pixeljam has created quite a fun experience with this mammoth pinball game.

link: Snowball
via: Jay is Games

**related: Join the snow dance

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Imagine!

2012-05-20T16:49:00.001-06:00

Drag and click your mouse to create beautiful, mesmerizing lines and colors.

Do you have an active imagination? You do? Really?

Try to think of an elephant. Now think of another one. Admit it, they were both the same elephant weren't they? He's called Dave isn't he? Don't worry. If you play with these wobbly lines you'll be imagining crazy-shaped elephants with all sorts of names in no time.

link: Imagination
via: blog.ashleysimko.com

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Trust your eyes

2012-05-16T17:16:00.001-06:00

Test your mathematical mind in this challenging game.

Want to see a couple hours vanish from your day? If you haven't gone down this path already, give the Eyeballing Game a try. This seemingly simple game was hatched in the mind of Matthias Wandel, a prolific woodworker with a talent for mechanics and mathematics. Thanks to his efforts, anyone can test their abilities in common, woodworking-related "eyeball" measurements any time they'd like. The rules are easy to master. Through a series of screens, players are challenged with common eyeballing tasks, including finding the midpoint of a line segment, pinpointing the center of a circle and judging a perfect 90 degree angle. Piece of cake, right? Well...

link: The eyeballing game
via: Buzz Saw

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Say thank you

2012-05-16T17:15:00.001-06:00

Spread happiness by saying a simple "Thank you."

Acts of gratitude are highly contagious. The new science of social networks reveals how it works! On a day you deliver one powerful thank you...

Your gratitude spreads to 6 people you know. (+6)

Then it spreads to 6 people they each know. (+36)

Then it spreads to 6 people they each know. (+216)

6 + 36 + 216 = 258 people who feel more grateful... just from YOUR one thank you!

[YouTube link]

link: Oprah's Thank You Game
via: MakeUseOf

**related: Give thanks

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Make a spider hop

2012-05-16T17:14:00.001-06:00

Walk (and jump!) a spider around the screen and make the doggy curious.

Occasionally there's a link that I come across that just makes me go "…ok?" yet I spend way too much time with it. This is one of those: you can be a spider! (you can also jump by clicking the mouse. Hold it down an extra second to jump higher).

link: Spider
via: Mental Floss

**related: Amuse yourself with Acrobots

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Play take-back-toe

2012-05-15T18:54:00.001-06:00

(aug_aug / CC0 1.0)

Play a fun, simple, abstract game for two players.

This Take-Back Toe game looks simple, is incredibly easy to learn and yet can be played repeatedly without getting boring. Take 40 poker chips, a 4×3 grid and a die, then prepare to work on your strategy.

link: Take-Back-Toe
via: MakeUseOf

**related: Print a board game

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Type an essay

2012-05-15T18:53:00.002-06:00

(stuartpilbrow / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Whip up an essay on any topic in no time flat. Homework just got a whole lot easier!

EssayTyper uses a patented combination of magic and wikipedia to help you write your essay — fast!

That said, please don't ever try to use this legitimately. The magic part is not real... and that's plagiarism.

link: Essay Typer
via: Bored

**related: See how fast your fingers can go

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Fill a jar

2012-05-15T18:40:00.002-06:00

Take a plain mason jar and fill it with all sorts of wonderful things to eat!

Banana split cake in a jar

BBQ in a jar

Birthday cake in a jar

Boston cream pie in a jar

Caprese salad in a jar

Carrot cake in a jar

Colorful cupcake in a jar

Cornbread topped chili in a jar

Cupcake crumble in a jar

Double chocolate brownies with salted caramel icing in a jar

Fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt in a jar

Ice cream sundae cupcakes in a jar

Key lime pie in a jar

Monkey bread in a jar

No-bake Oreo cheesecake in a jar

Oatmeal in a jar

Peach cobbler in a jar

Peanut butter cups in cake in a jar

Pie in a jar

Pink lemonade cupcakes with lemon curd filling in a jar

Pizza in a jar

Red velvet & Nutella cake in a jar

Salad in a jar

S'mores in a jar

**related: Bake a brain in a jar

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Pinpoint your parenting style

2012-05-14T17:13:00.001-06:00

(makelessnoise / CC BY 2.0)

Identify your style of parenting.

Parenting styles today come in dizzying varieties. Some insist children should be carefully managed, whereas others advise ample free time. The science of raising kids, which took off at the dawn of the 20th century, has given birth to myriad formulas for being grade-A moms and dads, and it's up to modern parents to pick which style most effectively fits their families and values. Take the Parenting Style Quiz to find out how well you can navigate the maze of methods for being a blue ribbon parent.

link: Helicopters, tigers and snowplows, oh my! The Parenting Style Quiz

**related: Determine your personal style

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Take an astro break

2012-05-14T17:11:00.001-06:00

Relieve some stress by blasting asteroids with your laser gun.

The presentation, the sound effects, the simple gameplay, the fact that you shoot at things, it all just screams fun. And it is.

link: Astro Break
via: Ludum Dare

**related: Be together alone

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Vote for good (or evil)

2012-05-14T17:10:00.001-06:00

Cast your vote to help settle the never-ending conflict between good and evil.

Good v Evil represents a constant power struggle that exists on the Internet. This single-serving site includes just a simple poll where you choose your side. The battle never ends. Can Evil eventually catch up?

link: Good v Evil
via: MakeUseOf

**related: Join the slam

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Whip up a wallet

2012-05-13T16:10:00.001-06:00

Stitch a super comic book wallet.

With her new book, Simply Sublime Gifts, Jodi Kahn transforms household castoffs into brilliant giftables. Here, she shows us how to make a new wallet — to help you stay organized and on budget with a streamlined place to stash your cash — out of a laminated comic book page.

link: Fold a Wonder Wallet
via: babble

**related: Make a magic wallet

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Zap enemies

2012-05-13T16:09:00.001-06:00

Type out the words to shoot down enemy ships.

Z-Type is an addictive HTML5 shooter game based around how fast you can type. The visuals are very impressive, and even the electronic background music is cool. In order to shoot the approaching enemies, you must type the words shown using your keyboard. These enemies come at you in waves, which become progressively more difficult as you advance to later stages.

link: Z-Type
via: Chrome Experiments

**related: Defeat ninjas with your mad typing skills

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Share your stories

2012-05-13T16:07:00.001-06:00

Create beautiful multimedia stories by mixing elements of traditional storytelling with elements of technology.

Cowbird is a simple tool for telling stories, and a public library of human experience.

We are a small community of storytellers, sharing heartfelt, personal stories.

You can use Cowbird to keep a diary of your life, and to help us document the major sagas taking place in the world.

You can also explore the many beautiful stories in the library using a number of novel browsing techniques.

link: Cowbird
via: MakeUseOf

**related: Team up to write a story

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