I haven’t thought of or seen Zack the Lego Maniac in decades, but I had no problem recognizing him when I saw his commercial on Retrojunk.com Get your fix for the best of the 70s and 80s culture from retrojunk, or just use it as a handy guide to explain to your children why you [...]
WordPress (which powers this site) announced a couple of major advances this week: Version 1.0 of WordPress MU – a multi-user version of Word Press, and bbPress – a forum software that integrates with WordPress. WordPressMU reaching 1.0 is a biggie – I tried an older version about a year ago, and it just didn’t [...]
Mitch Fincher describes coin stacking as “a fun hobby for kids, college students and adults.” He included tutorials on how to get started, allowing you to get up to speed on building cantilevered structures with Pennies. Most amazing are the pictures others have submitted of their coin based creations. I’m amazed that some of these [...]
Take the two geekiest things you can think of, D&D and Legos. Combine them togetherand shake vigorously – the result is BrickQuest. Just remember, I get to be the BrickMaster, OK? Tweet
It’s true. They don’t want you to press the bug red button. For real, they’re not kdding. But if you need to find out for yourself, you can press the big red button here.It’s true. They don’t want you to press the bug red button. For real, they’re not kdding. But if you need to [...]
So, you have found a weird looking critter around the house, and once you stop screaming want to know if it will eat your children. Who ya gonna call? Whatsthatbug.com, of course. These guys will tell you what you have found, if it is dangerous, etc. If your picture is creepy enough, you might even [...]
How well do you know the flags of the world? This game allows you to put you knowledge to the test, giving you hints including: maps, neighbors, contenents and national alntems (big help that is!). But be careful – each hint takes points away from your overall score. Tweet
How much Dr. Pepper will it take to kill you? Will you fare any better with Mr. Pibb? Thanks to Death by Caffeine, I learned that I can only drink 266 cans of Dr. Pepper before the caffeine does me in. I could drink 273 cans of Mr. Pibb before knocking off. And my favorite, [...]
What do you get when you combine a random Family Circus cartoon and a random Nietzsche quote? The Nietzsche Family Circus. You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. Tweet
OK, I know it’s last month’s fad, but it still makes me smile: Tweet