Look what I found (#9)

Aaahh Freak out!
Freaking news has an interesting Photoshop contest. In this contest people are asked to perform partial face transplants on politicians and celebrities. The right half of a face has to be from one celebrity and the left half from another. The results are very weird and wonderful at the same time.

Slippery when wet
Maybe not as weird and wonderful, but somehow still interesting, is this next site called Damp Cats. Damp Cats is the ultimate collection of wet, soggy, un-dry and generally damp cats on the web.
Want to see more wet pets? Wet dogs and wet pets just might your thing.

Ice is slippery too!
So, why not continue with the animal fun. This time it comes in the form of a game: Pingus. Pingus is a free Lemmings-like game. Don't know good ol'Lemmings? Well, Lemmings is puzzle game in which the player takes command of a bunch of small animals and has to guide them around levels. The animals walk on their own and the player can only influence them by giving them commands, like build a bridge, dig a hole or redirect all animals in the other direction. The goal of each level is to reach the exit.
Pingus is very similar but does have some nice new features like a world map and secret levels.
The game is free, but of course if you think the it is worth some money you can donate via Paypal.

Oh, and since we are on the subject of retro games, do you remember that simple (uhum) puzzle game called BoxWorld? If you don't know it, or have never played it, you can download it here


For those of you who can never get enough of watching animals….even more animal fun….Mirror, mirror on the wall!

Okay, enough of that, let’s move on to some serious business, or business cards in this case. Some of them are just horrible, or way too old fashioned, but others are just brilliant. Check out this amazing collection.

That’s all folks!

Summer is here and I am going to enjoy it!

Hooray, summer has arrived, finally! Apparently we are going to have a very short summer this year (*ahem*), so I hope you don’t mind, but I am going to make the most of this 3 summery days.

Maybe the weather is still lousy on your end, or maybe you just have to stay indoors for some reason or maybe you are bored out of your skull, well do I have some good news for you ;-). I just found two time killers that will brighten up your day.

First up: The Human Brain Cloud -a little word association game. It’s been up for a month now and it is enlightening. The project started with the word volcano and has erupted in a collection of 229813 unique words, 2153982 connections and 184678 humans who have played the game. The game is very easy to play. A word, phrase or number comes up and all you have to do is type the first thing that comes to mind. When you don’t like the word, phrase or number just hit the enter button and you will get a crispy new word (phrase, number etc). The top three most submitted words right now: sex, me, money.

Okay, maybe to boring for you. Well, here is something much more fascinating ;-)

Time killer two:The Amsterdam Canal Parade
Today is a special day in Amsterdam, or to be more precise the whole weekend is kind of special because Amsterdam will be turned into the Pink capital of Europe – in other words: the party place for all things Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Transgender (and every other queer community of any bent). The most popular highlight is, of course, Saturday's vibrant Canal Parade and here is the good news, you can watch it today, Saturday, August 4, live online(if it doesn't work click on the logo or try this one). It will start at 15:00 (3:00 PM) local time - converted that means it will start at:

• 14:00 (2:00 PM) London time,
• 9:00 AM New York time,
• 6:00 AM Los Angeles time,
• 23:00 (11:00 PM) Canberra time,
• 21:00 (9:00 PM) Singapore time.

Enjoy whatever floats your boat and have a great weekend! :-)

Reclaim your Brain.

Like I said earlier this week, I am a bit busy these days but I don’t want you all to get bored (as if!), so here is an interesting site I found earlier.


“Lumosity is the brain fitness program designed by neuroscientists that is scientifically demonstrated to improve your memory, attention and processing speed.”
Interested? Just give it a go, and if you are not ready to sign up yet, just find out your LumosIQ. No matter what you do, it’s free :) Oh, and it’s a fun experiment too!

Look what I found (#2)

A site where you can create your own little games like this one:

A site where they offer e-cards with a difference. Some might be a little bit sarcastic, others macabre, but hey, some are just plain funny ;)


A story* about one of the strangest disasters of the 20th Century, which starts with this: “On the morning of August 22, 1986, a man hopped onto his bicycle and began riding from Wum, a village in Cameroon, towards the village of Nyos. On the way he noticed an antelope lying dead next to the road. Why let it go to waste? The man tied the antelope onto his bicycle and continued on. A short distance later he noticed two dead rats, and further on, a dead dog and other dead animals. He wondered if………..”
(* probably not for everyone)

A site where you can download an art magazine (in PDF or .exe), it’s actually an art showcase for global artists. Very interesting!


Another Dutch commercial
Just call us - Centraal Beheer. The insurance company in Apeldoorn.

Weekly finds – part 11.

Two interesting sites for people who like to travel:

The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a new glass bridge at the Grand Canyon. According to the site: “The Skywalk will be the first-ever cantilever shaped glass walkway to suspend more than 4,000 feet above the canyon’s floor and extend 70 feet from the canyon’s rim.” Brrr Scary!!!. I don’t think it’s the thing for me, it tried to hike down the canyon once and it wasn’t a huge hit! So, would you take a walk on it?

Going to visit a hip and happening city any time soon, then this might interest you. "Hotchpots.com is a well-organized and critical internet guide with only the most special restaurants in big cities. Hotchpots.com has a team of local spotters in eight cities already, who visit and describe new and special restaurants each week. From trendy club restaurants to crazy luncheon spots." Check it out before you travel because everyone needs to eat somewhere :)

And now something completely different for all the people who never want to stop learning: Free University Lectures . Categories: Physics, computer science, mathematics and a faculty mix.






And of course we can’t live without a bit of (strange) Art. Have you seen this?










I am going to skip the video-post this week, so maybe this site will be entertaining enough for you: Games for the Brain. “Play never-ending quizzes, memory & brain games to train your thinking”

Weekly finds – part 10.

If you like parody movies because they make fun of the originals, visit the 30-second Bunnies Theatre in which a troupe of bunnies parodies a collection of movies by re-enacting them in 30 seconds, more or less.


Or just watch: The situation with iRack



Think you know it all? Think again! Put your knowledge to the test and try this fun and interesting game and who knows, you might even find out you don’t know jack !


Dead by beard?! Austrian Hans Steininger was famous for having the world’s longest beard (it was 4.5 feet or nearly 1.4 m long) and for dying because of it.
One day in 1567, there was a fire in town and in his haste Hans forgot to roll up his beard. He accidentally stepped on his beard, lost balance, stumbled, broke his neck and died!” This is just one of the 30 strangest Deaths in history. Want to know the other 29, go here.

Weekly finds - part 4.

I didn’t have much time this week, so here are a few things I’ve found and bookmarked earlier, heard about, saw on telly yesterday, or actually did find today. Enjoy!

Silly questions Always wanted to know the answer to silly questions like “where are my keys”? Well here is your chance. Wired offers smart answers to silly questions. Oh and they also provide a lot of great answer to not so silly questions!
For all your knitting nutters out there, have you heard of this: knitPro. knitPro is a web application that translates digital images into knit, crochet, needlepoint and cross-stitch patterns. Just upload jpeg, gif or png images of whatever you wish -- portraits, landscapes, logos... and it will generate the image pattern on a grid sizable for any fiber project.
Yes, I am working! Just click to start not working :)
Did you miss an episode of your favorite tv show? Well here is your chance to see it online.
You never know what's going to happen! Hurrah for insurance :)

Wanna play?

Christmas is (or can be) fun, but sometimes you just want to do something else for 5 minutes. So, are you bored, sick of it all or….just want to play a nice little game (for 5 minutes, of course ;)), here are some suggestions:

Elf attack
Sleigh away
Rudolph's kick 'n fly

Have Fun!

The Holiday Game!

Last Thursday I told you I am going the play a game with some friends on Christmas Eve. Here is the game we are going to play.

This is nice alternative way to celebrate Christmas (Sinterklaas or any other gift giving holiday).

What you’ll need:

• Everyone who is going to play the game needs to bring three (one thing they want to give away*/one thing they would want to get themselves/and one hideous object) wrapped gifts. Before hand you decide (together) the amount you are going to spend (5 or 10 euro/pound/dollar is a nice amount per gift).
• A die/dice
• A clock/timer
• Chance-cards (optional!. – you can find two files at the bottom of this post. If you are going to use these, you will also need some paper, a printer and scissors)
• Fun friends/relatives.
• Time!

When people enter the room, they place their gifts on a pile (or in a big basket) in the centre of the room. Gifts stay wrapped until round 3
Now gather around, take a seat and let the game begin!

Round 1
Set the timer for 30 minutes or keep an eye on the clock
Ask the youngest person to roll the die to start the game (the game is played clockwise)
The eyes on the die will tell you what to do next. When your result is:

Lucky you, you may roll the die again.


Give the die to the person on your right (the game will be played counter clockwise now. When someone throws a 4, the game will be played clockwise again)

Lucky you, you don’t have to do a thing


Give the die to the person sitting two seats on the left of you


Return one gift to the pile, if you don’t have any gifts you don’t have to do a thing


Hooray, you may take a gift from the pile


When the time is up, it’s time for a little break. Get some snacks or drinks, change the music, go to the bathroom or just relax! (don’t forget to enjoy yourself)

Round 2
Set the timer for 30 minutes or keep an eye on the clock
The game starts with the person who’s turn it was.
Remember: the gifts stay wrapped
Again, the number on the die will tell you what to do next. When your result is:

Lucky you, you may roll the die again.


Give the die to the person on your right (the game will be played counter clockwise now. When someone throws a 4, the game will be played clockwise again)

Give the die to the person sitting two seats on the left of you


Exchange a gift with one of the other players


Nick a gift from one of the other players


Hooray, you may get a gift from the pile. When all the presents are gone you must take a chance cards.

When the time is up, it’s time for a little break. Get some snacks or drinks, change the music, go to the bathroom, have a laugh or just relax!

Round 3
Set the timer for 30 minutes or keep an eye on the clock.
Now everyone gets up and moves to the seat on his left (or move the gifts one place to the left) and now it’s time…..TIME to unwrap the gifts!! When everyone has unwrapped the gifts the game continues (you can still lose gifts)….so here we go again:

Lucky you, you may roll the die again


Give the die to the person on your right (the game will be played counter clockwise now. When someone throws a 4, the game will be played clockwise again)

Give the die to the person sitting two seats on the left of you


Exchange a gift with one of the other players


Nick a gift from one of the other players


Hooray, you may take a gift from the pile. When all the presents are gone you must take a chance cards

The game ends when the time is up! When the buzzer rings you are stuck with the gifts right in front of you. If you are really unlucky this can also mean no gifts at all, but hey…..at least you had fun :) If everyone is displeased with the gifts, you can trade gifts, auction gifts or play another round. Remember: It’s all about fun, it’s not about the presents!

* this can also be something that was given to you once.

Chance cards 1
Chance cards 2

Robbie’s Rudebox became Dakota’s trip down memory lane.

Not sure about this title because according to the urban dictionary a rudebox means a dog’s ass….but hey, that’s besides the point! Ehmm….point, that reminds me of a round shape, which reminds me of a ball and oh, a game! So, if you are not interested in music, skip to the end of this post….there is a game waiting for you!

The other day one of my friends left a couple of CD’s behind for me to listen to and one of them was “Rudebox” by Robbie Williams. Hmmz….not exactly my cup of tea, I thought.
I am not a huge Robbie fan (I guess I’m too old for that) and I didn’t like the single “Rudebox” all that much, so the CD stayed in the same spot as it was dropped in the first place.

Yesterday however, the same friend came by to collect the CD’s again and asked if I’d listened to them all and if so, what did I think of them (for some reason my opinion seem to matter ;)). We talked about most of the CD’s but I meticulously left Robbie out of the discussion. My friend is no fool and quickly discovered that I hadn’t listened to it and reprimanded me. Bad Dakota….shame on you!! (Foei!…as we would say in Dutch).
After a while my friend had to go, I made sure he had all his CD’s (check!) and then waved goodbye.

I was quite astonished to find Rudebox near my PC with a post-it on it saying “Listen to it…..now!”. I, the ever docile Dakota, thought “Okay, if you insist”. I skipped the first song, which is “Rudebox” btw and then was pleasantly surprised by the rest of the CD. Okay, the first few tracks are a bit lame, but when you get to track 4 you are in for a surprise, a cover of Manu Chao’s Bongo Bong. Remember that one? The song is pretty much the same as the original, but I do like the added vocals of Lily Allen (ever listened to Alright still? Great CD!)

The fifth song reminded me of the 80’s electronic music era and is called “She’s Madonna” and is a song about……well, Madonna! (or Madge! as some of us like to call her). From there on it’s a lot of 80’s and 90’s music and you can’t help but thinking “Hey, I know this!”. Remember “Hotel, Motel, Holiday inn”, a line used in “Rappers delight” by the Sugarhill Gang? Do you remember the Human League? Philip Oakey’s hair (which is gone now)? I hate to admit it, but I actually liked the Human League way back then. Anyway, their song “Louise” is on this album. Or how about Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy's "Kiss Me (with your mouth)"? “What have I done to deserve this” by the Pet Shop Boys? Man, they say you are getting old when you can remember the original songs…...well, I guess I am pretty ancient! :)
Oh, almost forgot, there are two other songs I kind of like too "the 80s" and "90s” in which Robbie looks back on his life!

Like I said, I was pleasantly surprised by the CD. I’ve listened to it a couple of times now and I actually like it. Why,? Because it’s different, he is even rapping (or should I say..attempting to rap) on this album! No “Angel” or “Feel” clones, Robbie chose the road less travelled, a big step but I think he should explore this road further.

Oh…. Almost forgot about the game! Want to do a little bit exploring of your own? Try this annoying little came. It’s a simple game, just keep two balls in the air ;)

<-- Click the Pic to play! Good luck ;)
(You can change the language on the left)

Just when you think there is nothing interesting out there…….

You come across some interesting stuff. Like the blufr site for instance. They promises to bruise your ego one bluff at a time :)
So, what is blufr? Blufr is a new trivia-type game that hopefully gets people of all ages addicted to learning obscure facts. There's no evil agenda. Just play and keep playing. Each bluf shows the percentage of people who were fooled by it.

As you continue playing, you’ll notice your blufr score going up or down. When you’re done playing, click "claim score" and enter up to three initials. If your score is high enough you'll show up in the "top scorers" window.

Here is a blufr example:

Jay Leno's famously large chin is due to the insertion of a metal plate after a 1982 motorcycle accident. Powered by Answers.com: free online dictionary and more

Okay, not your thing? Well, how about some online shopping then?
I found this great Transparent Canoe-Kayak. I know, I know it’s a bit expensive but you can watch the fish go by while you paddle :)



Or maybe, just maybe you are one of those people who always wanted to speak Irish with a flawless accent. Well then, here is some news for you…….. Irish accent spray!! Check it out!


And when you think you have seen it all, you find out you are wrong ;)

How about some treadmill ballet to end this post.


Have a great evening!!

Push the button!

I am a great admirer of the TV series LOST. Are you one of those people too, then here is something that might interest you. Ever wondered what it must feel like to watch the counter and to enter the code? Well, here is your chance to give the “good” people in the hatch a bit of a rest. Go here, keep an eye on the clock and enter the code at the appropriate time.

Attention please: The code may only be entered during the last four minutes of the countdown :)

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Reasons to be cheerful:

1. I found this new weird and wonderful plant for my garden -->

2. Did you ever notice how amazingly blue the sky can be on a nice summer’s day

3. In half an hour or so, I am going for a nice evening stroll. Afterwards I’m going to meet a few friends at the beach. Actually it’s not a real beach; it’s just a stretch of sand near the river :)

Have a nice evening :)