Anything and Everything that is cool, hot, fresh and classic.
If you like the idea of papercraft, but don’t have the skills necessary to pull off some of the more advanced projects, then check out Eric Wiryanta (aka Thunder Panda)’s collection of papercraft toys.
Each of the cute little figures is easy to make, but the results are still rather impressive, so you’ll have an army of pugs, robots and space wanderers adorning your desk before you know it.
[Via: Neatorama]
PleaseDress.Me is the ultimate t-shirt search engine.
Designed by Gary Vaynerchuk (of winelibrary.tv fame), AJ Vaynerchuk, and Joe Stump (lead architect for digg.com), PleaseDress.Me allows you to sift through the vast expanse of online t-shirts using searches by keyword/tag, color, price, or even random generation if you’re feeling especially indecisive.
In addition to being a tee-rific resource for shirt enthusiasts, PleaseDress.Me is also a fantastic example of how to use Web 2.0 methods of promotion to get your product into the public eye.
PleaseDress.Me has an account on Twitter, a custom Firefox search box plugin, customizable widgets, an easy vendor upload process, a Facebook page, an open API, a send to a friend feature, badges for shirt vendors to display, and a full gamut of social bookmarking options, including Facebook, Digg, Pownce, Twitter, Delicious, and StumbleUpon.
So besides being a great example of how to promote a new website, does it actually work?
To test it out, I typed in the word “Ninja”, clicked Search, and was greeted with the following results:
A ninja playing a tuba, a teenage mutant ninja turtle in a shredder, a ninja and pirate shirt, and smurfs acting like ninjas?
I’d say it works pretty damn well.
Give it a shot:
Each result features the price, a more info button, a StumbleUpon button, a Facebook button, and a Buy Now button. Clicking on a result’s more info button gives you that shirt’s chosen tags, as well as related shirts that you can view as well.
All in all, I’d say that it’s a fantastic service that makes searching for and actually finding shirts you’re looking for a quick and easy process, and that anyone looking for that perfect shirt to complete that perfect outfit should definitely check it out.
Now PleaseDress.Me!
Face Your Manga is the current craze in the Twitter world, as it allows you to quickly and easily create a face from an almost endless amount of options that you can then use as your avatar.
It also works on forums, social network profiles, and anywhere else you need to put a face to your name, so check it out and see what you can do.
(Mine is currently on my Twitter Profile if you’d like to see it.)
If you’re planning on BBQing this weekend, then grab some olives, a bit of cream cheese and a carrot and make yourself a cream cheese penguin army!
They’re easy to make (though time consuming) and the end result is a can’t resist treat that will delight young and old alike.
[Via: Slashfood]
With some tarp, a few feet of duct tape, clear plastic material from grandma, fiberglass shock chorded poles, and two feet of plastic tubing, you can build your very own hand held skating and snowboarding sail that folds up when you’re done using it for easy transportation.
Self propulsion is now officially out of style.
“You know the rules, and so do I…”
Yesterday was April Fools’ Day, but I feel like it should have just been called Official Rick Roll Day, since so many sites (DYH included) used it as an excuse for a little meme misdirection. (YouTube Rick Rolling anyone and everyone that clicked on a featured video link was a classic!)
However, not all sites went for the easy/obvious gag, and some managed to pull some pretty funny stunts. Below are some of my favorites:
YouDigg
ThinkGeek’s line of April Fools products, including the Pii Pii Brothers
Aviary’s Dodo: Web-Based Time Machine
For more April Foolery, check out the following lists:
Twhirl is an Adobe Air based Twitter client that runs on both Windows and Macs, and features the following:
While I’m currently a fan of Twitterrific, I’ve started to use Twhirl on the Windows based work computer, and definitely like the feature set. It’s easy to use, unobtrusive, and gives you plenty of customization. Plus, Adobe is pushing hard to get developers to work with Air, so there’s a lot of support there for future developments as well.
Maybe it’s time to give Twhirl a whirl.
[Twhirl]
Drag Soccer is a tactical game of soccer where you control when players run, pass, and shoot.
It’s addictive in its simplicity, and the AI means you don’t have to worry about the other players while you give one directions, making it easy to learn as well as fun.
Drag on.
[Via: UNEASYsilence]
From the team that brought you the fantastically useful BugMeNot and RetailMeNot comes PDFMeNot, a new web services that aims to make PDF files much easier to use.
Instead of launching a separate (and often slow) application to view PDF files, PDFMeNot takes those files via upload, URL, bookmarklet, or script and turns them into a Flash display of your document that is cached for future reference.
Take that Adobe!
(The site is in Beta mode until Feb. 13, so login with username: “stateless” and password: “systems” until then.)
[PDFMeNot]
[Via: Read Write Web]
Whenever I use my RSS reader (NetNewsWire) to read Digg and then open tabs for the interesting sounding stories in the background in Firefox, I’m always greeted with an “Unresponsive Script” warning.
Fortunately, the error is just a timing issue, and if you’ve been receiving the same error, then the fix is an easy one:
Yes, it’s that easy; and you’ll soon have uninterrupted browsing of your favorite social bookmarking site.
[Via: Lifehacker]
