Want to waste a few minutes? Head on over to PointerPointer and move your mouse cursor around. When it stops, the website searches its database to find a picture of someone pointing exactly where your cursor is. It’s pretty cool. And then it’s not and you move on. That’s Internet ADD; it’s normal.
[ PointerPointer ] VIA [ Geekologie ]
Life isn’t about winning all the time. Sure, it feels great to be ahead or be proclaimed as the best at doing something. But if you think about it, most of the learning, fun, and adventure happens somewhere in between the beginning and the end. So if you end up losing, know that you’re walking away from whatever it is you attempted with a story to tell your future grandkids.
What greater story to tell and creations to show than sculptures made from losing lottery tickets? You might not have won the thousands you dreamed of winning when you scratched the coating off the cards. You probably didn’t even win a measly consolation prize. The biggest consolation you get at the end, though, was that you thought of a totally cool and creative way to put all those losing scratch cards to use. Now that’s winning while losing.
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How do you like your bacon? I like mine caramelized with sugar so it’s sweet, smoky, and chewy–just how I like it! The thing is, it’s not the healthiest breakfast food around and if you’re watching your health, then you need to cut down on your bacon consumption. Like they say, sometimes it’s mind over matter and you can cheat a little by having your bacon and still being able to eat it too.
The catch is that it’s not actual bacon anymore. In this case, you’ve got bacon cookies instead.
Playing Jenga is pretty stressful. There are a few ways to add even more nerve-wracking elements to the game. Drink. That’s one way. Or purchase Jenga Boom. It’s the same game, only now there’s a bomb-shaped timer atop which you stack the blocks, and which will cause the entire tower to fall down after a set period of time.
It’s $18.
[ Product Page ] VIA [ Gizmodo ]
The sound of nails on a chalkboard is hair-raising. You can’t say the same for the opposite though, because before Ciaté’s Chalkboard Manicure came along, you wouldn’t even be able to imagine chalkboards on a person’s nails. This unusual nail kit features a black chalkboard base coat, a clear top coat, and four chalk pens that come in white, blue, green, and pink colors. It doesn’t come with an eraser though, so go light on the chalk because you can’t wipe your mistakes off as easily.
Ciaté’s Chalkboard Manicure kit will be released later this month.
VIA [ Incredible Things ]
People don’t really bother with time capsules anymore nowadays. If you like the idea but can’t make yourself go through all the hassles of putting one together, then you might want to opt for the easier alternative: ThrowBack.
It’s an iOS app that’ll let you take a picture and store it for future viewing. You can choose to have the app send the photo to you or to others after a certain period of time, from one month to five years. The image won’t be stored on your phone, but on the app’s servers somewhere on the interwebs, so it’ll arrive as a neat little surprise on the scheduled date that you’ve chosen.
The ThrowBack app can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store for free.
[ App Page ] VIA [ Laughing Squid ]
A penny a day might save you a hundred dollars someday, but bills will get you to a thousand faster. Unfortunately, most piggy banks aren’t built to handle bills with their short, slim slots. Recognizing that people’s saving habits are changing, B.B. Billosaur eventually came to be. It’s a pre-historic piggy bank of sorts that accepts your bills without the usual muss and fuss of having to fold them up and push them so hard into the usual slot.
Here’s a quick tip on what you can do if you’re stressed: pop bubble wrap. It sounds silly, but it actually works for many people, yours truly included. There’s just something therapeutic about popping bubble wrap when so many things are going wrong (ie. crappy day at work, bank account got hacked, there’s no more milk in the fridge…)
It seems wasteful, since bubble wrap is a non-renewable commodity. Or is it?
