“The world record for domino-toppling was set four weeks ago, in the Netherlands; it involved the use of 4,079,381 tiles, and took two months to set up. The Drawminos website won’t consume that much of your time — unless you want it to.

The site’s click-and-drag dominoes couldn’t be easier to set up, and the advantages of working online couldn’t be more obvious: Accidental knockdowns are a thing of the past, and shaky, overcaffeinated hands are no obstacle. When you’re done, you can give your setup a title (complete with its own URL) and invite your friends to topple it for you.” – - VSL 

http://www.drawminos.com/

ISFP – The Artists

Check out this neat website called typealyzer, whereby you put in your blog address and the typealyzer reveals your personality.  I have three blogs and they revealed three DIFFERENT personality types….does this mean I have multiple-personality disorder?

The analysis indicates that the author of http://www.efilyzarcym.wordpress.com is of the type:

The gentle and compassionate type. They are especially attuned their inner values and what other people need. They are not friends of many words and tend to take the worries of the world on their shoulders. They tend to follow the path of least resistance and have to look out not to be taken advantage of.

They often prefer working quietly, behind the scene as a part of a team. They tend to value their friends and family above what they do for a living.

http://www.typealyzer.com

“Sprint’s new Now website looks and sounds like a joke about white noise and information overload: It’s an absurdly profuse collection of superwidgets. But look more closely, and you’ll be rewarded — the widgets actually work, and some are surprisingly useful.

The site (which is part of an ad campaign for a mobile broadband card) allows you to play Pong, read New York Times headlines, watch any number of interesting cams, and see how many babies are being born, worldwide, at any given moment. (You can also check on flight arrivals, get sports updates, and buy DVDs.) We like the Brian Eno–esque background music, and the soothing voice that pipes in silly information-age banalities — “It’s currently now in all time zones,” “Please keep your hands inside the moment at all times” — had us in stitches. Too much information? Pshaw!” – - VSL

http://now.sprint.com/widget/

Enter a web site

So, I saw this cool little gadget website….the GenderAnalyzer….which is suppose to be able to determine whether the person who is blogging is a chic or a dude.  Now, the fact that I saw this bitchin’ gadget and KNEW I HAD to try it….may be a clue as to the results….or it may have been my “Carpet Cleaning” comment about Ann Coulter.  In either case….the site said it was 82% sure this blog was written by a man.  Should I take that as an insult or a compliment? 

Now you go try it and tell me how yours turned out!! 

Address:

Results

We think http://efilyzarcym.wordpress.com is written by a man (82%).

“You’re searching for a favorite website, and up comes a 404 error page. Annoying? Sure. Entertaining? It can be, if you’re lucky enough to hit upon one with real imagination.

Graphic designer Francesco Mugnai collects 404s that find creative ways to tell you that the site you’re looking for’s gone AWOL. Most use humor and eye-catching graphics. Others are snarky or simply bizarre. Getting lost was never so much fun. Go see for yourself — assuming, of course, that the site’s still there.” – - VSL

 http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2008/08/the-100-most-funny-and-unusual-404-error-pages/

“Keep your pants on — seriously! It’s not that kind of test. What the BBC’s Sex ID test is, is an online exam that tells you whether you’ve got the brains of a typical man or a typical woman.

As we all know, men and women are from Mars and Venus, respectively. Each sex has its mental strengths and weaknesses. And just to complicate matters, some women have more male-like brains, and vice versa. Why, exactly? The theories include birth order, left- or right-handedness, and testosterone levels in the mother’s womb.

Created by the BBC with a team of psychologists, the test breaks down into six parts, each of which takes one to five minutes of your time. You’ll be tested on what kind of face attracts you, and your facility with words. (FYI: Women use twice as many words as men do.) The quiz is fun, insightful, and well worth a whirl. And oh – you’ll need a ruler. (Relax, guys — it’s to measure your fingers.)” – - VSL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/add_user.shtml 

I feel that I am a pretty good mix between the two below; however, as I get older, I lean more toward Marilyn.  (Conversly, when I was younger, I leaned more towards Bette.) 

You Are a Bette!

You are a Bette — “I must be strong”

Bettes are direct, self-reliant, self-confident, and protective.

How to Get Along with Me

• * Stand up for yourself… and me.
• * Be confident, strong, and direct.
• * Don’t gossip about me or betray my trust.
• * Be vulnerable and share your feelings. See and acknowledge my tender, vulnerable side.
• * Give me space to be alone.
• * Acknowledge the contributions I make, but don’t flatter me.
• * I often speak in an assertive way. Don’t automatically assume it’s a personal attack.
• * When I scream, curse, and stomp around, try to remember that’s just the way I am.

What I Like About Being a Bette

• * being independent and self-reliant
• * being able to take charge and meet challenges head on
• * being courageous, straightforward, and honest
• * getting all the enjoyment I can out of life
• * supporting, empowering, and protecting those close to me
• * upholding just causes

What’s Hard About Being a Bette

• * overwhelming people with my bluntness; scaring them away when I don’t intend to
• * being restless and impatient with others’ incompetence
• * sticking my neck out for people and receiving no appreciation for it
• * never forgetting injuries or injustices
• * putting too much pressure on myself
• * getting high blood pressure when people don’t obey the rules or when things don’t go right

Bettes as Children Often

• * are independent; have an inner strength and a fighting spirit
• * are sometimes loners
• * seize control so they won’t be controlled
• * figure out others’ weaknesses
• * attack verbally or physically when provoked
• * take charge in the family because they perceive themselves as the strongest, or grow up in difficult or abusive surroundings

Bettes as Parents

• * are often loyal, caring, involved, and devoted
• * are sometimes overprotective
• * can be demanding, controlling, and rigid

Take Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz at HelloQuizzy

You Are a Marilyn!

You are a Marilyn — “I am affectionate and skeptical.”

Marilyns are responsible, trustworthy, and value loyalty to family, friends, groups, and causes. Their personalities range broadly from reserved and timid to outspoken and confrontative.

How to Get Along with Me

• * Be direct and clear
• * Listen to me carefully
• * Don’t judge me for my anxiety
• * Work things through with me
• * Reassure me that everything is OK between us
• * Laugh and make jokes with me
• * Gently push me toward new experiences
• * Try not to overreact to my overreacting.

What I Like About Being a Marilyn

• * being committed and faithful to family and friends
• * being responsible and hardworking
• * being compassionate toward others
• * having intellect and wit
• * being a nonconformist
• * confronting danger bravely
• * being direct and assertive

What’s Hard About Being a Marilyn

• * the constant push and pull involved in trying to make up my mind
• * procrastinating because of fear of failure; having little confidence in myself
• * fearing being abandoned or taken advantage of
• * exhausting myself by worrying and scanning for danger
• * wishing I had a rule book at work so I could do everything right
• * being too critical of myself when I haven’t lived up to my expectations

Marilyns as Children Often

• * are friendly, likable, and dependable, and/or sarcastic, bossy, and stubborn
• * are anxious and hypervigilant; anticipate danger
• * form a team of “us against them” with a best friend or parent
• * look to groups or authorities to protect them and/or question authority and rebel
• * are neglected or abused, come from unpredictable or alcoholic families, and/or take on the fearfulness of an overly anxious parent

Marilyns as Parents

• * are often loving, nurturing, and have a strong sense of duty
• * are sometimes reluctant to give their children independence
• * worry more than most that their children will get hurt
• * sometimes have trouble saying no and setting boundaries

Take Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz at HelloQuizzy

“As if YouTube weren’t compulsively watchable enough already — thanks, Campaign ’08! — now someone’s gone and made it interactive. Witness the absurdly primitive, outlandishly fun video game “A Car’s Life” — it’s one of those chocolate-meets-peanut-butter moments that really could be the start of something.

The designers — who work for a company called Hexolabs, in Kanpur, India — call it “the first ever interactive game on YouTube.” (Well, maybe, if you overlook that slightly creepy Interactive Magician racking up hits on the site.) Either way, “A Car’s Life” is cool. There are nine levels. Each one lets you control a crudely animated car as it speeds toward imminent dangers — a boulder, shooting flames, dragon warriors, barreling locomotives, and the like. Our favorite part? The way players leap to the next level by clicking, quickly, on a flashing annotation (which helpfully reads: CLICK). The technology may be crude, but the idea itself is brilliant — someday, someone will hold it up as the YouTube equivalent of Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie.” – - VSL

“America’s funnymen are forever trying to connect with our softer, more sensitive sides. (It will always be too soon for Adam Sandler’s 9/11 movie!) But Christopher Walken — who scored an early Oscar for his performance in The Deer Hunter and slid into his golden years with seven appearances on Saturday Night Live — has revealed himself instead to be a man of hidden shallows.

Eight years ago on SNL, Walken played a producer tasked with pushing “more cowbell” onto Blue Oyster Cult’s already-anthemic “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” Unlike Tina Fey’s turn as Sarah Palin, which became an overnight classic, Walken’s skit took a few years to catch on. It did, however, inspire More Cowbell — an absurdly wonderful Web app that turns any MP3 into a miniature disco inferno. Make the Damned sound like the Rapture. Fill “The Sounds of Silence” with the signature sound of “Honky Tonk Women.” To us, the results sound like Morse-code messages tapped out by someone trapped inside a Celine Dion song.” – - VSL

“More Cowbell” Skit: http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/snl-more-cowbell.html
Mp3 Cowbell DJ Site: http://www.morecowbell.dj/

“Long before Alien (and longer still before his still-famous “Big Brother” Apple ad), Ridley Scott made a rather modest television commercial for Britain’s Hovis bread. Filmed in 1973, the spot — which shows a Hovis delivery boy wheeling down a quaintly cobblestoned street in Dorset — may just be England’s favorite advertisement, ever. So this year, when Hovis decided to celebrate its 122nd anniversary in style, the company found itself in the difficult position of having to trump its own, legendary campaign. We say they’ve succeeded — and then some.

Fittingly, the 2008 advertisement features a new delivery boy and route — one that winds through time as well as space. Directed by a rising star named Ringan Ledwidge, the commercial kicks off in 1886, and takes 122 seconds (an eternity in advertising terms) to move through every ensuing decade. We see women’s-rights prostesters, world wars, and a coronation, as well as striking miners, mods and rockers, and the millennial celebration. Filmed in Liverpool over the course of six days, with a cast of 762 extras, the ad packs more of a punch than most two-hour movies can muster.” – - VSL