Design Inspiration for the Inventive Mind..
This is one of those ‘once seen, cannot be unseen’ kinda sites. Draw a ninja turtle nose on a picture and send it in. My submission above, freedom ninja Ron Paul. Check out the Teenage Mutant Ninja NosesTumblr here.
update: Well, it looks like the Ron Paul media blackout is moving to the internet as the picture was never posted on their site.
The empire of cute animal sites continues to grow. Sometimes the domain name says it all. AnimalsWithLightSabers.com is a site that needed only be thought up to be a success.
The content is user driven, so if you have some animal pictures or a desire to brush up on your Photoshop skills with a fun little project, check it out and make a submission. I did.
Update: Apparently the site is no more.
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Until Further notice, Imadeyouabeard is officially our nominee for most awesome seller on Etsy. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Etsy, it is an online marketplace where artists and craftsmen can show and sell their work.
From Erin’s profile on Etsy: “My name is Erin, and I make beards. I grew up in Portland, where there are only two types of people: hipsters with beards, and lumberjacks with beards.”
“I was born without the ability to grow a beard, and now I make beards to help people like me blend in with their bearded compatriots.”
A noble pursuit, certainly!
I have no such trouble in growing a beard of my very own, but I have to admit I’m tempted to put one of these on my Christmas list. They just look so comfortable and full of good cheer. She also has a blog.
One of the problems associated with geekdom, or even general competence, is that people expect you to fix things for them, answer obscure questions, and show them how to do various simple tasks. Most of the time if I have a problem, I do what any other geek with the resourcefulness of a squirrel would do; I consult google. It isn’t hard. It isn’t any more time consuming than asking someone else, because then they are just going to have to google it for you. Coferifous has heard our call and come to our rescue with his new service let me google that for you. The next time someone asks you a question they should really go find the answer to themselves, don’t tell them to ‘RTFM‘, outsource your snark to letmegooglethatforyou. Such a simple service they offer, yet the need was so great for their services that they have gotten over a million hits in their first 48 hours of existence.
You know those arguments that keep coming up and you just can’t seem to come to a resolution? You both think you are right? Sidetaker allows you to write up your argument and send an invite to the dissenting party. Should they choose to accept the invite, they will be able to write up their own side of the conflict, at which point the argument will be posted (anonymously) for all the world to deliberate. Readers can take a side and add their reactions, comments, and suggestions for a resolution. Even if it isn’t for everyone, it is a brilliant idea. A few examples:
His unemployed ass drives the newer car
Never offers to cook clean or shop
The Url is perhaps the best example of the idea being the invention. Here is a site that anyone could have bought for under ten bucks a decade ago, but didn’t. Well, It’s too late now. Upsidedowndogs is a site full of upside down pictures of upside down dogs. It may not be any great revolution for society at large, but the site is a perfect example of maximum success for minimum effort, and it is hard to not be cheered by a visit.