pumpkin carvings

pumpkingutter

check out this site for some awesome, not your normal, pumpkin carvings. this guy is good.

find the "dark" movies

candy + dark movies
what do you get? a game at the m&m's site. can you find all 50 dark movies? it's hard, but fun. i can only find 42 but i'm still working at it.

find the movies game

perpetual kid

perpetual kid wants you to entertain your inner child. and if you're looking for some fun and unique gifts, this is the place. here you can find bacon bandages, twirling spaghetti forks, marshmallow shooters, and much more. and don't forget to check out the "cubes" section - fun stuff.

perpetual kid

sketch swap

sketch swap

here's an interesting concept. this site has a sketch pad of sorts where you make a sketch. once you're done, you click on the swap button and before you know it, a new sketch takes form - stroke by stroke. the picture at the left is what appeared after i amateurishly sketched some lame looking flowers.

it's a name game

since the u.s. hit that 300,000,000 people mark, i thought this site was appropriate. all you have to do is type in your first and last name. they then give you a breakdown of how many people have that same name - both first, last, and full name - in the united states.

unfortunately, they show zero for many names - my last name included. they say these are rare names and, in fact, my last name is not common. but i know of relatives with the same last name, so i know that it's not true when they say zero people have the same name. at least i know there are 323,966 people with the same first name :)

how many of me?

haunted houses

real haunts

just in time for halloween.... this site gives you a breakdown, by state, of real haunted places. they also have a few "spooky" ghost stories. if you're in to this kind of stuff, you must check it out. they also take submissions if you know of some place that's haunted.

how stuff works

ever wonder how stuff works? electronic stuff or science stuff? you might be able to find out about that kind of "stuff" anywhere on the internet. but at howstuffworks.com, they explain a lot more. just browsing for 15 minutes, i found out how gossip works, how conspiracy theories work, how paypal works, how climbing mt. everest works, and the list goes on. if you're interested in how stuff works, you could spend a lot of time on this site.

how stuff works

southpark characters

southpark studios

create your own southpark characters. choose the different elements to make your character all your own. easy to use but no way to save the picture. i copied my screen and cropped it down. still, if you're a southpark fan, this is a must.

song tapper

song tapper

nothing i find anymore on the internet should surprise me. instead, i should just be amazed at the things that people think up and are able to execute. here's a good example of that. on this site you can tap out a tune using the spacebar on your keyboard. they then give you a list of songs that it could be. if your song is there (mine wasn't - and it was jingle bells) you can listen to it on itunes or napster. the site does require macromedia flash player 6.0

let's say thanks

let's say thanks

what a neat site. here you can pick from 30 different postcards designed by children and then pick a pre-made thank you message or write one of your own. they then print the message on the designated post card and mail it off to someone serviing in the war.

there's other neat stuff on the site, like hearing back from the troops. this is super easy to do and i'm sure it's great encouragement for our service men and women. please go send a card.

pandora

CAN YOU HELP ME DISCOVER MORE MUSIC THAT I'LL LIKE?

that's the question that started pandora. this site allows you to create your own radio station, of sorts. you start by selecting an artist and they'll start feeding you similar songs and artists for you to approve, or not, for your "radio." there are a few things you can do from there.

it seems like a good way to expose yourself to new music. and it looks like you can place a "radio" on a personal site or blog, but i was either unable to figure that out correctly or it wasn't working right. worth taking a look at.

pandora