Internet Fun

Okay – this is killing me, so I’m going to ask for help. When I was playing around with the puzzles on Confusion last week, I got stuck on the following rebus and my mind’s been mulling it over ever since. Who can think of a one-word of nine letters represented by the following: J K 10 Q A I am totally stumped and it’s making me nuts.

I stumbled across this little puzzle site, Confusion, last night and I’ve been working through the first trails over my morning coffee. The site is arranged with five collections of puzzles that need to be solved to collect keys and access the final set, which is the most difficult. They are mostly rebuses, riddles, and other “tricky” puzzles, and they definitely get harder as the path progresses, though you’ll probably recognize many of them if you’re a puzzle enthusiast. I haven’t finished the site yet (just starting Metal World), but it seems very kid friendly – I’d have loved it … Continue reading “Confusing” Puzzle Maze

The combination of watching Nemesis and waiting eagerly for The Two Towers reminded me of the highly bizarre “Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy” album with the surreal and 70’s-rific Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, complete with music video. An absolute classic!

One of those “making the rounds” stories that I enjoyed a lot: “The Case of the 500-mile Email”. Probably one of the funniest sysadmin stories I’ve heard – it’s told well here. [via Mr. Barrett]

More recommended fun films from the Internet Archive Moving Image Archive: In the “social guidance” genre, Dating: Do’s and Don’ts from Coronet Instructional Films, circa 1949, is a charming story of a boy’s first date, including how he chooses the girl to invite and alternate-world demonstrations of what not to do, such as lunging in for a goodnight kiss. For the absolutely surreal, check out A Case of Spring Fever, a 1940 Handy Jam Organization film in which an animated spring punishes a man who curses out his broken sofa springs by forcing him to live in a world without … Continue reading Instructional Films

The Internet Archive Moving Image Archive seems to have undergone a recent redesign, including the ability to browse by subject and a review system. Lots of fun stuff in there. The evening I watched Choosing for Happiness, a 1950 film in the “Marriage for Moderns” series in which a young woman repremands her friend for expecting men to change to meet her fancy rather than understanding that you can only change yourself. Like the other films in this series, there’s a lot of truth in it, but there’s also a lot of out-datedness. I particularly like the scene portaying a … Continue reading Internet Archive Moving Image Archive

Pet the cat! More satisfying than you would think. [via PCJM]

Now that I’m weblogging again, I’m also returning to reading other webloggers. And, as always, Gail has linked a few beauties in the past month that I feel compelled to archive for myself as well. I have no idea what I would do with it, but I covet this Element Collection containing all 92 naturally occuring elements. The Bible According to Cheese is too weird to pass up – if you liked LEGOs acting out Bible stories, you’ll love cheese cubes acting out Bible stories. I know it’s bad to snark on babies, but Baby’s Named a Bad, Bad Thing … Continue reading Internet Gems

The Bookworm Game is making the rounds – definitely check it out – it’s worth waiting through the ridiculously long load time. It’s Search-A-Word meets Scrabble.

Next time I find a piece of free time, though, I’ll probably use it to play with The Google Quiz. Play with Google, win Google swag. What could be better? [via Anita’s LOL]