Activity Corner

• Summer is coming, and that means cookouts. If you're a geek on the go who likes BBQ, then you need this handy folding portable grill.


• What do you do for fun at all these cookouts, once you're done cooking? Why, cheese racing, of course!


• Furniture for the math geek: the fractal dresser.


• Just when you thought Post-It® Notes were as advanced as they could be, along comes the new transparent Post-Its.


• Apparently, if you don't have a day job, you can catch up on lost sleep.


• The truth behind striped icebergs.


• Believe it or not, the US Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration website has a list (and lyrics) of road songs.


• Amazing phone cord sheep.


• Richard Carpenter's pine needle bear. (Scroll down a bit.)


• Rick rolling is old news, but one geek does a great recreation of Rick Astley's video.


• Do you have a co-worker that makes bad puns and jokes? Then you probably need to keep a browser window dedicated for the instant rimshot.


• As a writer and a font geek, I frequently come across writing-, grammar-, and typography-related sites. Like this blog dedicated to the ampersand.


• Star Wars typography.


• Ok, it may be a viral ad, but it's still fun to see 10 optical illusions in 2 minutes.


• One artist imagines super heroes in old age.


• Bob Toelle likes fish posters. Check out his impressive collection at Fish Posters of the World.


• An artist with an unsual medium: toilet seat art.


• The Swedish brewery Kronleins has a line of cider drinks. Using some clever typography, you can see why they call the line Smile.


• Cult classic Army of Darkness has been re-awesomefied with this Japanese poster.


• The joys of home ownership: buried mystery in the back yard.


• Useless invention of the day: the Nana Saver. Who eats just half a banana?