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Fix of Awesome – Literal Name, Rocking Website

Administrator — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:40:59 +0000

We take our internets seriously around here. If you spent 12 hours in front of a shiny screen with keys and a mouse for your entertainment, chances are good that you’d take your (italicize “your”, please) internets seriously too.

So, what do you turn to when your entertainment is serious business (italicize “serious business, please)? That’s easy enough — websites that are seriously funny. Videos that bring the funny hard enough for you to want to share them with your friends — and maybe even your frenemies too.

As much as we hop from site to site to get what we want, it’s nice to be able to have a “go to” website that gives us what we want in a tidy, funny little package.

We’ve got another site to add to our funny list: Fix of Awesome. Yep, that’s right — literal website is literal, but it gets better. Sure, any site can tell you that they’re serving up your daily dose of fantastic humor, but Fix of Awesome takes it to a completely different level.

We know what you’re thinking: pics or it didn’t happen. No problem:

Those are all from the accompanying Facebook group for Fix of Awesome, but there’s also a Twitter account as well. The surprise bonus? Those profiles are updated daily — sometimes more than once a day, even. That means that there’s always something new to see. We’re liking that big time — one of our biggest gripes centers around websites that lure you in and then don’t update for who knows how long. You aren’t going to have to worry about that with Fix of Awesome.

With such fantastic content being offered from just the social media level, we knew that we in for a great time hopping over to the Fix of Awesome blog.

Paydirt almost instantly – a stunt driver taking his mom on a crazy ride? That’s crazy, funny, and downright awesome!

We spent some time just clicking through the archives and finding that there’s consistency with the site, which is something that a lot of humor sites don’t have. They might come on strong in the beginning but then there’s a period where they just leave you flat. Is that going to keep people sticking around? Probably not.

It’s pretty easy to make your way around the Fix of Awesome site, which is another plus in our book, as far as we’re concerned. If you’re not going to build a site where people can actually, you know, find things — then what’s the point? We had fun looking around Fix of Awesome, and we’re pretty sure that you will too!

Where do you go from here? Well, you can start with the Facebook profile if you want to get a feel for the main site’s offerings. You’ll also want to follow the Twitter account because there’s some cool stuff there. Your mileage will vary – just pray your boss has the same humor you do!

Time for your humor fix? You know where to go now – Fix of Awesome is where it’s at!

Google Science Fair – Best Competition For Young Scientists

Google Science Fair – Best Competition For Young Scientists

Administrator — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:22:57 +0000

Do you have in mind to become a scientist one day? Maybe your dream will come true with this awesome competition for young scientists all over the world. Google wants you from age 13 to 18 to submit your creative project on Google Science Fair’s website. Your scientific idea should be something that is relevant for the world today. The competition is very easy to enter, but you need to pay attention to the rules which you can read on Science Fair Website, Sponsored by Google.

It contains only some easy steps and forms to fill. The deadline for submitting your project is 4 April 2011 at 6 pm GMT, so you better hurry up or else you will not fulfill your dream. 60 finalists will be announced in early May, and their projects will be online so people can see them and vote for best project for “People Choice Awards”. The most exciting part that you are waiting for are of course the prizes: A 10 day trip to the Galapagos Islands with National Geographic Expeditions, a big scholarship, a meeting with important and known organizations, and much more. Read about all of the prizes and their details here.

Google Science Fair is all about encouraging young people to not forget about the beauty of science. It brings people together and can make unforgettable memories. If you need more information please visit Google Science Fair’s website. Submit your project as fast as you can, and we wish you lots of luck!

Cosplayers Mingle With They Video Game Characters

Administrator — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:35:21 +0000

This is just hilarious. You know Cosplay that is short for costume play, and if you don’t that is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea.

But what if these cosplayers got dropped into their favorite video games? It looks surreal because it obviously is, but it’s funny to see how it would look. It’s almost like their trapped in the video games, but they really doesn’t seem to care, they just play on with their role, imagining that they really are a part of it all.

Typography Representing Star Wars

Administrator — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:12:34 +0000

Who would have thought that letters and signs in different fonts could made such cool art work? This time we’re talking about Star Wars characters that are represented by only using typography. The people in H-75 Creative Station are those that are behind this amazing project, and you can get every piece on a huge poster, that would be a great decoration or gift to a younger friend.

Characters such as Yoda, Darth Vader and Stormtrooper are all featured in different letters and signs, but it works, it really resembles their look. The posters are really simple, but that is the whole trick of making them look unique. So Star Wars fans, you better wish one of these for you birthday, but I bet you’ll spend money on it anyway.

Via H-75.

Freezing Ice Hotel Inspired by Tron:Legacy

Administrator — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:49:35 +0000

You have probably heard about the new movie by name “Tron: Legacy”. It is an American science fiction film released on December 16, 2010. Now they have built an awesome tron legacy ice hotel designed by Ben Rousseau and Ian Douglas-Jones, and it is located in Sweden. It can remind of other ice hotels, it is just that this one is with tron theme with the blue lights that looks amazing with ice. They should also open a casino to try your chance there, or you can do it from a bed and take some online slots, your choice.

If you want to spend a night at the hotel you need to dress really warm, but you’ll get extra warm sleeping bags so don’t worry, you won’t freeze that much. The hotel was built in freezing temperatures; that had to be really hard I guess.

ASUS SonicMaster Laptop – A New Generation of Sound System

Administrator — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:13:42 +0000

Music is in the center for this new Asus laptop, also known as the SonicMaster. It’s like no other music laptop until now, and if you’re a music lover, this is definitely the right one for you. It has integrated an amazing and revolutionary sound system which offers a high quality sound, so in other words the multimedia performance is excellent. SonicMaster is developed by Asus audio experts “Gold Ear” in collaboration with the famous Bang & Olufsen.The sound that the system provides is so real that it in a way possesses a life of its own, and it can touches your emotions and motions for that matter. Not to mention the sleek and nice design of the laptops.

Something that goes very well with this laptop is their this great game that you can play on their new site featuring great sound performance with this game of music box. It is basically a game that contains 5 easy and fast steps. First you choose a character that you think fits you, then you upload your photo, and you have to make sure it is of your face. Then after you do that you record a tune, sort of a greeting or a short song, and after that you can write a short invite message that you at the end can send to your friends so they can try to play the game, or just share your performance on social networks like Facebook.

To clear it all up and explain what the result will be: The photo you chose is now imposed on the character which sings and dances the short tune that you recorded. People’s experiences say that it is hilarious to see your own face on a crazy dancing character, not to mention your voice, unless you have an amazing singing voice, which I know I don’t.

The game is perfectly describing the Asus SonicMaster laptop, because it is all about the music, and the coolest thing is that you can create your own little fun music performance that you and your friends will have good laughs over. And that is why we have accepted this sponsored post by Asus, because it is super awesome!

How Women Bands Looked Like a Few Decades Ago

Administrator — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:07:37 +0000

It seems that women in past have been as same active in the world of music and stage arts as they are today. Despite the fact we think that human society was way more conservative about forty or fifty years ago, women were trying to prove themselves as equal to man, probably more than today, and they wanted to be present in every kind of humans activity. Women bands weren’t so popular few decades ago but we could say that today’s world of music is shaped by women. Here you can take a look on how women bands looked like in past, some of photos are more than fifty years old.

Astonishing Cherry Tree With Differently Colored Blossoms

Administrator — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:28:36 +0000

Although this is not any kind of another amazing natural wonder, this beautiful tree with differently colored blossoms is definitely an attraction in the Portchester village, in Britain.

In springs, when trees get their blossoms, this tree looks little bit different than the others. One half of the tree has white blossoms and other half has pink blossoms. The visitors who see this tree for a first time are often astonished by what they see. However, the explanation beside this little natural phenomena is pretty simple and obvious.

This tree was formed like this because of some not so successful grafting. People tried to graft an ornamental cherry tree onto the native British cherry tree which was aimed to serve as a rootstock.

The purpose of rootstock was just to provide the newly grafted tree with nutrients and water from roots. However, the rootstock decided to fight and live and day by day, it fought out for almost an equal share of food and space from the rest of tree.

Image sources: DailyMail, Gsblog1, Goodmorninggloucester.

Forgotten Soviet Military Navy Repair Factory in Estonia

Administrator — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:44:27 +0000

You are watching at photos of abandoned Soviet Military Navy repair factory in Estonia. It is placed at Arkula, near Tallinn. This is another one abandoned Soviet military building which once used to be an instrument in Cold War race with United States.

When Cold War ended Russia and rest of Soviet countries changed their military politics and plenty of similar facilities became useless so they had to simply abandon them leaving plenty of military equipment and arms.

You can see here a few of photos which are telling us that this facility also could contain some dangerous biological weapon. However, that fact does not stop kids from local villages to play with that abandoned but very dangerous equipment.

Via WarRellics.

Ephemicropolis – An Amazing Model of Futuristic City Made of Stacked Staples

Administrator — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:44:55 +0000

Have you ever wondered about how New York or some other giant city could look in hundred years? If you have no idea about how it would look like, then, you should see the city model made by Peter Root.

Peter Root made this amazing city model using a bunch of stacked staples. He decided to call it Ephemicropolis. As you can see, he needed a plenty of patience and time to create such magnificent model.

There is a whole ‘forest’ of buildings and skyscrapers of different size. He made this model of city from about 100,000 staples on the surface of 18 square meters. I really believe that, if technological development continues to grow as equal as in previous years, this model could become real, one day but I am afraid that this civilization has slowly reaching its peak.

Via Peter Root.