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Multi-link Monday: Going beyond the state quiz

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:00:00 GMT

Last week's 50-state quiz was the most popular Multi-link Monday offering ever, with 250+ comments, and counting. This week, we've got a quiz that's sure to stump even those of us who were pretty proud of our state knowledge, plus more work-procrastinating fun....(read more)

Delayed Multi-link Monday

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:39:00 GMT

• The Gobler Toys site has been around for years now -- it's a fictional toy company with a very entertaining Web presence. Don't miss their video about "Star Wars Toys That Never Were," featuring such hilarious toy concepts as Professor Greedo and the Trash Tub. (Via Metafilter.)

• In advance of Valentine's Day, you can now buy U.S. postage stamps customized with lipstick prints from various celebrities. My favorite is the pawprint from Benji. You can also order up stamps with your own lipmark on them. SWAK!

• Many of the "American Idol" auditioners have MySpace pages, and this Weblog rounds up nearly a dozen of them. Another reason not to audition for any national reality show without carefully hiding or grooming your online presence first. The masses will find you.

• Some folks just love the online games, and Scribble! is a neat one. (From the link, click on PLAY THIS GAME). You simply connect the dots as fast as you can, but it's somewhat addictive.

• My trip was to wintry Washington, D.C., not sunny Hawaii, but I'm still entranced by this interactive hula girl postcard. You choose what you want it to say from a list of words, and the dancer will act it out. (Via the Presurfer.)

Blasts from Multi-link Mondays past

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:37:00 GMT

Jolita posted and asked if I could re-link some of the Multi-link Monday favorites from past weeks in the new format, and it sounded like a good idea to me.

Here are a few of the sites I liked best, or that earned the most vocal response from readers -- if I'm missing a favorite of yours, post it here, or describe it and I'll try to find it. (Some sites, sadly, are no longer around.)

ONLINE GAMES

WEB CAMS

Monterey Bay Aquarium penguin cam
And their white shark cam
Eternal Sunset cams -- sunsets from around the world

QUIZZES

Test your geography knowledge
Pick a color personality test
Find the movie titles in this picture

JUST PLAIN WEIRD/COOL STUFF

Amazon.com readers review milk
If you dug a hole in your yard, where could you end up?
How old are you on Mars?
What countries/states have you visited?
Pipecleaner dance!
Four artists sent a sketchbook back and forth
Send a message in a bottle
Dirty-car art (not that kind of dirty)
Church sign generator
What song was #1 on the day you were born?
Seven songs with errors in the lyrics
Book-a-minute short book reviews
Bob the Angry Flower's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe
Creepy optical illusion

Multi-link Monday

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:36:00 GMT

Welcome to the new world! Test Pattern is joining our friends Will Femia, at Clicked, and Alan Boyle, at Cosmic Log, and trying out an updated, more Webloggy format.

I'm so eager to jump in that I'm moving today's Multi-Link Monday into the new style. You can post comments, but they won't go up automatically -- I need to weed out spammers and other problems. But I think this will make the discussion much easier to follow and much more fun.

If you're new to Test Pattern, Multi-link Monday is a roundup of five fun links that make for decent work distractions on the worst day of the week. You're welcome to suggest new links, and now you can use the comment option to do just that.

On to the links:

• What kind of American accent do you have? Obviously, not applicable if you’re not American. I thought for sure I’d fall in the North Central (think “Fargo”) contingent, since I grew up in Minnesota, but this quiz says I don’t really have an accent. Ya, you betcha, dere. (Thanks to Molly M. for the link!)

• Retro chefs: You can buy unflavored popping candy (think Pop Rocks) and jazz it up to use in a recipe. (These Webloggers turned them violet-flavored)The thought of Pop Rocks (or, uh, the generic version) being used in a recipe is so entertaining that I immediately sent this to my chef friend. Can’t you just see “Top Chef” making its contestants work with Pop Rocks? (Via Not Martha.)

• I’m so sick of Rosie O’Donnell and Donald Trump’s stupid fight. Snark at each other all you want, but I don’t want to hear about it. Game Show Network has set up a Rosie-Donald online fight game. Each fighter has a secret weapon – Rosie’s Tongue-Lasher and Donald’s Killer Comb-Over. The first rule of Rosie-Donald Fight Club is don’t talk about Rosie-Donald Fight Club.

• Getting ready for the Jan. 14 return of “24”? When the show comes back, print out this Bingo card and cover squares (or give yourself points, or take a shot, whatever) when these sure-to-occur events take place. My favorite “Jack disobeys a direct order.” Yeah, like that’s gonna happen. (Via Metafilter Projects)

• This is both addictive and frightening. Click on a facial feature at Monoface and you can change it … over and over and over and over again. It’s kind of like playing Mr. Potato Head, but with real images. (If you prefer Mr. Potato Head, here's an online version of that.)