Wilton Library Teens Blog » Fun and Humor

FUN and games?

Marissa — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:58:49 +0000

Your Teen Advisory Board has scheduled an awesome event for Friday, March 29 called Cheesy Game Day. Come by the Brubeck Room from 2-4pm and play all sorts of board games and win a chance at some fabulous prizes! You can register here: Cheesy Game Day

While our Cheesy Game Day will definitely be fun, there is a dark side to some of those classic games. “LIFE” originally included poverty and gambling debt among possible outcomes, and “Clue” included weapons like a syringe and a bomb. It makes Professor Plum in the Conservatory with a candlestick look entirely harmless.

You can read the entire article from Yahoo! Games here…and make sure to join us for some real fun on March 29!

Life before texting

Marissa — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:36:28 +0000

Texting is probably the easiest way to get in touch with someone. Have a question about your math homework? Text your friend. Going to stay late at school? Text your parents. There are even “text a librarian” services out there if you have a reference question (we don’t have that yet, but you can always give us a ring when we’re open.) Before texting (or even emailing), people wrote letters to each other. A cool website called Letters of Note has collected about 900 of these letters, both handwritten and typed. You can browse by author or date. It’s sort of like peeking into someone’s diary and is a fascinating way to spend some time. Here’s one that is sort of sad but sweet: Fiona Apple writing about her dog who is very sick.

The letters date from pre-1600 to the 2000s. I don’t recommend looking at the website if you have something urgent to do because the letters are amazing! Enjoy.

Think you can’t be fooled?

slauricella — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:32:26 +0000

These optical illusions will prove you wrong. What are optical illusions anyways? Here is a neat synopsis provided by the National Institute of Health explaining why we see things that figuratively “aren’t there”. But Eyetricks has a gallery of hundreds of illusions. A warning, don’t view then try to drive a car afterwards, our eyes are still spinning.

Puzzles!

slauricella — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:53:10 +0000

Now THAT got your attention, didn’t it…because who doesn’t love puzzles! Jigidi (we have no idea what that stands for) is a website with hundreds of puzzles for you to solve, but instead of pouring out the pieces on your living room floor you use your computer screen. You can even upload your own images and turn your friends or hobbies into a puzzle. Case in point – there is a Philly cheese steak puzzle posted. Another good thing? You now can’t lose that corner piece that would solve the whole puzzle.

More Time-killers on the internet…

slauricella — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:50:34 +0000

Don’t blame us but here are a few time-killing sites that you may have not seen yet. Screamin’ Beans is exactly what is says. You, the user, make beans scream. It is easier for you to just go there instead of reading an explanation. Ever forget the something you used as a bookmark? So has it seems hundreds of other people, some of the things left behind are documented on Forgotten Bookmarks . And there is a top 15 Best Places to Waste Time on the Internet from PC magazine if you still have not gotten sucked into the others…

What makes you happy?

slauricella — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:41:04 +0000

Well for some it may be a peanut butter cookie, but for the allergic…not so much. So what does make us happy? A recent book Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification attempts to define the characteristics, behaviors and conditions that lead to happiness. In case you don’t have time to peruse the 800-page book published by the the World Database of Happiness in Rotterdam (no, we are not making that up) the website mint consolidates the main ideas into a “top 10″ list of personal qualities that the authors feel leads to happiness. Are yours on there?

Are you in love with your own handwriting?

slauricella — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:02:48 +0000

Then, create a font in it (for free!) at the font capture website. Hit the site, then fill out their handwriting template in your handwriting. Scan the template and follow the instructions…and presto, your own font! How cool is that?

Photoshop Disasters

slauricella — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:56:18 +0000

Everyone loves Photoshop, but it can be dangerous in the wrong hands. There are lots of “fail collections” with hilarious photoshop disasters that should have never made it from the computer drive to a magazine. The photoshop disaster blog is always a good place to start, and of course there are many other collections out there. With all of the tutorials on how NOT to make these mistakes, like the case of the baby to the left giving your subject an extra finger or two. It is a wonder how these even happen! But hey that’s okay – he will have no problem counting to seven…

Want to see what other people do to waste time?

slauricella — Sun, 27 May 2012 18:11:25 +0000

Waste time? Who….me? Seriously, who doesn’t! But sometimes you have to sift through mindless websites to find a quality item to waste your time on productively. To save time (ironically) check out the Epic Win website - which in our time-wasting humble opinion has clips or images that are funny, silly, or amusing about 99% of the time. Like the phone booth aquarium to the left. Contributors from all over the world post their time wasting strategies, like synchronizing light switch flipping at a college dorm. Plus you can vote for your favorites or leave a comment, and as we all know reading the comments is sometimes just as amusing as watching the clips.

Love Spiders?

slauricella — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:04:47 +0000

Of course you don’t, no one likes spiders. But you may just fall in love with this virtual spider developed by Tomas Erickson, which is safely kept behind a computer screen. You choose his (or hers?) color, leg span, and even how fast he crawls – then you let your spider loose on the computer screen. There is even an option to add bugs so the spider has a snack. On this site are also hilarious you tube links to cats trying to catch the spider…who knew spiders could be fun???