Kickstarter - Start Or Support Creative Projects

With the current fast paced progress of technology and information, chances are that most of us have thoughts and ideas flowing through our brains constantly and our creative minds are being put in overdrive more than ever. We spend our day looking at what other people are doing and we learn from each other, it would be hard not to have a wild imagination, and ultimately not generate a few great ideas. But if you lack the financial backing and necessary resources, what do you do with those ideas? Or what if you did have resources, but have not yet found an idea worth spending it on? Well, now is your time to shine because there is a site called Kickstarter.com, which allows anyone to invest in ordinary everyday people with extraordinary ideas.

So what is Kickstarter? At it's core, it's basically a website that mediates deals, agreements and updates between the project starters - i.e. entrepreneurs and proprietors with their investors, which are called backers. The site serves as a venue for individuals or start-up companies to securely upload and showcase their proposal to attract possible contributors or investors and give them updates about the project as well.

The mechanics of the site make it fairly simple for both proprietor and contributor alike. The project creator will post details of his or her project, and give incentives on each value of contribution. Potential backers can then contribute any value from a dollar to thousands of dollars depending on which incentives they prefer.

So if you are a person with great ideas that you are sure can work, a person who has an extra few bucks that you want to spend on something more interesting, or even just someone who likes to browse new things people are coming up with, Kickstarter is a fun site worth spending a little time or money on.

Site Link: kickstarter.com

Some things worth noting:

• At present, Kickstarter is only available to the U.S. and U.K. Hopefully, they offer this service internationally some day in the future or that a site pops up that will offer this service to other countries.

• If you do plan on becoming a backer and investing some money, please do your due diligence first. Kickstarter tries to make their site as secure as possible, but you should also do your part in protecting your hard earned money by doing some research on the project starter and on the project itself before pledging. 

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Yes, I Know That

The Internet has an overflow of information for everyone to just sink their nails into. Some portals have focused information where they publish specialized topics. Some websites like ours give out a mix of stuff from here and there. One website which we found interesting enough earlier today, collects discusses trivias about categories such as animals, celebrities, countries, education, humans, nature, space, sports, health, and plain weird. 

Site can be found at http://www.yesiknowthat.com, and there are actually interesting facts that we thought we knew but they just took the extra step into writing about details of that topic. We think this would be a great way of filling up our brains with new and more detailed information as brain exercise. Woopee!

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Travel Pod for the Jetsetters

Ever wanted to be a jetsetter or wondered how it ever felt like? There is a blog where you can read about it. Better yet, share about your travels to other people who love to travel through Travel Pod. 

You can either create your own Travel Pod account, or sign in with your Facebook account. This blog is specifically built for travelers. If you are gearing up for a trip, the best way to find out places you want to travel to about others' experiences is through this blog. 

Buzzing about this blog are National Geographic, CNN, tripadvisor, and The New York Times. 

The best part is that it is all free. Upload your photos and videos, and share your stories as a printed book on Facebook, Twitter, and email. Blog on the go with Travel Pod's mobile application. 

Other features include:

• Private Blogs
• Map Your Trip
• Share Your Trip
• Fun Stats
• Auto-Save
• Easy-To-Use Layout
• Donations

Go get started! Site is found http://www.travelpod.com/.

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Free Seamless 3D Textures

Was searching something related to 3D animation, thought I would share this to all of you. Site provides seamless textures for free. Have fun! Link is http://seamless-pixels.blogspot.se.

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Use Sched To Avoid Another Netherlands Riot

As most of us know, the party that went out of hand in The Netherlands happened when a girl forgot to switch to private viewing the invitation that circulated through Facebook.

Sched is for scheduling really important occasions, used mainly by professional event organizers. It takes care of your Event Schedule, People Directory, and takes care of the integration with any Android or iOS smartphones when you download the Mobile Web App.

Session details give the invitees and participants the exact information intended only for the recipients.

We might just go out on a limb to say that when planning an event, one can never go wrong with Sched. Visit the site at http://sched.org/, and take the tour at http://sched.org/tour to know more about them. 

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Cat Strobe

I was checking out this page during midnight and had my speakers a bit loud. Scared the cat out of me! Site is www.catstrobe.com.

 

It has music blaring on and cat meowing all over your speakers with pictures of cats changing according to the beat.

Pretty amusing, if I may say. Now, if I only know what their names are.

Please do not watch if you have a condition that can be affected by strobe lights.

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Multiplayer Digital Piano

Oh, what great ingenuity! Somebody figured out how to play the piano with at least four other people at the same time...in different places!

Definitely digital ;) 

Almost 3,000 likes on Facebook, so you definitely should check it out.

It is like a chatroom that can count how many people are in the same room, playing a tune on the same keyboard. The other cursors also show where they are from.

Here's a screenshot, but nothing beats it than experiencing the digital piano on your own. Check it out at http://www.multiplayerpiano.com/ :)

Contact information link is on the upper right side.

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Would You Rather...?

The greatest way of fishing for a question is simply by how you ask it.

There is, however, one more way to incite interactivity.

Site is called You Rather. I suppose that is a shorter version of the original term "You would rather...", as a means of answering any question that begins with "Would you rather...this OR that?"

Questions changes by clicking the arrows. You can sign up with your Facebook account or with your own YouRather account.

Comments for each questions are found at the lower half of the screen. Don't worry, no matter how long the interaction of comments are, one does not need to go back to the top to read the question in case you forgot what it is. The question is left floating at the top of the browser once you scroll down to view all interactions.

Available for iOS and Android phones.

Site is at http://yourather.com/. Join in on the fun :)
                    

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Where's my cellphone?

First routine of the day changes as I would want variety. Who does not, anyway?

Browsed over to CNN, and read something about China passing the US in smartphone sales. Apparently, the Chinese want to buy better phones that they can use to receive news faster. Well, just one of the perks of having a smartphone.

I realized then that I have not checked on my phone for some time already. Looked for it and could not find it. I panicked a little. Well, if one has an iPhone 5, one would definitely want to immediately find it. Good thing I found this site, http://www.wheresmycellphone.com/. And no, my phone is not an iPhone 5. Just saying.

Just input your area code, and cellphone number!

Phone starts ringing! I just hope your phone is not on silent or that would mean an entirely new problem!

Available only in the United States of America! Maybe we should create one for every country :D

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Compassion Pit

If things fall a bit under the weather and you are just seeking advice or just someone to listen to your rants, quickest way to do is pick up the phone and call a friend or a family member.

Although, if you would prefer interaction through typing, even during everyday conversations with friends, a site to go to would be Compassion Pit, found at http://www.compassionpit.com/. 

It's like your common call-a-friend number back in the early days of colored tv, but without the party line, the busy tone, or the extra added cost. It is an alternative one can use to vent anonymously just about everything and anything.

At the home screen, one can choose to be the venter or the listener. It also says how many people are usually online. You can also choose to either be the venter if you got a problem you need consoling about, or opt to be the listener if you feel generous enough in lending an ear.

If you choose to be part of this site, chat and socket connection will be created. The site will let you know which has started.

Then, you go into a chatroom where you wait for your partner. On the screenshot below, I chose to be the venter, and I was waiting for my listener.

Other choices that you would want to do at the site are on the right side. You can report abuse if such happened.

Above is another screenshot while one waits for a partner. The setup is always one venter with a partner of one listener, and vice versa.

It states how many people in Facebook liked this page and how many people from Twitter tweeted about it.


Quote from the site is:

"This site has really given me hope. Somehow you end up talking to someone that really help you." 
-Anonymous

Aren't we just glad that a site like this exists for us to keep us on our feet despite desperate times?

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One Motion by Tomas Eriksson

So I was browsing around on a lazy sunday when I came across this website, created by Tomas Eriksson. It absolutely provides you with something to do on a boring day, or even when hanging out with friends.

When you visit http://www.onemotion.com, you can opt to play with the following eight games:

Scary Spider

This part of the website makes you alter a lean, mean, spider to an almost cute and small adorable one. If that at all is possible. I personally do not like spiders BUT given the tricks provided here, it was interesting enough for me to edit the spider. You can choose amongst the settings: spider speed, spider scale, body height, body scale, walk bounce, leg thickness, leg reach, raise height, view angle, and shadow angle. Controlling the walk bounce most definitely sets the borderline from cute to just eerie! Double-click the screen to put insects on the floor to be eaten by the spider. It moves alone or can be controlled by the user. If you feel like scaring your little baby sibling, just hit full screen and force them to sit in front of the computer for a very long time, haha!

Snake Trouble

Okay, rules were simple: Eat mice to grow and get points under a given time. Tips are also included, of course. When the snake head hits any part of the body as it tries to turn, the game is over. I guess it is just irritating enough to be borderline fun when you have nothing to do on a boring Sunday. Plus the fact that hitting the body with the head is just something you want to keep trying not to do so you want to stay in the game.

Asteroids Game

Controls are easy: use the arrows to steer and thrust, space bar to shoot, and P to pause. Very simple, felt like I was a kid again playing those games we loved back in the 80's. If you are good enough to stay in the game, more life and multiple shots just for you! Needs a bit of getting used to with the controls, tho. Simple is fun, and if that is what you are looking for then here's one to try!

Tetris Game

Oh, I just miss playing this game! With the android and iOS phones coming out, I have been searching for a free game that I can download from the app stores, but could not find one! Finally, tetris! It's almost nostalgic!

Sketch and Paint

This is pretty much your basic drawing board where you can save, edit, and modify what you draw. Brush is very artistic, though. Not the typical circles where you choose just the right sizes you want to use. Very elegant strokes, and definitely free!

Drum Machine

One would defnitely explore the rhythm on this one, as it says under the name when you hit the page. If you want to create your beats online the easiest way without haveing the trouble of installing anything, this is the page to go to. Drum parts are Kick 2, Snare 2, Hihat 1, Hihat 2, and Stick. Adjustable controls are volume, fx, tempo, shuffle (if you want the beats shuffled throughout the sequence). Echo fx are also controllable: factor, delay, and bounce. There is a button on the lower right side for solo playing, whichever of the drum parts you selected. There are also 3 demos on the lower left side of the drum machine so you can play them and later edit the beats through the boxes. Red means they are playing (upon click). When you click the box again and it becomes black, then it is switched off. Try out the experience of the drum machine!

DJ Turntable

If you thought the Drum Machine was fun, wait until you are able to load your own mp3 into this DJ Turntable and hit it like it is real! Controls are volume, speed, effects, cutoff, echo, and distance. You can reset all the settings and of course, start and stop the song whenever you want to.

Breakdance

Make this boy break his dance! You can control his jumps by pressing "G" to remove and put his gravity back on, and make his arms move left or right with the controls! Beat is definitely edgy and catchy. Compete with your friends on who can make this dancer make the hippest moves!

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