Synthravels is the first online virtual travel agency. They offer tours of virtual worlds such as Second Life, Everquest, Star Wars Galaxies, the Matrix Online, and lots of other places you can only experience in cyberspace. This way, you can see areas you might be interested in without having to create a persona! They are also looking for experienced guides to lead tours. Link -via the Presurfer |
Miss Cellania's Blog Posts
Scary Terry makes Halloween and haunted house props. This one is called Skelevision.
The guest would enter a hallway and see themselves in a mirror at the end of the hall. All of a sudden, the lights would go out, spooky sound effects would play and then a skeleton would appear where they previously saw themselves in the mirror. The skeleton would be frantically waving its arms. After a few seconds, the skeleton would disappear and the guest would once again see themselves in the mirror.Complete instructions included. You'll also find plans for the Kitchen Sink Coffin, the Grave Stomper, and various moving body parts. Link |
Pieces of Flair presents the Zombie Song-Off to determine the best song about zombies. You can enter your song up through October 31st by visiting their website. If you don’t have a zombie song, you can vote for your favorite. Link -via the Presurfer |
Just riding a unicycle in a straight line is hard enough, but see what an expert can do the the video Unicycle Try-All X-treme! Push play or go to YouTube. If you liked that, there’s also Unicycle try-all X treme 2. |
Stationery Movies is a quiz where you identify a movie title from a scene made of office supplies. I have figured out about half of them so far, but I’m still working on it. Yes, it will save your answers if you come back later. Link -via Grow-a-Brain |
To really get a taste of vampire history, watch Nosferatu, the 1922 silent film starring Max Shreck. Originally released as Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens, this adaption of the Dracula story is a masterpiece of horror and still causes dread, chills, and nightmares. Watch the entire one hour, 24 minute movie, or download it at the Internet Archive. See it with the lights out for maximum effect.
No birdbrains here! Ravens in Japan have not only adapted to urban living, but have also learned new behaviors, such as this clever method for cracking nuts. via Ursi’s Blog |
This Interactive Magnetic Letterboard is an online version of those refrigerator magnets shaped like letters. You can move them around, but be warned that other people online are also playing with the same letters! It was quite difficult for me to keep my letters in line long enough to grab a screenshot. You can scroll down and move to another “fridge†with fewer current users if you like. Link |
Hauntworld has haunted houses and other Halloween events listed by state, or by distance from your zip code. You’ll find addresses, prices, hours, and ratings for most listings. There are also tips for staging your haunted house and links to plenty of other Halloween sites. Link |
eBay Motors has a M400X Skycar VTOL Prototype Aircraft for sale. Bidding was at $2.5 million last I checked.
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It Punkin Chunkin time! The 2006 World Championship will be held November 3-5 in Sussex County, Delaware. Contestants build complex contraptions to shoot or fling pumpkins to amazing distances. For a demonstration from 2004, hit play or go to YouTube. There’s also a pumpkin cooking contest, a chili cookoff, and a concert. Link -via Miss Cellania |
Enter your first name and last name, and the database will tell you how many people with your name live in the USA. You’ll also get some interesting trivia about your name. I entered my legal name and my professional name and got similar results, common, but not too common. Then I entered my online persona, Miss Cellania and got a big fat zero! Link -via Yesbutnobutyes |
Computer user Sc4freak experimented with “submersion-cooling†and made himself some French fries at the same time. He literally deep-fried his computer while using it! Link |
This 5-year-old girl named Muskaan skated underneath 40 cars last Thursday in Gwalior, India, demonstrating awesome flexibility, control, and courage. To see the feat, hit play or go to YouTube. More details about her are available on this earlier video...when she was only four! |