Category: Crazes
Team buying.
Shopping craze in China where groups of consumers organize to purchase similar goods at volume discount prices.
Post date: Tuesday, May 16th, 2006.
CanSats To Space.
Program that lets you send “soda can†sized payloads into space and back for $99. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2006.
StreetWars.
Head-to-head game played in urban settings in which you have 3 weeks to hunt down your target and shoot them with a water gun.
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
Zorbing.
Sport where you roll downhill in a giant plastic ball.
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
HP Photosmart R927.
Digital camera that ‘intelligently’ removes pixels making you look slimmer. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006.
Acomplia.
Diet pill that shows amazing results if taken for more than two years. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, February 15th, 2006.
End-time beast power.
Dutch couples are rushing to be married on June 6, 2006, or 666. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 4th, 2006.
Dumpster diving.
People are digging through dumpsters to get free airfare. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005.
Intuitive eating.
Professor loses weight with his ‘no-diet’ diet.
Post date: Tuesday, December 6th, 2005.
Shirtless guy.
California man offering ad rental space on his chest and back.
Post date: Tuesday, November 8th, 2005.
Toccer.
Tennis polo is a combination of soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and tennis, and is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 30th, 2005.
Bufo toxin.
Kids in Australia are getting high on frogs.
Post date: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005.
Cookie diet.
Pennsylvania man ‘ate six nutritious, filling, hunger-suppressing cookies a day’ and lost 120 pounds! (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 14th, 2005.
Baaachelor.
Croatia has launched an Internet-based reality show that stars sheep instead of people.
Post date: Wednesday, September 14th, 2005.
Divine opportunity.
Image of Jesus on a perogi bought by, you guessed it, GoldenPalace.com.
Post date: Tuesday, August 16th, 2005.
How do you run out of the ‘World’s Best Beer’?
Meet the monks who are in denial about needing a marketing manager.
Post date: Thursday, August 11th, 2005.
Body of Christ.
Image of Jesus found on perogi now available on eBay.
Post date: Wednesday, August 10th, 2005.
Didn’t you notice?
Del.icio.us had a minor database issue yesterday and comes clean, quickly. Kudos Joshua.
Post date: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005.
Got Putin?
“Having a tattoo of President Putin is very fashionable at the moment.”
Post date: Thursday, July 28th, 2005.
Wobblefoot.
A new spin on the Curt Schilling bobblehead doll. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 27th, 2005.
Su Doku.
Giving the crossword puzzle a run for its money. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 11th, 2005.






