word. daily. (march 2, 2010)

One Million Giraffes: The Challenge: collect 1,000,000 pictures of hand drawn/made giraffes by 2011. The Challenger: Some guy from Norway trying to prove to his friend wrong. The Stakes: Um, we’re not sure. Why?: Again, not sure. At time of print, 601,905 giraffes have been uploaded to the site and with 306 days left, it looks like his goal might be reached. Oh, the powers of the internet.

Tweet Receipts! NYC computer programming aficionado (read: nerd), Matt Richardson (full disclosure: a friend of the agency…sorry about calling you a nerd, Matt) posted pictures of his most current project, entitled “Tweet Receipts,” on Flickr.  The concept is simple, the machine is set up to check Twitter once every minute for messages containing Richardson’s screen name.  Whenever it finds one, it prints it out using the tiny receipt printer so he’s sure not to miss it.

Lick a celebrity: Okay, that title is a little misleading. But, it’s kind of true because our Australian friends have created Auspops – a popsicle maker where celebrity portraits are etched onto the holders. When you’re done eating the frozen treat you’re left with an etching of the famous figure.  But, don’t get excited about licking Aussies like Nicole Kidman or Hugh Jackman just yet, the inaugural batch of etchings includes the likes of Dame Edna.

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—Andrew