| Make a Ball, Have a Ball
May 16, 2008, 8:02 am
Click here for a short presentation on the art of DIY fun.Alternative ball-construction technology here. (via sacred son).from Bernie DeKoven, funsmithfrom... Slapsie Redux
May 15, 2008, 8:55 am
Montague Blister's Strange Games weblog describes an amusing variation of Slapsie (a.k.a. Red Hands), called "My Mother Says."Whilst we're contemplating... Shootball
May 14, 2008, 8:31 am
Shootball "...is a new sport in ubiquitous computing. This game is playing with tangible ball that can control movies displayed in surrounding screens.... Pangea Day
May 13, 2008, 8:40 am
Walleyball is a one of the films produced as part of the Pangea Day celebration. It is a demonstration of how the power of play can transform a border... Sphere Play
May 12, 2008, 10:32 am
You know those beautiful crystal-looking balls you see jugglers play with - the kind they roll on the backs of their hands and arms and stuff? Ever wonder... Children Will Play
May 9, 2008, 9:09 am
Frances Henson VanLandinham's Children Will Play: Games and Toys from Simpler Times is a collection of "childhood memories," gathered from family, friends... The Geography of Bliss
May 8, 2008, 10:11 am
Amazon lists some 270,564 publications that have something to do with Happiness, the preponderance of which are serious, in-depth, carefully researched... My Fairfield Adventure - cont'd
May 7, 2008, 9:52 am
I did mention my Fairfield adventure a few posts ago. It began with a radio interview with Monica Hadley on the similarly remarkable radio station KRUU... The Romance of Sound and Senses, revisted
May 6, 2008, 11:02 am
A couple years ago, I wrote about Ken Feit's remarkable sound poem, The Romance of Sound and Senses. Ken was the "holy fool" who taught me about the Frog... Fascinating Fun: Spinning tops and things in a bowl
May 5, 2008, 11:07 am
Take, for example, top spinning. In particular example, take the video of spinning tops and things in a bowl. Watch the whole thing. Get a good taste for... Live, from Fairfield, Iowa
May 2, 2008, 11:15 am
Where in the world is Bernie DeKoven? So glad you asked.As described in this weekend's Fairfield Art Walk: "Bernie DeKoven, renowned author of The Well-Played... Mewe-making fun
May 1, 2008, 9:56 am
Yet another take on the me/we-meme - the WEME Illiterate T-Shirt. Similar in theme, if not in message, to this. And, while you're at it, see also this:story... Half-Belief and the need to believe in something that used to be meaningful
April 30, 2008, 11:48 am
Brian Remer, whose recent interview of me led me to performing the conceptual Dance o' Glee, writes:"You've been on my mind lately because I've been thinking... Junkyard Sports in the Funny Paper
April 29, 2008, 11:19 am
Getting the idea of Junkyard Sports to the masses, especially to the family masses, seems to be proceeding apace - a very slow pace, but proceeding nevertheless.... Old Fun
April 28, 2008, 11:06 am
Despite rumors to the contrary, there are certain things about getting old that are, in fact and actuality, fun. Not a lot of things. But some very, almost... Fun with the Sun - Magical Fun
April 25, 2008, 11:10 am
Teen/Nerd writes:"I love Flickr. The content is amazing and some of the photographers have ability that is other worldly. I was looking for some interesting... Where on Google Earth is Waldo?
April 24, 2008, 10:44 am
Artist Melanie Coles has constructed a 2300-square-foot image of Waldo, of Where's Waldo fame. She explains how she remembered the hours she spent with... Simages, Bernie and Competition, too
April 23, 2008, 11:46 am
Simages is a publication of NASAGA - the North American Simulation and Gaming Association, the very same North American Simulation and Gaming Association... Games for Health
April 22, 2008, 12:54 pm
Games for Health is having its Fourth Annual Conference in Baltimore, May 8-9.Games for Health, a project of the Serious Games Initiative, asks four questions:Can... Rock-It-Ball
April 21, 2008, 2:00 pm
Rock-it-Ball is played with something like a soft tennis ball and plastic sticks with scoops on each end. It's a combination of something like wall ball... Almost Impossible Fun
April 18, 2008, 10:09 am
There's something oddly fun about impossible things, not just because they are, as advertised, impossible, but also because of the skill it takes to make... The We inside of Me
April 17, 2008, 5:02 pm
I found another reference to something similar to the Me/We idea - the one I thought I had made up, and that recently someone in Al Gore's sphere also... Leet - write it, talk it, play it
April 16, 2008, 11:09 am
It's called Leet. So, play the video already. See those funny sticks - hollow, with a kind of scoopy end. They're pretty much key to the game. The sticks,... Fun and Anti-Fun
April 15, 2008, 10:47 am
In his article Islamism and the Politics of Fun, Asef Bayat writes: "Drawing mainly on the experience of Muslim states, notably postrevolution Iran, I... Magic Pen
April 14, 2008, 11:13 am
Magic Pen. Quite magical. Puzzlingly so. Kind of like the computer puzzle of yore, "The Incredible Machine meets Line Rider.Another one of those just right...
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