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Reasons My Son is Crying tumblr

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Saturday 13 April 2013

Any parent would empathise with this: seemingly endless moments when their baby is crying, with a seemingly endless list of causes for the unhappiness. Part-time radio executive Greg Pembroke, a dad from Rochester, New York, basically accepted that his 20-month-old son Charlie was just going to have his frequent meltdowns and set up a hilarious [...]

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Create your own website with Made With Color

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By Rebekah Rhoden in Cool Websites on Thursday 11 April 2013

Made With Color is a new DIY website builder created by the partner of Beautiful Decay founder Amir Fallah. This platform is an intuitive, professional, well designed, and affordable way for artists to showcase their work. Made With Color already has an impressive list of respected artists using its services. As a special offer to [...]

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Seasons: a web game starring a unicycling egg

Sara Halas Reader Find

By Sara Halas in Cool Websites on Thursday 11 April 2013

Remember that time you had a crazy dream about an egg riding a unicycle around the countryside? Now you can relive it and guide your friend through autumn, winter, spring and summer with Seasons, a cute little flash game created by web designer Vectorpark.

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Red Lemon Club: ideas for fruitful creatives

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By Chris Arran in Cool Websites on Friday 5 April 2013

Run by Alex Mathers, Red Lemon Club is an absolute must if you want to get the best tips and help for your career as a creative. A free downloadable book and an extremely informative newsletter from LLC can make all the difference to how you approach and showcase your artwork.

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London Shop Fronts: a blog all about, you guessed it, London shop fronts

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By Annie Churdar in Cool Websites on Friday 5 April 2013

Emily Webber loves the shops of London. But not for the reason you might expect. Webber is no shopoholic. She just happens to love the way all the store fronts look. So she started the blog called London Shop Fronts . Take a look at the wide variety of stores and letters found in London. And don’t forget to [...]

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January: create music with virtual snowflakes

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By Sara Halas in Cool Websites on Tuesday 2 April 2013

January is an online music tool created by Disasterpeace, a musician who creates music mostly for video games. Walk through virtual snow and play the falling snowflakes like an instrument as they drop onto your tongue. You can even change the key, scale and size of the notes as you perform.

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The Asylum: save these poor mistreated toys

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By Sara Halas in Cool Websites on Tuesday 2 April 2013

Defenseless toys have only one escape from the cruelty of humans: insanity. Want to help them? Enter The Asylum and find the correct treatment to cure each one. Will you give them the Rorschach test, analyse their dreams or watch them paint and play music? Travel deep into the patients mind and discover why Kroko the [...]

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Actresses Without Teeth Tumblr

Erik Kraft Reader Find

By Erik Kraft in Cool Websites on Tuesday 2 April 2013

When I was a kid, I had a paper route. One of my customers had no teeth, and I only found this out when I made her laugh one day. Then it seemed that no matter how hard I tried not to, I would do something to make her laugh every time I had to [...]

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Google Chrome’s World Wide Maze: Turns any website into a 3D game maze

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Tuesday 2 April 2013

Dang, Google has done it again with their latest Chrome experiment. The World Wide Maze basically lets anyone transform their favorite website into a 3D maze on a computer or mobile device — and then play with it. It gets pretty laggy, but it’s also pretty darn cool.

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Bla Bla: an interactive movie for your computer

Sara Halas Reader Find

By Sara Halas in Cool Websites on Tuesday 2 April 2013

Bla Bla is an interactive experience that explores fundamental principles of communication between humans. The story progresses in a way based on your own interaction with the characters. My favourite scene involves making about twenty little cartoon men change the colour of their faces. Bla Bla was designed by Vincent Morriset, a computer programmer from [...]

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Menswear Dog shows all men how to dress well

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By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Friday 29 March 2013

Dogs don’t just drool. They are also capable of cleaning up their slobbering acts and picking out impeccably chic outfits. Case in point: the fashion-forward Menswear Dog from New York City, who regularly shows off his faultless sartorial choices on Instagram and Tumblr. The 3-year-old Shiba Inu is also a bit of a player — [...]

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Asheville Blog: an east coast, online version of Portlandia

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By Drunken Prayer in Cool Websites on Wednesday 27 March 2013

Asheville is a ridiculous little Appalachian Mountain town in Western North Carolina. This website is a hilarious on-going compilation of gifs specific to life there. This site reminds me of the show Portlandia; you don’t have to live there to be in on the joke. Anyone who’s ever spent time in a hip oasis town [...]

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The Mahogany Blog: delivering great music to your eyes and ears

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By Nini Baseema in Cool Websites on Wednesday 27 March 2013

If you’re a fan of great songwriting and intimate performances, then the London-based Mahogany blog is your new Shangri La. What began as a side project in 2009 for creator Mark Murdoch has now evolved into one of the most prolific music blogs around, with more than 270 videos so far online and a staff [...]

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Cheap healthy eats from The Vegan Stoner website

Erik Kraft Reader Find

By Erik Kraft in Cool Websites on Wednesday 27 March 2013

Stoners can be innovative, but it’s often restricted to figuring how to make a pipe out of whatever’s on hand. For those with a healthier bent, there is The Vegan Stoner. If you want to eat well and do it cheaply, this is the resource for you. I often don’t have time to cook as [...]

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The Automatic Rexifier: the answer to stupid comic strips

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By Erik Kraft in Cool Websites on Wednesday 27 March 2013

If you’re unfamiliar with The Comics Curmudgeon, the gist is that Josh reads the terrible daily strips so we don’t have to. But when he pointed out the ridiculousness of the opening panel to a recent Rex Morgan, M.D. one of his readers really rose to the occasion and created the Rexifier, adding the good [...]

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