RSVP

http://www.lifetimetv.com/cgi/rsvp/game_window.pl

RSVP is a great little flash game. Simple, yet totally fun.

Guimp

The world's smallest website, with tiny little versions of games like pack man, pong, asteroids, etc.

7gypsies

Totally artsy craft stuff to add to your art projects! This stuff is so great! I bought a little box of watch parts from them, and it was so hard not just buying the whole damn display. Everything they make is so cool. Well, their journals are sort of boring, but everything else is great!

Ready Made Magazine

Want to know how to make a chair out of cardboard, a lamp out of CD cases, or grow a couch out of grass in your backyard? Then this magazine has your wild thing!

These one eyed things are toilet brushes. And that's just the beginning!

Lamps and tables and all sorts of cool stuff.

Yet another website specializing in selling cool things for your home.

Lewis Trondheim

Belgium is not only a great place for chocolate and waffles, but it's also an amazing place for comics. That's where I found out about Lewis Trondheim. His art work is beautiful and amazing, but his stories and the dialogue he writes is possibility even better. It's too bad most of his work is only in french. All the English translated versions of his work is published by FantaGraphics. If you want to order all of his works, but you live here in the states, Mars Import has your wild thing.

 

Peter Tall

Pete. Friend, DJ, and cartoon artist. For years most of Pete's work has filled sketch books and business faxes, but now through the joys of internet hosting, you too can now partake in Pete's work.

Don Hertzfeldt

Don's cartoons are some of the funniest things I've ever seen. Through his Website you can find out what he's working on, look at his sketch books, and even buy T Shirts and DVDs. His Rejected by The Learning Channel cartoons are fricken hilarious!

 

DAve Warnke

DAve has been hitting up San Francisco with his cute little posters and stickers for years. His website has a nice selection of some of the stuff he's done, and even ways to buy his stuff for yourself. Be sure to check out the T-Shirts which DAve designed for The Un-Scripted Theater Company. They're totally great!

José Parrondo

José Parrondo is probably my favorite comic book artist ever! I wish this Belgian had his own website, but I've yet to find one. Till then, here are two books he has done in collaboration with Lewis Trondheim. Unfortunately none of José Parrondo's works have been translated into english, and these books are no exception. If you know a little french or have a friend who does, these books are totally totally great! With just a couple of years of high school french and a french/english dictionary, you'll be able to get through anything José Parrondo has done. You can also find a small amount of his work through Mars Imports.

Ok, these are just the coolest things ever! They're giant microbe stuffed animals. Who would have thought the Flu would be so cute. Hands down the coolest thing I've seen in a while. I ended up giving them to everyone I knew for Christmas. You can also buy them at the Exploratorium if you're in San Francisco area. You just tell them you just want to go to the store and they give you a store only pass for free.

ThinkGeek.com - What a great website. They showed up in my world during the dot com boom, and thankfully they're still around today. It's a place which is full of stuff you would love if you worked in an IT department. They have cool toys for your work life like mini rc-tanks, and nerf guns, and they have a whole bunch of stuff that will keep you up all night so you can keep writing computer code or studying for that test. However, a recent study showed that your caffeine levels need to be the same when you take your test as when you studied the information for you to be able to retain the knowledge you were cramming for, so you have to caffeine back up for the test too.

Looking for toys for the bedroom? Good Vibrations is the place for you. Everybody there is super nice and tastefully helpful. The place is clean and well organized. Adult toy stores can be gross and scary, but with Good Vibrations you can easily bring girlfriend without having her dump you because you're some sort of pervert. And their $25 gift certificate is always the biggest hit amongst my friends during Christmas gift exchanges.