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Saddest Site Ever? ‘See Your Folks’ Reminds You to See Your Parents… Before They Pass on

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See Your Folks is a new website that’s gotten the attention of a lot of people. It’s not a new social network or some photo-sharing site. Rather, it’s a calculator of sorts that lets you know how many times you’re going to see your parents before they die.

It sounds morbid, but that wasn’t the intention of the site creators.

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Co-create Luke Tipping explains: “We believe that increasing awareness of death can help us to make the most of our lives. The right kind of reminders can help us to focus on what matters, and perhaps make us better people.”

That definitely makes sense. It’s kind of like an extension to World Parent’s Day, only it’s not just a day because it essentially encourages everyone to go see their parents more.

Head on over to See Your Folks to see how high (or low) your number is… and do something about it while you still can.

[via C|NET]

Twitter TV Ad Targeting is Out of Beta Now with Fake Tweets

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After advertising on television, the next step would be to post an ad on Twitter. This would act as a double dose of the required display profession’s bedazzling influence. Twitter’s beta launch...

Royal Baby Birth News Reached 25,300 Tweets per Minute

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The birth of the royal baby not only adds some blue blood into the English monarchy but is a trend that is followed by enthusiastic fans around the world. In fact this trend of tweeting the royal...

Play the Digital Watch Game Online

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Before the advent of modern handheld gaming, some of us had to find ways to entertain ourselves on the train ride to work. One popular pastime was to see how quickly you could stop the timer on your digital watch. While most of us no longer wear a digital watch, there’s still a way to relive the glory days of this primitive digital sport.

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Yes, you can now play the Digital Watch Game from the convenience of your web browser, complete with Casio LCD chronograph. If nothing else, check it out for the Digital Watch Game theme song!

Just head on over to UsVsThem and get ready with your mouse button. Now, how do I strap this to my wrist?

[via Kottke via Doobybrain]

Missing Kids Stamps Turns Mail into Missing Child Alerts

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Every year, hundreds of thousands of kids go missing. Some are eventually found, while others are never seen or heard from again. Missing kids posters and notices on milk cartons help, but there’s another means to get the word out and it’s got a wider reach because it can get the word out to people all over the globe: Missing Kids stamps.

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The project was developed by was developed by ad agency Lowe Roche for the Missing Children’s Network. It essentially builds upon the Canada Post’s existing service that allows people to upload their own images to customize their stamps.

Instead of uploading on of their own pictures, Missing Kids Stamps asks people to upload a picture of missing child instead. The site features a series of kids along with how and when they went missing. It’s a heartbreaking gallery to look at. The service is only available in Canada though, so if you live there, then you can really make a difference… starting with your snail mail.

[via Laughing Squid]

4th String Jaegers Pokes Fun at Pacific Rim’s Robot Names: Kaijokes

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Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro said that he wanted the robots to be unique. Apparently that also applies to their names. How else do you explain monikers like Gipsy Danger and Striker Eureka? And now we have 4th String Jaegers:

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4th String Jaegers is a single purpose blog. Its contributors use the Jaeger Designer web app that Warner Bros. made to promote the movie to create hilarious posters featuring their own ideas for Jaeger names. Some of them bring countries to the mix to make puns, while others go off on another tangent and replace the names with funny captions instead. Sadly some of them use offensive language, so the blog isn’t safe for kids.

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4th String Jaegers accepts contributions from anyone, and the Jaeger Designer is still online. Make your own 4th String Jaeger and cancel the apocalypse! Or just delay its flight! There is a Jaeger named Caramel Fluffybutt, your argument is invalid!

[via I Heart Chaos]

Sharknado Shows that A Bad Movie Can be Social Media Hit

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Sharknado is exactly what you think it is. A tornado invested with sharks. The made for TV movie aired on Syfy yesterday and caused a huge spike on social media activity. Sharknado proves the point...

‘Like to Death’ Online Art Project Disappears When You ‘Like’ It

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When you ‘like’ something on Facebook, it stays on your feed longer and sometimes appears on the news feeds of other people in your network. By ‘liking’ something, you make it stay visible for a longer period of time as it circulates on social networks.

The “Like to Death” online art project, on the other hand, works oppositely. Instead of staying visible longer, the piece disappears instead.

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Like to Death is a collaboration for Adidas Originals by digital artist Geoffrey Lillemon and Stooki, an independent UK-based brand that also happens to be an art collective. The project’s site greets visitors with the following message: “Social media is the fifth dimension that fabricates our online existence. Imagine a life without it, if you can’t you have been possessed. Break the curse, like it to death.”

That statement has a point, but to some people, not being on social media would make them feel like they didn’t exist anymore in real life.

As more people like the interactive work, the ominous figure is slowly engulfed in flames. When it hits 20,000 likes, it’s supposed to disappear. You can check it out for yourself here.

[via C|NET]

Mealku Lets You Share Your Home-Cooked Meals with the World

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Think you’ve got what it takes to be (insert your country of origin here)’s top chef? You might not have your own cooking show or the chance to join some cooking competition, but you can serve people with your signature dishes and earn points (and even cash) while you’re at it.

This is only made possible by Mealku, a homemade meal cooperative.

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Mealku operates from NYC but according to their website, the concept can be “introduced wherever people gather.” So here’s how it works: you post meals to earn Ku points, and you order meals to spend Ku points. Accumulate a hundred Ku or more in a month and you get $30 cash back. Each 250 Ku and you get $100 back. There are a bunch of other ways to earn Ku, like reviewing dishes and referring other people to the site. In terms of the meals, Mealku takes care of picking up the food containers and delivering them to other members of the co-op. In addition, Mealku reviews home cooks for cleanliness and proper food sanitation before allowing them into the cooperative.

You might not turn in a hefty profit after all that cooking, but think of it as a reimbursement for the ingredients that you used to put together meals that probably made other people’s day.

Interested? You can head on over to Mealku.com for more information.

[via Laughing Squid]