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A daily dose of diverting doo-dahs from the Web User team.
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The Grow series of point and click games never fails to grab our attention, then create frustration. The geniuses behind the games have now launched another. There goes the afternoon.
We thought we had got a bit sick of the Gnarls Barkley song Crazy. It's a brilliant song, don't get us wrong. We'd just heard it too often. But then they go and dress up as all our favourite Star Wars characters and perform at the MTV Movie Awards and make us think, hey, that's pretty ace.
Koalas may look friendly, but even cute animals have their off days. Check out this Japanese footage.
Stuck at work while the World Cup is on? You can get the latest news and views from BBC Sport delivered directly to your Desktop.
When Michael Jackson puts in a random appearance on a Japanese TV show hosted by a boy band called Smap, the presenters are a little surprised, to say the least. Watch the bizarre event on You Tube.
I bet you never knew that just by drawing a mouse, someone could tell so much about you. If you draw a mouse, however, on this page, you will discover what your drawing says about you and your personality.
Can you be too patriotic? William Hodgson from Sunderland has been asked to tone down his love for England by his local council, after he covered his house with more than 20 St George's flags.
Lollivos is a small Greek island in the Mediterranean where icelolly.com holiday makers arrive to soak up the sun. However, Stavros the coach driver is off duty and you need to drive the coach.
Visit YouTube and enter 'Peter Crouch' in the search terms to see the many tributes to the England footballer player's robotic goal celebration.
Feeling a little unfit? Eaten too many pork pies recently? Sign up to the Office Olympics, pit yourself against colleagues and you'll soon be feeling fit and healthy again.
When worn under clothing, the Beerbelly looks like a spare tyre... but it's actually a hi-tech stealth beer dispenser.
Guy Goma, the man that was mistakenly interviewed as an IT expert by BBC News 24, is auctioning off the blue shirt that he wore that day for charity.
All we can say is, what the blazes do you have to do here? It's another one of those tricky games, where you need to click on things in the right order. My goodness, it's hard!
The Lonely Planet has designed a cool game, where you have to find 45 cities hidden in a busy street scene. But even when you've found where one could be hiding, you have to prove you studied geography at school to score points.
As the nation waits for the latest verdict on Wayne Rooney's injured foot, this all singing and dancing clip urges you to pray for a World Cup metatarsal miracle.
If you're a fan of the Star Wars movies, you'll probably applaud the effort of these two - taking part in one hell of a lightsaber battle.
Is this really what happened at David and Victoria Beckham's star-studded World Cup send-off party last night? Click here for "behind-the-scenes action".
Over eight million people tuned in to watch this year's new housemates enter the Big Brother house last night. If you are one of those fans, wondering what they contestants are currently up to, you can watch free video clips online at the Channel 4 Big Brother website. To watch streaming video 24 hours a day, you need to pay £7.99.
Are you man enough for the new Mini GP? At this site you can customise a video of a menacing chap urging your friends to drive the car. You enter in names and other personal details and it creates a video just for them - it's pretty impressive!
Every now and again it's nice to have a break from pushing a cursor around a screen and blowing the heads off aliens, zombies or traffic wardens, which is why we're digging this superior brain twister.
As Sky Showbiz says, tongues are odd. Even celebrity ones. You may need to lie down after seeing all these pictures!
Ronaldinho has always been a skilful chap, it would appear. Click here for football wizadry.
Do you have a way with words? Playing Flip Words, you need to click on letters to make words and solve familiar phrases.
Still wondering who Theo Walcott is? Here are some handy highlights...
Who will win The Apprentice tonight - will it be The Badger or Michelle Dewberry? If you miss it, you can still watch all the action with the full episode available online.
If we had a pair of these we would get down to the shops in half the time. And then probably drop the milk and break our legs on the way back.
It's often said some people have too much time on their hands. But we think this yo-yo genius has spent his time well.
Help Chuck Norris fight the ninjas with this flash game. Great stuff!
If you missed the spectacular tackle by Tory MP Boris Johnson at the Legends charity football match starring celebrities and ex-footballers in Reading last night, never fear - here it is again!
The day it all went wrong on Deal Or No Deal. It's the talk of the town among DOND fanatics!
Fancy a kick around with Becks? Kids can enter a competition to win a day at The David Beckham Academy, training with The Academy's professional coaches and David himself, at this website. Or alternatively, you could just play the Beckham games online, which include testing your shooting, shot-stopping and keepy-uppy skills. Worryingly, we scored a whopping ZERO, yet still secured a bronze medal and a 'well done' from Becks! This is easy!
Getting bored of messing with numbers while playing Sudoku? Why not liven it up a little by playing Foodoku! There are nine squares, nine ingredients and nine sandwiches to make.
If you're into quizzes or just like knowing all there is about the world, then pay a visit to this BBC News section, which offers full profiles of all countries, including an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
At Yahoo Answers you can ask each other questions on any topic, and get answers by sharing facts, opinions, and personal experiences. Give it a try and let us know what you think.
Snooker fans that want to keep up with all the latest play in the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, can watch live uninterrupted coverage online every day at the BBC website.
Orbox B is a little devil of a game - we've ground to a halt at level 13 at the moment. Good Luck!
To play Word for Word, you have to guess a word that falls alphabetically between the two already on screen such as 'able' and 'zoom'. You need to narrow the possibilities down until you get the right one. But while it sounds fairly easy, you'd be surprised how quickly you forget three-lettered words beginning with 'b' when under pressure.
We sketched a simple house at this website. Apparently, the site can tell from this drawing that we are "sensitive and indecisive at times. You are a freedom lover and a strong person. You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible.
You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You are very tidy person. There's nothing wrong with that because you're pretty popular among friends". So there you go.
Tune in to this webcam of the world's biggest Dragon Quest fan called Nobu, trying to settle down to enjoy the latest adventure in the computer game series. You can try and distract Nobu from enjoying his game, for no other reason it seems than to ruin his day.
If you thought playing keep-me-uppy was hard enough with a football, you obviously haven't tried it with a tennis ball yet. It's another one of those games, where it looks like it should be easy, but just isn't.
Click the screen at the right time to smash the ice walls playing this chilly, silly game.
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest, such as total population, number of elderly and children and births to the more obscure such as oil tankers, fish exports and vegetable imports.
Do you have the daily dilemma of what to eat for lunch each day? Did you also happen to win the National Lottery at the weekend? Well, if you're feeling flash with your new-found cash, why not grab yourself an £85-sandwich from Selfridges in London. It includes Wagyu beef, fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit and English plum tomatoes.
It's the end of an era tonight when Mike Baldwin, played by actor Johnny Briggs, leaves Coronation Street after 30 years. But, the Daily Mail asks, are you a Baldwin brain or a Mike mug? Play the quiz.
Playing Fowl Words 2 is simple - spell a word that the eggs form before they fall off the conveyor belt.
On our first attempt at playing 'A Game Involving Balls', we achieved a ranking of "bum". Yes, we weren't very good. But we did persevere and achieved the status of "dead rat"!
The instructions for Polar Jump sound simple enough - guide the squirrel from glacier to glacier while dodging animals to reach home as quick as you can, while collecting as many spear heads as possible. But getting the trajectory just right is no mean task. Good luck.
Residents of a small US neighbourhood claiming they've been terrorised by a vicious six-toed cat and the discovery of a metal screw in the lungs of a German toddler - just two of the crazy stories featured in Female First's Bizarre News section.
The Institute of Boredom claims to have developed an antidote for yawning and is undertaking an experiment to further its research. Meaning - this is a promotional site for the Playstation PSP.
Arsenal beat Juventus in the Champions League and the Commonwealth Games came to an end. But, asks the BBC, how much do you remember about events from the last seven days? Play the Beeb's sporting memory game today.
Most people don't want moles messing up their gardens, but have you put yourself in the 'shoes' of the burrowing mammal? With this game you need to guide the hungry mole to the worms, while avoiding the poison.
We've sorted out what we're doing for the next few hours, if not days - yes it's Hapland 3. The third-instalment of the tricky point-and-click game is ready to play now!
Football fans can taunt their rival supporters via mobile with the launch of a new website featuring former players singing popular terrace chants and songs. OnTheTerraces offers £2.50 video clips of players including Neil 'Razor' Ruddock, Mel Sterland and Neville Southall chanting score lines or other club anthems.
The Google Idol online competition puts publicly submitted videos from Google Video in a head-to-head knockout tournament to find a star on the internet. The first competition is based on lip-syncing talent. There are some seriously scary videos.
"It's a serious problem. Countless bovines have disappeared from dairy farms everywhere. And the numbers of missing cows are on the rise. A rapidly growing collection of alien cow abduction evidence and documentation has been posted," according to the Cow Abduction website. We're not sure hat this site is about, but we reckon it has something to do with a film.
Show off your music skills, or lack of them, by creating your own band online. We tried combining MCMike with FunkyPaul and Krisit on keyboards - the result of our dabbling? A tuneless mess!
The BBC has reported how the new highway code advises cyclists to use bike lanes where provided but that cycling organisations say this will make travelling on two wheels more dangerous. The Beeb asked people to send in photos of bizarre bike lanes - some you have to see to believe!
If you've not been stuck in a room trying to get out for ages, here's a new point-and-click game just for you.
It's St Patrick's Day, but what does that actually mean aside an excuse for lots of Guinness? Take this St Patrick's Day quiz if you think you know your stuff.
Ages ago in the magazine, we told you about the new Bullseye Broadband game. Well the full version is available to play now - you get three free games and then you need to buy credits. It's super, smashing, great.
Arguably the greatest footage you'll ever see on the web is Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey. Watching this cow-monkey herding animals from the back of his trusty border collier will make you want to stand and applaud. Or, like the newscasters presenting this clip, laugh like a helpless goon.
Fancy a trip to Mars? Google has launched a mapping tool that lets you have a mooch around the Red Planet. You can highlight mountains, canyons, dunes, and other geographical features, or explore the landers that have mapped the planet.Arizona State University and Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have also released a film on the internet, Flight Into Mariner Valley, at themis.asu.edu.
They say cheats never prosper but if you're having a devil of a time trying to solve that tricky Sudoku puzzle today, this Sudoku Solver By Logic website could be your saviour a from number-crunching nightmare. It's so clever too!
Top Trumps is a simple enough game to play. Simply pick the category that you think is your card's strongest feature. But with this version you're playing live online! Great stuff.
The trickiest little tank driving game in the world. Or are we just rubbish at it?
This is a rather pointless exercise, but a cheap way to waste 30 seconds. Add text to the blackboard, so it looks like Einstein has written it. We did say it was pointless!
As many of you already know, sheep like to pull the wool over our eyes and pretend they don't get up to much. But the creatures are a talented bunch and always in tune. And at this site, sheep are getting their groove on in style! Sheep Beats lets you sequence your own reggae, dancehall and hip hop show using an all-sheep band, who play the keyboard, drums and bass. This band has a really good bleat
Why not have a play around with this nifty little tool currently being tested by Microsoft. The Windows Live Local Technology Preview gives you side-street views of cities so it actually feels like you are there. You can explore street-side views by 'driving' in a sports car or race car along streets in the map using your mouse or with the arrow keys on your keyboard or you can also 'walk' along the street. Great stuff.
Depending on your cynicism, the Dream Dictionary is either more hokey than the world's biggest performance of the Hokey Cokey, or it's a window into your subconscious. Here you'll be able to look up elements of your recent dreams – and they can be as diverse as kangaroos and tar – and see what the flip you may be thinking aboutm.
The antics of animals can keep us entertained for hours. Which is way we're delighted by the fact there are now links to over 230 pieces of video, stills and audio from the BBC's Science & Nature archives available online.
What happens if you show an owl a Jack-in-a-box? This... click here.
It's Shrove Tuesday, which means it's time to stuff our faces with pancakes or take part in a public pancake race. But have you forgotten what Shrove Tuesday is all about. Click here for an enlightening explanation.
Does the thought of spotting a cirrostratus or fair weather cumulus cloud send you into raptures? Perhaps you should hook up with fellow fans at the Cloud Appreciation Society.
It's miserable, it's wet and it's still dark before teatime, so what better way to warm the cockles of your heart than by scrolling through what could be the biggest collection of insanely cute pictures on the interweb. Baby wombats, impossibly furry hounds and, heck, even a vaguely sweet spider all live in this shrine to the adorable, but be warned – staying too long could be hazardous to your health.
Should you wear sandals with socks? The debate continues to rage. Be warned, there are some scary photos.
Test your vocabulary skills playing this stangely addictive word game. You'll be surprised at how suddenly you can think of two or three letter words only!
Got some time to waste - why not make Chicken Little dance?
Apologies for absence, we were too busy getting our personalities diagnosed so we can find out the ideal destination in Australia for us...
You may have already seen this video clip on the BBC's MOTD2 programme on Sunday, but it's still worth watching again. A cheeky chappy shows no respect to Liverpool midfielder Stevie Gerrard.
The instructions for the Blueprint Game say: "guide the ball to the target by making a path for it to follow". Oh how easy it makes it sound. If only it were true. There are fourteen levels of sheer head-scratching perplexity to battle through. Complete them in less than five minutes and you should be a rocket scientist.
Rugby fans can show off their ball skills to stand the chance of winning tickets for the 2007 RBS 6 Nations Championship. Use your mouse to kick and control the ball across Europe, collecting tickets along the way. Pick up the golden ticket and you win tickets for a match of your choice! Click here to play.
There are no rules, no winners or losers here, but don't fret if that sounds a little bit too hippy, because this delightful creation is all about playing and experimenting. Actually, that does sound very hippy, doesn't it? All you do is play with the different coloured sand that's falling from the top of the screen and collect it, mix it, add water or even set fire to it. Addictive, yet very restful.
This ever so strange looking creature is actually a cat taking part in a feline beauty contest. According to Reuters, the contest took place with an exhibition of the cutest cats from all over Europe.
This image of the unassuming moggy, posing at the Brussels show, has been emailed 94 times so far, the news agency says.
Purrfect!
Thanks to OurStanley in the Forums, we're stuck on yet another point-and-click game, this one's called The Bar. Will it ever be solved?
Dare you take the Intelligence Test, Part 1? Although we see it as less of an intelligence test, more a test to see how good you are at working out phrases from letters. For example: 24 H in a D, is "24 hours in a day". You see? Have a go, here.
Film buffs could be rubbing shoulders with the stars at this year's Oscars ceremony if they can prove their movie knowledge is top-notch or be very good at guessing. Take part in the Predict a Winner competition on Sky Movies and you could be off to LA just by guessing winners in four categories..
Sonya Thomas proved she's the queen of cheese, by winning first place in the World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship in New York. Click here to see her in action.
Although QI series three ended in December, you can still watch classic clips from previous series on the BBC Comedy website. Why not relive the moment when guests Dara O'Briain, Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus discussed coconuts and catastrophes, or listen to the show's catchy theme tune.
What would happen if a giraffe took on an African elephant? Or if a Giant Egg-Footed Moose Hawk threatened to take on a Sperm Whale? You can finally find out the answers to these puzzling questions, thanks to Bob.Yes, Bob Robertson, senior lecturer on the behaviour of African mammals at the Central University of North Tyneside, has dedicated a site to the query: "What is the hardest animal on the planet?". Let battle commence.
Are you a fan of chocolate? How big a fan? Put your sweet-tooth to the test playing Choc-A-Bloc, where you need to identify 19 chocolate bars. We'll give you a clue - number fifteen is not for girls...
Consider yourself a seasoned traveller? This website is quite intriguing, it works out the percentage of countries of the world you have visited and produces a map of where you have been. Despite thinking I had travelled to quite a few places, I've still got a whopping 90 per cent of the world left to see... so see you later!
It's a collection of helpdesk tickets gleaned from the support database of one IT technician and, quite frankly, George is the worst helpdesk technician ever.
Fancy a part in The Simpsons? Create your Springfield character here.
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