Back in the day, kids took pride in building a quality indoor fort using standard household items like blankets, pillows and furniture. A properly-built fort could last for days and provided much-needed separation from parental units. These days, however, kids can't be bothered with such trivial pursuits. Why ...
With an endless selection of apps and games to choose from, you would think smartphone owners couldn't possibly need another entertainment option. But alas, we've officially reached the point where technology can no longer keep up with the basic human pastime of avoiding boredom. Thankfully, a solution for this ...
Hide and Seek was great fun before the internet age, but these days, it doesn't deliver the dopamine rush Gen Z kids require to evade boredom. What the world needs right now is a fresh alternative to that antiquated children's game—and thankfully, it exists. Introducing Silly Poopy's Hide & Seek, the ...
You heard it here first, folks. Fidget spinners are out and fidget video game controllers are in. Now you can combine the two things you love most in life: video games and hyperactivity. Take control of your ADHD and practice your cheat codes at the same time! Fidget spinners had a good run but their time has come ...
Pardon my "get off my lawn" vibe here, but back in my day, a proper paper airplane was a work of craftsmanship. It took skill and patience to craft the perfect paper airplane, and even then, you'd be lucky if the thing flew more than five feet before plunging to the ground. But alas, times have changed and the art ...
When I was a kid, I used to kill ants with a magnifying glass. I mean, I didn't do it all the time, but I would dabble on occasion. I'm not proud of it, but what's done is done. Now, my mom says I turned out OK, but that's not always the case for kids that exhibit this type of behavior. All I'm saying is, if Little ...
True story: the first time my mom saw me solve a simple 3x3 Rubik's Cube, she thought I was a genius. In reality, solving a Rubik's Cube is actually quite simple, as long as you can remember a set of simple algorithms (but of course I wasn't going to tell her that). That said, I will admit that I was pretty proud ...
When I was a kid, I could spend hours playing with those parachute army men. That was the closest I'd ever get to having a toy that could fly. As I got older, those remote controlled helicopters became popular. You know, those little choppers made out of styrofoam that never really went where you wanted them to go ...
If you have the luxury of working in an office setting that allows for occasional shenanigans, you may be running out of pranks to pull on your fellow officemates. You've already removed dozens of batteries from computer mouses, hidden countless staplers in printer paper trays, covered multiple monitors in sticky ...
Let's pretend for the purposes of this post that you're a well-intentioned, level-headed member of society and that you would never consider learning a skill like lock picking for the sake of stealing a bike or breaking into someone's locker, m'kay? Not that that's established, check out this neat Transparent Lock ...
Thomas Edison. Alexander Graham Bell. Nikola Tesla. Bill Gates. Elon Musk. These are all names of great innovators, past and present. They've helped changed the world for the better with their inventions and discoveries including electricity, the telephone, computers and electric cars. The Useless Box, however, is ...
I don't care what anyone says, Pluto is a planet. You mean to tell me that after 76 years of being a prosperous—albeit distant—member of our solar system, we're just going to turn our backs on Pluto like it was never there in the first place? And honestly, what's the harm of letting it stay classified as ...