Warm Weather Lawn Games

From bocce ball to boomerangs, activities to take to the park or beach

The warm weather stirs up a restlessness in all of us. Once you’ve finished up your picnic in the park or grilling in the yard, turn to these lawn games for easy group entertainment—no WiFi required. Lumbürr Co Six-Pack-O-Kubb While the origins of kubb are shrouded in mystery, the Swedish lawn game isn’t shy on strategic fun. It’s more than a mission to knock down …

Knitting Custom Algorithms on Scarves

Fabienne Serriere, a skilled hardware hacker and knitter who lives in Seattle, has programmed her KnitYak knitting machine to create various patterns via algorithms. She mastered this skill after six months of experimenting, and can now create beautiful, elaborate designs with her 30-year old knitting machine. She uploads the knitting patterns to her machine and writes each processing script that gives her various pattern results, …

A Website That Leads to Other Useless Websites

Your work day is officially done. Web developer Tim Holman has created a website that leads to other websites that are all pointless, aimless and completely captivating. Theuselessweb.com has only one button, but that’s all it needs to be the best website you’ve ever visited. Behind that clickable pink square is a world of random absurdities, including an animation of Oprah unleashing a swarm of …