Freerice 5th Birthday Celebration!

October 7th marks the fifth birthday since the founding of Freerice, a nonprofit organization given to the World Food Programme in 2009 by creator John Breen.
Freerice donates rice to the hungry in third-world countries by quizzing the user with questions from a subject of their choice (math, vocabulary, grammar, geography, foreign languages, etc.); doubling up as an educational tool. The website generates advertisements which then pay 10 grains of rice per correct answer. Although ten grains of rice seems rather scarce, the questions become addicting and rice quickly accumulates. For hardcore players, Freerice even allows one to sign up for an account and track their rice statistics.
During their birthday celebration, Freerice is implementing a "birthday-challenge" feature, where ricers can host challenges and collaborate towards a rice goal with their friends, family, school, and coworkers. Events begin October 3rd and last for up to 5 days, in conjunction with the number five for the anniversary.

Join the Freerice bandwagon and begin donating as a competitive individual or a team at freerice.com.

"Fallen Kingdom," an Animated Minecraft Music Video, Parody of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida."

One of the most popular Minecraft music videos, "Fallen Kingdom," by CaptainSparklez, tells the depressing tale of a cowardly king whose small kingdom comes to ruin at the hands of "Herobrine," creepers, and the undead, all references to the hostile creatures of Minecraft. In the end, the king remains the last survivor of the apocalypse. A moral of this story might be "Don't take things for granted," or "Easy come, easy go."

Many viewers of this parody relate the king in "Fallen Kingdom" to the mascot of Burger King the fast-food franchise. What do you think?

Minecraft! Old Pictures

I took a bunch of pictures of this rather "blocky" online game known as Minecraft all the way back in March. Since I needed to free up space on my computer, I decided not to let these pics go to waste, so here they are. You may have some difficulty if you are unfamiliar with this game, but I'll try my best to walk you through them.

Poem: Rain, Wind, and Darkness Too by "Cloudy_dayz"

Rain,

wind,

and darkness too,

where has the sun gone to?

Rain,

wind,

and darkness too,

is the sun busy tying his shoe?

Rain,

wind,

and darkness too,

is the sun at the petting zoo?

Rain,

wind,

and darkness too,

is he busy making a... poo?

TOXIC WASTE! (Poo)

Rain,

wind,

and darkness too,

bye bye you!

The sun is back!

The sun is back!

He was just taking his nap!

-by guest, “Cloudy_Dayz”

These animations are credited to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/?CTT=97.

2012 Smell It Yet Changes!

For 2012, we've undergone some new, fresh, and clean changes! We've been testing out different templates and we're looking for a suitable text, color, background, alignment, etc.

P.S. Like a phoenix rising from ashes, the dead Legoman has risen up as the EcoWarrior! =P

Poem: The Grass is Not Greener on the Other Side

A Striped Lawn (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Should one swim with the fish into a net of false?

Though they seem the comfort,

the 

pain

is

not.

For a stick is sharper than the best
of
blunt
knives,

A wise dog lives longer than a foolish cat
of
nine
lives.

Although it seems right to
follow
the
tide,

The grass is not really greener
on
the
other
side.

Poem: Revolution, Bombing, Warfare!

Early nomads from long ago,
Stole crop from cities, this we know
Burnt down villages, neglected to farm
The people needed to keep armed
Sticks and stone were not enough,
Swords and spears made armies tough

Sound Off- Militia
Sound Off- City Walls
Revolution, armies… WARFARE!

Poem: "Black Hole" & "Fuzzy Kitty" by Guest Sushi03

In the midst of the dark,

Snaps death of a shark

And through the black hole,

What is the toll?

Leaves fall, apples rot,

The world changes...

Does it not?

GE Wind Energy Commercial

Here's a unique commercial by the company GE promoting wind energy. Did I ever mention my obsession over wind turbines?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fViObqGvIjM&feature=player_embedded

(Sorry, it wouldn't allow me to embed this video.)

Adopt a Christmas Tree This December

"Merry Christmas, I killed a tree!"