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Some Gizmoz Are More Fun Than Others

I can here Ines and TLW now... "This is definitely a post we can hijack."

Project Blogger Logo Yep. You got that right. Sometimes you just need to have some fun. I'm including this in the Project Blogger category, because at this halfway point it feels a bit like everyone needs to be reminded of that.

Gizmoz.com is a very simple to use site. Upload a personal photo and it maps the photo to a 3D wireframe that it uses to animate you. You can record your own message, and it will animate to your own voice, but I thought this would be funnier with one of their pre-recorded messages.

As you can see, there is also a little "answering machine" widget. It's on the right, in my sidebar. Stupid? Maybe. It certainly not for everyone. Fun? Yeah.

I've said it before... sometimes having a good time is reason enough.

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Posted by Jeff Turner on 06/02/2007 10:10 PM

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Originally posted at: Turner's Perspective: Some Gizmoz Are More Fun Than Others

Post is included in group: The Hubba Clubba...ROAR!

171 Comments on Some Gizmoz Are More Fun Than Others

JUN

2007

Jeff -- Thanks for the Saturday laugh....

I predict LOTS of hijacking and 200 comments. I'll park to see what TLW and BB come up with. Bummer, I don't have a straight-on photos.

I saw this the other day and I love it. My oldest son and I have this on our list of invention to invent. Our focus was more toward PlayStation and Nintendo type games, but it's basically the same type of application. We wanted to see our virtual selves in games like Madden '07. I appreciate your effort in trying to bring some fun back into Project Blogger.

{SVW Hubba}...

LOL. Yup. It's a hijack waiting to happen. A good one too.

Like Arnold says "I'll be back" SVW.

TLW...ROAR!

Okay...

I left a message and gosh that was really was FUN.

Thanks for that...Can't wait to see who else is going to mess around with this gizmo :)

OKAY--this is toooooooooooo cool. Thanks for sharing. I LOVE Widgets.

TLWinator ...ROAR! ... BAM!

TLWinator ... BAM!

OMG!! I loved the ears - you better believe this is a HIJACK!!! I have to go p/u my son from a party, but will be back to pick on you. That's Hilarious!

What can I do with a Persimmon - definitely lake material, right TLW? Helllooooooooo Where are you?

LOL @ Mariana...Man that is really cool.

I am putting that and a link to you in my last post. LOL.

Hey. He has bigger boobies than me. LOL.

Ines...

I am here. I just went to shove that graphic in the comment section of my last post. I'll see ya when you get back.

I think I'll stay up past my bedtime tonight. I know you guys are always up late and I miss half the FUN. Sure beats missing ALL THE FUN though.

I say that for tonight we throw all our fruit in the lake :)

Hubba...

Can I have a beer while I hijack this? I really need one. LOL.

you can have 2 beers, although I hear you are a light weight - where's toolboy?

OK that was really, funny! Thanks for the advise on the books, I added some to my Active Rain Blog... Katrina Madewell ~ Tampa Realtor

Hi Ines...

It's Saturday night. That means "Tool Boy" is with his family and that means we can have at it!

Beer #1 going down. LOL.

Light weight. No way man. Only the beer is light :)

Papaya? In the lake it goes :)

Hi Elaine...

I loved your comment. Now I have to go find Blog Boy (Broker Bryant) and see if he wants to take one whole second away from Real Estate. He has a tough time with that :)

Hi Colleen...

Good to see you getting a laugh. Lord knows we need them right now :)

What fun! Can't wait to play with this one and find some unique ways to use it. How about creating one for our illustrious local City Council members <grin>? Maybe Laurene talking about redevelopment?

We're going out to dinner - you better be here when we get back - no SNORING allowed!

:-{) ---->that was done by my 12 year old (he's thinking of mustaches already)

ORANGE - definitely in the lake!

OK click here

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/566989_cookies

APRICOT .... in the LAKE!

Now that is very funny. And I was wondering what I was going to do tonight! I think I'll stick around. I must admit, Carnac was running out of material but the last few days have been a goldmine.

LOLOLOLOL O M G. Jeff I love the ears LOL

Jeff, this is too cute. You guys are crazy.

you guys are having too much fun - no really what a kick in the butt after fighting with some graphics of my own this was a needed break - thanks everyone for making me laugh :o)

I can't stop watching BB's!!! http://www.gizmoz.com//video/566989_cookies

Jeff,

You freaked me out.

Fran

Freaky, but I can't wait to try it out! Thanks!

Too funny Jeff, you are something else. BB's cookie was great. We do have to laugh once in awhile or life would be boring. keep it coming.

OMG... I think I just peed myself!!! There I said it!!!

I knew I'd find you here Bob.

That's different! Very different! Thank you for a great laugh. I'm not sure if I'm going to check it out or not.

ROTFLAT...(rolling on the floor laughing at this)

Blog Boy...That my dear was funny as hell :)

Oh my gaaawwwdd! You guys are good! I am giggling helplessly!!

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/567951_activerain_

I Love this Sh_t!!!! keep it coming!!

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/568211_tool_boy

Linda, Of course but not a late one like last night

Bob...That was funny too.

I am not sure why but I am not able to make one of those. Oh. Well. I can always try again tomorrrow :)

I soooo do not have the patience for a lap top that needs to be thrown in my lake :)

Cherry. I ain't touching that one. LOL.

Come on Linda, go create one. Nothing better to do, right ? or all you all burned out from last nights party ??

Desiree...

Can you say that? Too late. You already did :)

Papaya...In the lake with it :)

AHHH Kumquat...I can't leave a message. Keep getting errors.

TLW shoot it and then throw in the lake.

You're such a nut! Love it! Okay...gotta go play....thanks!

Jeff - I am howling out loud and Jack is asking me we "What are you doing?" - I told him he'll have to see for himself - how do I explain Tool Boy, Missy and Bob - bobble heads in 3-D - ROTFLOL! Needed a belly laugh today - thank you!!!

What a great way to end a looooooooooong day.

TLW, I think with one more beer you should be able to make one of these.

BB, You look hot!!!

Now how about some Margaritas? It's only 8:00 p.m.

Go for it Cyndee. Let off some steam, it's Sat night. What else have you got to do with those 2 darling boys in bed ?

OMG that is HILARIOUS!

Amazing, does this remind anyone of Max Headroom? or is it just me.

This is freakin' hilarious.

Passion-hmmm. Let's not throw that one in the lake! :)~

That was so cool and very funny! I can't wait to try it out with my kiddo's! I think my five year old will have a blast with it!

Very funny!! LOL Great ears!!!

Jeff,

You are nuts! I am so glad to see people having fun out in the Rain - we had a lot of negative energy floating around out there this week so it is nice to see some fun!

Rita

Fun widget, do you think it would be good for a web presentation or video ? I'm think it would require less band width.

Jeff, I love it. Now, for the time to do one...have to return a phone call but I'll be smiling all the while. This was great! How in the world do you find all these things...

It remembers me to max headroom :)

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/570029_party

The picture is from about 14 years ago. :)

Stephanie your always in for a laugh !

Stephanie, I am dancing girl. That was soooo funny.

I tried to upload the President saying that 4 times and then completely got kicked off the internet. BOO!

That would have been so damn funny!

Well, glad you liked it! I was giggling. HeeHee!

Stephanie,

That was hysterical! Thanks for the laugh:-)

Once again Jeff strikes again with a fun, informative and entertaining post - :o)

I made one and emailed it to Jeff. I couldn't get it to record my voice, so I used text. And I couldn't get it to be a female voice, only a male.

The ears killed me, that is a great toy!!

This got featured?!?!? HOW FUN!

...ops! There goes the grapefruit ...

Don't throw your limes away I need them for my Margaritas.

I send a very silly one to my sister. She called me, but she couldn't talk because she was laughing so hard.

Thanks Jeff, now I have a new toy.

Mana, they said a long time ago the post was hijacked, so please feel free to share it with us! :)

JUN

2007

http://www.gizmoz.com//avatar/569559_my_new_gizmo

Freaky!

How do you add text or voice. I cant find that function?

I should have known better than to throw up a hijackable post and then go hang out with the family all day. This is just too hilarious!

Ardell... I had to post yours here! http://www.gizmoz.com/video/569135_kevin

I know we'd all like to see Kevin's face on one of these.

Missy, Bob and Stephanie... you're killing me.

Mariana... yeah. That's what I say. This got featured?

This post was hijacked in the first line of the post. No holds barred here.

Laurie... nice look. :) Click on the "Clip" Icon. :)

Click To Play

These are just too funny! ARDELL. I can't wait to see the one you create of kevin. hint hint. Let me know if you need a photo.

These are HYSTERICAL!!! Doesn't take much to entertain us does it? I will definitely work on doing this tomorrow. Not so sure I'll share...depends. :-)

LOL Jeff

The second one felt like DOOM. Like you were a flying skull. I wondered which button it was to fire. No offense - <3

Stephanie, I don't think I want to share mine, you see it is an inside joke!!!

Jeff, What on earth are you suppose to be in the second one? LOL The first thing that came to mind was a karate master-Roster and the sound effect helps with the roster theory.

I will have to get one going, that is awesome! Thanks Jeff

OMG..

I'm dying over here.

That was extra funny for me because I'm envisioning how your crazy mind will actually put this thing to use.

At the moment I can picture my 2007 Turner family E-Christmas Card with you and the gang singing a Xmas carol in your animated 3D heads.

You claim this is only for fun, but I know you'll pull this one out of the archives someday and do something crazy with it..

Nice one tool boy.
MR

Aloha Jeff, That was a nice way to lighten up the day.

PS, Turner sighting: I saw your uncle Noble again yesterday at a Realtor gathering at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, the next years CRS Sell-a-bration will be.

Loved it. I can see using this on my myspace page.

Thanks for giving me a chuckle.

So much fun---I think this would be a riot to use with my grandchildren. Thanks for sharing.

Jeff, another cool tool to add to a growing toolbox. thanks for sharing

Jeff, when do you have time to find all this stuff?! That is a 'gotta have one". Between AR, PB coaching, your other sites and dad-ding, when do you sleep? Thanks for the fun. :)

Laurie - I just saw your gizmo......very SEXY!

This is hysterical. Not sure how I missed it yesterday. I am definitely gonna show it to my teens, who love this stuff....

WOW - I was up and I missed all this fun last night????? WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

I loved all the gizmos - of course I had to check them all out! I couldn't get Laurie's to work, but I can see from Ines' comment it does work, so will try again. This post was a HOOT!!!

Ann

Great fun. I know we'll be using this

This is what I'm talking about... fun. Just fun.

Ines... where's your gizmoz?

That is way too cool. I will be hooked on this for a while. Thanks

Wow great post,I will keep this in mind and bookmark for later us, keep up the good work We need people like to keep this thing alive. Ar is now only on year old, its amazing and so powerful

I left you a message up above Jeff - I'll try to play a little after my open houses.

Check it out!

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/577183_funky_skating

Laughing my head off. Are you skating on the blvd. Ha

Thanks for sharing, I will have to check the site out sometime, Oh I left a message for you

OMG Jeff - the howling one is making my cat freak out. She is sure there is wildlife in the house.

Just amazing what people will create for the rest of us to use, and amazing your finding it, how do you do it?]

I just choked on a grape watching your Gizmoz, Ines! :) Funny.

For those of you wondering how this got featured (since there have been so many questions lately), I featured it, because I wanted to. It's good to have fun on a weekend. Nuff said?

Ines, yours is a riot, I tried that fro on also, cracked me up.

I cant get the speech function to work, will keep trying.

You did good Laurie! It's nice to have fun every once in a while. It brings people together as a group. Thanks to you and all of the moderators that work hard at keeping AR a good place!

Laurie - that's as good a reason as you can get! LOL! I couldn't get the speech function either, for some reason it does not recognize my microphone. Let me know if you figure it out.

Great toy for fun, thanks for sharing Jeff

Here's a cookie for you, Enjoy!

Stephanie - let me know if you need the Heimlick!

Jeff - I think you are twisted and you bring out the nut in all of us: http://www.gizmoz.com/video/580562_momo

This is too funny! You are all crazy! I like that about you.

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/580898_have_fun

Ines, I think I'll be ok. :) I just cracked up at the afro thing.

Fran, go back and hit enter so it becomes a hot link, so we can all enjoy !

Okay, a little creepy, but yes....it's fun!

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/580898_have_fun

Sorry....... LOL

Fran, that's great !!

Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. Unless of course we are jeff Turner then it is O.K.

Fantabulous! I needed that tonight....!

Julia

O M G.. That was too funny.... How do I do that?

JUN

2007

I have to spend some time playing with it...but maybe I will do someone else and not me, LOL.

Okay, Jeff. You really have to quit posting things like this! My wife/boss is going to kill me because I'm not getting anything done. Well, I mean... I am. It's just not work related!

Oh Teresa, we're just having a little fun. :)

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/589746_friendships

Jeff,

Loved it, having fun is important and sometimes we just need to laugh.

Some of these are just flipping hilarious. This is one of my best Monday mornings in a long, long, time!

I figured out how to email it to myself and make a link to it. But how do you get it to be ON the blog instead of a link?

Jeff, that was funny stuff, watching you sing like that. It was actually pretty good!

Ardell... you have to use the embed code that they give you on their site. There is a "grab code" buttonon the clip page.

John... that wasn't me singing. I can sing WAY better than that. :)

Don't underestimate the power of fun. See Karl Rove dancing and rapping.

Ha, Ha, Ha, so Conservatives do know how to have fun !

I am as shocked as you are, Missy. Shocked.

Hey Jeff,

I went and made my own Gizmoz, but it turns out your just so much cuter than I am. I just look plain scary!

Diane... you can't come in here and not show us the link! :)

Okay you asked for it but I warned you it's scary!

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/599462_yogi

Scary? More like hilarious. :)

This must be comedy central, or perhaps a democratic convention. OOps can't leave out the republicans.

Alaska Don

JUN

2007

I spent waaaaaaaay to much time on this, great fun, thanks!

Donald... anywhere TLW is leading the comments, it's Comedy Central.

Stacy... I'm just glad you had fun. :)

Has anyone manged to get their own voice on one?

Ardell... I don't think so. After I put this up, I went back and attempted on a Mac, Windows XP and Vista. No go.

Hell, I can't even get one of their voices on one!

LOL... sorry Laurie!

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/606652_happy_birthday_ar

finally

http://www.gizmoz.com//video/606808_frustrated

its working tonight

Wow, I was home Saturday Night and missed all this? Ya'll are too funny! Great find Jeff :) Once I find some free time I'll have to play with it too!

Laurie... those were worth the wait!

Laurie - that was great!!! you should think about that haircut...it suits you!

mi bad

JUN

2007

Lysa,

Haven't talked with you since I posted my bike. How's everything going with your St. Judes activity?

Alaska Don

That is the coolest! I will have a lot of fun with that gizmo...
Thanks!!!

Westside Troy Heffner

JUN

2007

That was soo much funn.. Now you got me hooked on another gizmo project! Mama mia, here I come!!!! Thanks Jeff. My husband won't see me for a few days. I'll be with Gizmo.

I got one... I got one... Try this. It's a cutie : )

JUN

2007

JUN

2007

Way too cute. I can see hours of fun ahead!

Be careful... it can be addictive.

JUL

2007

Jeff, thank you so much for the humor and passion. It's addicting.

Julianna... I agree. More fun than adults should have in public.

JUL

2007

Too funny, I will have to go check it out and play with it a bit.

JUL

2007

That was awesome!!!! LOL

George... very glad you liked it.

JUL

2007

Thank you very much for sharing, I need to pass this info on.

JUL

2007

Awesome!! What we don't learn on AR. Thank you again.

Ruth... I'm not sure how educationally beneficial this was, but it sure is fun.

JUL

2007

Jeff, does everything important have to be termed educationally beneficial? Some of my greatest lessons in life has been having a ball in the cockpit of my airplane. I find you have so many valuable ideas, such as the camera we were all using and pointing and shooting at the party in Orlando. Please keep sharing the fun ideas. I learn so much on AR and I value your ideas.

JUL

2007

Ruth... I'll just say amen to that and thank you.

AUG

2007

Think TWL is going put you out of your misery...Funny, best when you've a a beer or two I'm sure. Some might say you have to much time on your hands.

Have a great weekend Jeff ;O)

Hmmm....

Perhaps it's time for a second hijack on this one? :)

I don't think I have ever hijacked the same post twice :)

TLW...ROAR!

OH NO! not when I have a headache!!!

We've been hijacked again!

I was hoping that would be the case....

However. I think Ines just booed the idea :)

Booed? I don't think that's right :)

I remember being out in wild wild space and hijacking a blog all by myself.

I don't need help with that. Or do I? :)

I HATE (YES. Strong word) the new graphics. Damn it man!

AUG

2007

What the heck is a "maprang?"

Hey... I noticed I went over 200,000 points. Do I have to write a post about it?

lovi-lovi?

Ah! Ha!

200,000 points for sharing YOU.

I would say the members would like to hear about journey :)

Lovi :)

TLW...ROAR!

If you do decide to write it...

It belongs in...

"The Active Rain Gold Star Hall of Fame" Group.

Does that make you famous? :)

TLW...ROAR!

AUG

2007

Okay that is like the coolest thing I have ever seen!!! Thanks for posting - I am completely subscribing to your blog right now.

AUG

2007

Erica... :)

Jeff, I have no choice but to tell you that your post or should I say your lead into the www.gizmoz.com website has brightened the day of our entire office. I first read your post this morning at 4:30 AM after feeding the horses and I sat here with tears pouring down my face due to my extreme laughter. I shared the sight with our tam today and for the rest of the day, the office was filled with more laughter than the days of closing 15 loans during the "height" of the craze.

Hats off to you my man, a much needed breath of fresh air.....

For my customers, sorry for messing around on the net all day, I promise to get back to work tomorrow!

Rob Wesler

Co-Host "Real Estate Reality" on 1250 AM WHNZ (Jeff's post will be a topic of discussion on the show this week)