Find out how you'd die if you were in Game of Thrones.

George R.R. Martin isn't afraid to kill off any character at the drop of a hat, and he can usually be counted on to do so in a novel, or at least quite graphic, fashion. Death is a big part of life in Westeros, and the fine folks over at Vulture have recognized this fact by putting together a random death generator for the series that shows some of the many ways you can go to your grave in Westeros.

link: Game of Thrones Death Generator: How Would You Die in Westeros?
via: Geekosystem

**related: Gauge your age

Follow @AlmightyBored

Crack into your stash of washi tape and give your computer keyboard a facelift.

If you don't know what washi tape is, it's time to get in the know! Washi tape is paper tape that comes in about a million patterns and colors, is easy to remove, and is just the thing you need to create a warmer workspace.

link: Washi Your Workspace: 8 Quick DIY Projects
via: Curbly

**related: Decorate your computer
***bonus: Wrap your laptop

Follow @AlmightyBored

Cause a volcano to erupt.

So much for baking soda and vinegar ... All you need to create a colorful volcano on Rafael Rozendaal's Hot Doom is exactly one click. Try it out for some mindless (and totally safe) fun.

link: hot doom
via: lemondrop

**related: Blow stuff up

Follow @AlmightyBored

(moonlightbulb / CC BY 2.0)

See how much you know about popular traditions.

We know what to do, but why do we do it? Many of today's popular traditions are based on acts and tales from long ago. Test your knowledge of some of these traditions' origins with this quiz!

link: Quiz: Origins of Popular Traditions

**related: Start a tradition

Follow @AlmightyBored

Create beautifully effortless visions of endless symmetry.

Levskaya's Eschersketch is a GitHub-hosted web-toy that produces Escher style tessellated drawings that are very good fun to make and elaborate upon.

link: Eschersketch
via: Boing Boing

**related: Create a kaleidoscope

Follow @AlmightyBored

(UTS Library / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Challenge your friends to a colossally fun game of Jenga.

Instructables member Mtoashirbab says:

Then the idea struck me. Why not make my own "wooden block stacking " game? Just a little bigger and suitable for playing outdoors. I had seen it at a friends garden party but when I looked it up afterwards it was quite expensive. So why not make it myself?!

link: Giant "wooden block stacking game" tower

**related: Play shishkaball
***bonus: Build a big-as-life boardgame

Follow @AlmightyBored

Fill glass vials with teeny tiny people to represent the members of your family.

Cathe Holden of Craft says:

I have several necklaces with my children's and husband's names incorporated into the pendants, but I didn't have one with their likenesses. So I spent an afternoon in the craft cave and created my own tiny family charms. Here's how I did it.

link: Mini Folk Charm Necklace

**related: Build a snow family portrait

Follow @AlmightyBored

Use the pillars to corral the clever little mouse.

This one is a lot harder than it looks. All you have to do is put up walls to trap the mouse... But, he's really good at getting past you.

link: Mouse Trap
via: dweepspace blog

**related: Circle the cat

Follow @AlmightyBored

Rest assured, you are awesome.

Are You Awesome? Hard to tell? Oh, you of little faith, are you uncertain about your awesomeness? If you need confirmation, I present to you the answer to your doubtfulness, the magic 8 ball of the Internet. Bookmark it as your homepage and give yourself a damn good start to your day knowing that HELLS YEAH you’re awesome (refreshing the page JUST to make sure)!

link: Am I Awesome?
via: Lost At E Minor

**related: Feel better

Follow @AlmightyBored

Look around you and try to figure out where you are.

This is like CSI for geography dorks: you're plopped into a random location on Google Street View and you have to guess where in the world you are. So much fun...you get to say "wait, zoom in, enhance, whoa, back up" to yourself while playing.

link: GeoGuessr
via: kottke.org

**related: Open the door

Follow @AlmightyBored

Cover all the floors of your abode with stylish homemade rugs and mats.

Stay alive as long as you can by evading streetview zombies.

If all the commuters zombie-walking their way to work every morning aren't enough proof that your hood is infested with the undead, check out Streetview Zombie Apocalypse.

Yes, this Google Street View-integrated game is a little on the buggy side, but it's still fun to see Salad Fingers-esque zombies prancing through the streets. But if you frequently have nightmares about zombies [...], then it's kind of unsettling.

link: Streetview Zombie Apocalypse
via: Mashable

**related: Fight zombie hordes
***bonus: Get motivated

Follow @AlmightyBored

Guess which of three Facebook users just posted the status update.

The premise of Who Said It? is simple: You're presented with three pictures and a status update, and then you're instructed to guess who said it.

The catch is that all status updates are real (yoinked from unprotected profiles) and are chosen so as to be contentious — "those including profanity, hate speech, religious references," etc., according to the site. So basically you're being asking to stereotype Facebookers based on their pictures.

link: Who Said It?
via: Mashable

**related: Pick the perp

Follow @AlmightyBored

({sara-ann} / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Pretend the floor is hot lava ... or quicksand ... or shark-infested water. And DON'T TOUCH IT!

Hot lava or the floor is lava is a game in which the players imagine that the floor or ground is made of lava (or any other lethal substance, such as acid or quicksand), and thus avoid touching the ground lest they get burned or otherwise injured. The players stay off of the floor by standing on furniture or the room's architecture. The players generally may not remain still, and are required to move from one piece of furniture to the next. The game can be played with a group or alone for self amusement. There may even be a goal, to which the players must race. The game may also be played outdoors in playgrounds or similar areas. Players can also set up obstacles to make the game more challenging. This is a variation of an obstacle course.

Typically, any individual can start the game just by shouting "The floor is lava!". Any player remaining on the floor in the next few seconds is "out" and can not rejoin the game for some period of time.

There often are tasks and/or items/places that can "regenerate" lost body parts/health. Depending on the players, these could be embarrassing tasks, or simple things like finding a particular person.

[Watch it on YouTube]

link: Hot lava (game)

**related: Stay on a shrinking island

Follow @AlmightyBored

(mrjoro / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Show off your passion.

You've always wanted to start a collection all of your own but, what can you collect? It's a little difficult to be a collector without knowing what you are going to collect. The choice is enormous and only limited by your imagination — there are many collections including pennies (coins), shells, rocks, dolls, toys, stamps, figurines, t-shirts, hats, trading cards etc. But how do you start and how to make your collection unique?

Globe collection


Camera collection

links:
How to Start a Collection
Cool Collections: 10 Creative Ways to Display Your Collectibles
Creative Ways to Display Your Collections

**related: Alphabetize treasures

Follow @AlmightyBored

Learn how to whistle with your fingers. Or, skip the hard part and make a quick, simple paper whistle instead.

Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to know how to give a commanding whistle with my fingers in my mouth. You know. The kind you see people give in old movies when they're hailing a taxi or trying to get the peanut guy's attention at the ballpark. It just seemed like a cool skill to have.

links:
How to Whistle With Your Fingers
Paper Whistle Tutorial

**related: Tie a bow tie

Follow @AlmightyBored

Eat all the sweet you can handle, with extreme frosting shots.

Frosting shots as you know them (little cups filled with frosting that you can purchase at trendy cupcake shops) have just been rendered obsolete. Meet cupcakes made entirely of frosting!

link: Cupcakes Made Entirely of Frosting

**related: Frost graham crackers

Follow @AlmightyBored

(josephleenovak / CC BY 2.0)

Test your knowledge of unusual tourist attractions.

Most tourists have attractions such as the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon or Disney World on their to-do list while traveling around North America. But there are many stranger tourist sites that capture the attention of thousands of curious travelers each year. You may not have heard of some of them, but these strange and wonderful attractions help to put their hometowns on the map and boost the local economy. Take this quiz to learn more about some of the weirdest tourist attractions.

link: The Ultimate Strange Tourist Attractions Quiz

**related: Test your travel expertise
***bonus: Travel with a friend