Canoes and kayaks are always fun, but the trendiest rental at boat places these days is the stand-up paddleboard, or SUP. They're fun to paddle, and can provide an excellent core workout too.

My kid is home from school while I’m writing this, but he’s been busy at a computer across the room for I think a full hour now. And every couple seconds he says: “WOOOOOOW that is like the COOLEST thing I have EVER SEEEEEN! Oh my OH WOW!”

Where do you go to waste time on the internet? Facebook and Twitter, the usual default answers, are exhausting. Scrolling through them feels like work. "I don't know how to waste time on the internet anymore," says Dan Nosowitz in the internet-culture blog Select All. We agree with him that it's way too easy to get trapped on boring and negative social feeds. But we don't agree that the internet doesn't have any fun, crazy places left. If you've forgotten how to waste time online, try these sites and happily while away the hours.

Ten years ago, we played around with Six Degrees of Wikipedia, a cute web page that would find the link path between any two Wikipedia pages. Now there's a new visual version, by a different developer, with an updated database. The new Six Degrees of Wikipedia visualises all the shortest paths between any two entries as a network map.

If you need a really last minute gift, try this nerdy card game you can print on card stock and play today. Gut Check, designed by microbiome researcher David Coil, pits your microbes against opponents': you can contract infections, take probiotics and watch antibiotic resistant genes spread through the population.

Entomology student Dalton Ludwick asked science Twitter: If you could have the entire world know something about your field of study, what would it be? The hashtag #MyOneScienceTweet was born, and it is glorious.

Exercise routines don't have to be thrilling; ask anyone who slogs through a 6AM workout every day. But even if someone is happy with a dull routine, that doesn't mean they will derive joy from unwrapping a sparkly gift box that contains (yawn) another pair of weights. So try these gifts instead.

The world can be a bleak and unforgiving place, but there are bright spots. Such a spot exists in the form of this kitchen tool that nobody really needs -- but everyone deserves -- known as Tricerataco.

Building a pillow fort is one of life's simple pleasures, young or old. But, like anything, it's more satisfying when done properly -- so why not take some advice from an architect?

Ask five people what their idea of an awesome holiday is and you might get five different answers. Everyone understands the main point, which is to recharge and recover from the stresses of everyday life, but what you focus on when you take a holiday could impact its overall restorative effect.

Labracadabra, a series of science videos and experiments from the folks at GE, may be designed to get you interested in the work that the company does, but they're also a look at some fun chemistry and physics experiments you can do at home -- with great results.

Video: If you're looking for something fun to work on over the weekend, this homemade rocket build is made mostly from household items and is super cheap to put together.

If you're going to pay for a trip to the movie, you may as well get the best seat you can. So, where is that seat? According to the way most theatres are set up, it will be two-thirds of the way back, in the centre of the row.

You've probably seen those on-foot chase scenes in movies like Casino Royale, where the escapee vaults over obstacles and lands from scary heights with cat-like grace. That's parkour and freerunning in action -- and they're similar. The difference between the two, however, is in the mindset.

There's something about the sound of dice rolling, the feeling of moving pieces around a board, and the feel of cards in your hand that make board games so magical. If you can't get enough of that experience, or can't get a group together to play, these games are great to play on your own, whenever you want.

Did you know you could play chess with a friend directly in a Facebook chat window? All you need is a special phrase to launch the chess board and start playing.

Alton Brown knows a thing or two about kitchen gadgets, and making sure they're multipurpose. In this hilarious video from the Daily Dot, he makes fun of some more colourful ones, and explains why most of these "unitaskers" aren't worth your money.

We've all been trapped in that vicious cycle: "What do you want to do tonight?" "I dunno, what do you wanna do?" It's frustrating. Keep an always up to date list of potential activities so you spend time doing fun things instead of just talking about them.

St. Patrick's Day is one of the few days of the year where you get to indulge in drunken debauchery with like-minded strangers -- especially if you're Irish. In the following video, Gizmodo editor Luke Hopewell explains how to perfect your Irish brogue to maximise the messy mayhem. Apparently, it's all in the spelling...