Still haven’t pulled together everything I want from the beach week, so that’s on hold for the moment. Instead, enjoy a few of these tidbits:
No, this is not about my alma mater. If you’ve never heard of Free Rice before, consider yourself informed. It’s just a simple way to fund . I reminded about this from James earlier this year, and I remember someone else pointing me to it in 2007. It’s just a simple little game to test your vocabulary and earn some free grains of rice for the less fortunate, as part of the UN World Food Program. Not sure where the funds are coming for paying for this, but as far as anyone has been able to determine, this is a very legitimate (and IMO, worthy) cause. And you will definitely learn some new words along the way.
- Now, if you want something completely right-brained to challenge you, try out this fun little game - Shot. It seems so simple, and level 1 is. But it quickly gets more challenging (though levels 6 and 7, if you get there, suddenly become easy before getting difficult again). In about 20 minutes of playing, I got past level 10 once, and level 7 another time. Otherwise, I seem to peter out at levels 4 and 5, typically. I usually think of myself as being astute and spatial analysis, but this is having me question myself.
- Lastly, for the left-brained, creative types, I give you the Shakespeare Insult Generator. It appears that very few people had a way with words like the Bard did. After all, who could say: “Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!” (Taken from: Timon of Athens)
Unless I'm mistaken the money for the free rice stuff comes from the advertising that appears on each reloaded page.
This is straight from their FAQ:
If FreeRice has the rice to give, why not give it all away right now?
FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 20 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, sponsor banners appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these banners is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.
Looks like you caught it in the FAQ. I scanned it quickly (obviously too fast) and didn't find the answer easily. Thanks for the heads up.
Tried the shot game. It's fun and a bit addicting. I'll admit it took several tries to get past level 5, but eventually I think I figured some of it out. The "pattern" is it starts with 3 balls on level 1 then increases the number of balls each time until level 5 with 7 balls, then it starts over at level 3 on level 6 and increases until level 11 with 8 balls, then starts at 3 again until level 18 with 9 balls. Looks like each "run" is one more than the previous one. But I haven't verified the next pattern yet because I've only made it to level 22.