Direct link to this giraffe: http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=45270.
one million giraffes
Will your giraffe be one in a million?
Will your giraffe be one in a million?
My friend, Jørgen, doesn't believe I can collect one million giraffes by 2011. I'm gonna prove him wrong, but I need your help. You can create your giraffe(s) in any way you like, but not on a computer and no store bought objects. You must create your giraffe(s) yourself! Click here to read why.
So far I've got 566 136 giraffes, so I need 433 864 more and I have 325 days left.
Let's show Jørgen how amazing the internet is.
So far I've got 566 136 giraffes, so I need 433 864 more and I have 325 days left.
Let's show Jørgen how amazing the internet is.
Please send in your own giraffe!
Written yesterday
Today's giraffe of the day comes from Germany and it's drawn by Elisabeth. A giraffe on a Möbius strip! Such a clever idea!
Katharina: Yeah, really very cool idea! - and the neck is almost as long as twice the length of the strip! (written yesterday)
Ragnar: This, or one like it, got discussed on another forum i'm on, and some joker suggested that it must be hard to stop counting. Keep turning the strip long enough, and you've got your million already! (written yesterday)
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Written on the 7th of February
Today's giraffe of the day comes from USA and it's drawn by Kristin. This is such a pretty giraffe!! I absolutely love this...
Direct link to this giraffe: http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=45420.
Suzan: Really beautiful and original, I love it! (written 2 days ago)
Katamaren: Hei, jeg abonnerer på rss-feed'en til denne bloggen, og nå I det siste har alle bilder blitt erstattet med en post-it-lapp med "check out hundreds of thousands of cool giraffes at www.onemilliongiraffes.com". Jeg er nødt til å aktivt trykke på hver post-it hvis jeg skal få se de artige og fine giraffene. Dette er ganske tungvindt! Jeg vil så gjerne ha tilbake igjen de skjønne giraffene :) takk for et supert prosjekt, forresten! (written yesterday)
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Written on the 6th of February
Today's giraffes of the day come from South Africa and they're drawn by Isa Bruwer. I recently learned about anatidaephobia, which is the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. I think it's a very funny phobia and these giraffes reminded me of it!
Direct link to this giraffe: http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=44282.
Ragnar: Gary Larson's invention, I think. At least he made a cartoon about it once, and it sounds like something he would come up with... (written 3 days ago)
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Written on the 5th of February
Today's giraffe of the day comes from USA and it's drawn by Wildleaf. I'm a PHP programmer so this one might be just for me. This is the code for drawing 25 ASCII giraffes. Which isn't allowed, since it would be made on a computer. But writing the code and giraffe drawing for hand, that's more than okay!
Direct link to this giraffe: http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=42921.
Cl: That's really cool. (written 4 days ago)
Jayelle: So does this count as 25 giraffes? ~ that would be really cool, but I don't see them. :( (written 3 days ago)
Tim: Nerd-tastic! (written 3 days ago)
One Million Giraffes: Naw... I can only see one giraffe there, so it only counts as one... (written 3 days ago)
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Written on the 4th of February
Today's giraffe of the day comes from Sweden and it's drawn by Niklas. I'm an old school kinda guy and I love listening to vinyl records, so this giraffe really made me happy! Notice the yellow sun and green tree! Brilliant!
Direct link to this giraffe: http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=11590.
Ragnar: That's a record record.... (written 5 days ago)
Jayelle: Ha! Looks like its hooves are wheels! (written 4 days ago)
Claire: What a great idea! ^__^ love it! (written 3 days ago)
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Written on the 3rd of February
Today's giraffe of the day comes from Norway and it's drawn by The Gorm. I love that there's a man down there trying to say hello to the giraffe!
Direct link to this giraffe: http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=15616.
Jayelle: There's a lot of talent that shows on this website! (written 6 days ago)
One Million Giraffes: I know! I can't believe how talented people are!! (written 6 days ago)
Ragnar: Maybe he should have tried to say hujambo instead. ;-) (Swahili for 'hello' according to Google Translate.) (written 5 days ago)
One Million Giraffes: It's actually just "jambo"! Don't know why they added the extra 'hu' at the start there. And jambo is the word youth use to greet each other. "Habari" is the old school way... I traveled around Tanzania a couple of years ago and picked up some Swahili... (written 5 days ago)
Claire: Beautiful! (written 3 days ago)
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Written on the 2nd of February
Today's giraffe of the day comes from Argentina and it's drawn by Ivan. This giraffe is having a really bad day...
Direct link to this giraffe: http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=17719.
Kolma Puschi: Yes, nice picture :) (but it's not the first "giraffe of the day" of this kind) (written one week ago)
One Million Giraffes: Oh. Woops! I can't keep track of all the giraffes anymore! So sorry... (written one week ago)
Kolma Puschi: I don't think, that anyone is worried about that - at least Ivan :) I just wanted to point out, that there was a similar "giraffe" ^^ (written one week ago)
Herk: Every "little prince" reference is a good one in my book :) (written one week ago)
Jayelle: Oh no! Poor giraffe! (written 6 days ago)
Claire: Lol that boa has too much chutzpah! (written 3 days ago)
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Written on the 1st of February
I've noticed that the random-page is the most used feature on the website, so I made a game which is basically the exact same thing, except you have to guess the age of the drawer, which I think is more fun!
I feel I need to explain why I made this game. It's actually not just for fun. The server costs are really starting to build up momentum now and I need to find new ways to pay for them. That's why there are ads on this game. I hate that I have to do this, but I see no other way around it. And again: I do not intend to make money on this. If I ever make more money on the ads than the servers costs, I will remove the ads. I promise.
The first time you go to the game you get instructions on how to play, but it should be pretty simple. I've designed it so that you only need your keyboard when you play. Just type in what age you think the creator is and hit enter. You'll get a result in a blue box and a new giraffe on the left. Then you just type in what age you think the new giraffe is and that's pretty much it!
There's even a counter that will calculate how good you are at guessing the age. And get this: Whenever two people have guessed the age of your giraffe, you can go to the "ID-page" of that giraffe, like this one, and just below the picture you'll see the average age people think you are! Pretty cool, huh?
I've asked friends to play around with this and it's actually much harder than I thought it would be. We've had quite a few laughs because of this game and I really hope you like it!
I feel I need to explain why I made this game. It's actually not just for fun. The server costs are really starting to build up momentum now and I need to find new ways to pay for them. That's why there are ads on this game. I hate that I have to do this, but I see no other way around it. And again: I do not intend to make money on this. If I ever make more money on the ads than the servers costs, I will remove the ads. I promise.
The first time you go to the game you get instructions on how to play, but it should be pretty simple. I've designed it so that you only need your keyboard when you play. Just type in what age you think the creator is and hit enter. You'll get a result in a blue box and a new giraffe on the left. Then you just type in what age you think the new giraffe is and that's pretty much it!
There's even a counter that will calculate how good you are at guessing the age. And get this: Whenever two people have guessed the age of your giraffe, you can go to the "ID-page" of that giraffe, like this one, and just below the picture you'll see the average age people think you are! Pretty cool, huh?
I've asked friends to play around with this and it's actually much harder than I thought it would be. We've had quite a few laughs because of this game and I really hope you like it!
Eva: I'm right almost every time... But after about 15 right's I figured there might be something wrong? (written on the 1st of February)
One Million Giraffes: Really?!? Maybe you are just good... But I'll look into it... (written on the 1st of February)
Eline Mangen: Yeah, that happened to me too. I was right every time, and it had stopped counting beneath the box. So I couldn't see my average anymore! O: (written on the 1st of February)
One Million Giraffes: Oh no! Then there's something wrong!! Arg. I'll see if I can find the error... (written on the 1st of February)
Herk: Well, obviously it's fixed. I got 4 out of 45 right but I miss by 10 years in average. I tend to think people were younger than they are based on their giraffes. Also: I really think the "built" giraffes are a lot harder than the drawn ones. I love the game :) (written on the 1st of February)
Ragnar: Just one little problem: Many of the giruffians have written their age on the drawing, which makes it pretty easy to "guess". Apart from that I think the most interesting bit is going to be looking at your own drawings and finding out how old people think you are! (written on the 1st of February)
One Million Giraffes:
@Herk: When I get a tag system going I will remove the "built" giraffes from the game. Untill then; just hit refresh if you don't want to guess on those giraffes...
@Ragnar: There's nothing I can do with the ones that have written their age on the drawing. But if you don't want to "cheat" you can just hit refresh and you get a new one! (written one week ago)
@Herk: When I get a tag system going I will remove the "built" giraffes from the game. Untill then; just hit refresh if you don't want to guess on those giraffes...
@Ragnar: There's nothing I can do with the ones that have written their age on the drawing. But if you don't want to "cheat" you can just hit refresh and you get a new one! (written one week ago)
Rianne: Haha, it's already addictive :) But it's pretty hard. I'm on average 10 years off... (written one week ago)
Kitiamara: I got lucky - it asked me for the age from people I "stalked", like Jacques, Ehouse, Jeanelizabeth or Tegum and Ediktonia, where I know the ages :D Therefore I guessed right 8 times within 45 guesses :) Average 6.2. (written one week ago)
Blackcat: Hey, that's a really cool feature. I don't mind you showing ads on your page. It would be too sad if the project would not go on cause you had to much losses because of it. (written one week ago)
Jen Sloan: Fun game - I got to guess my own age :) (written one week ago)
Jayelle: I love it! Though I am a terrible guesser. At one point I was averaging over 12 years off, but managed to get it to about 10 years. Like Herk I am guessing much younger! (written 6 days ago)
Ragnar: Jen, they say you are only as old as you feel. So how do you feel? ;-) (written 6 days ago)
Renata: It's really great! Even if after 44 guesses I'm on average 12.7 years off and I only once I guessed exactly right age... ;) I have one little suggestion. I had the same giraffe two times... ;) (written 4 days ago)
One Million Giraffes: I'll try to fix that, but it's a kinda hard problem to solve... I'll see what I can do... :D I'm glad you liked it! (written 4 days ago)
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Written on the 1st of February
Today's giraffes of the day come from Brazil and they're drawn by Henrique Bean. I guess giraffes shouldn't move around to much before the spot paint dries. It looks like hard work to paint all those spots on all these giraffes!
Direct link to this giraffe: http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=16542.
Jayelle: He needs to get some spray paint! (written on the 1st of February)
Ragnar: I think spraying spots would be kind of hard. He could use stencils, but then the spots would be similar, and they are supposed to be all different! (written on the 1st of February)
Kitiamara: In our kindergarten we did a special kind of art, using a sieve and an old toothbrush :D Put paint on the toothbrush and smear it over the sieve. It leaves funny kind of "freckles" ;o) (written on the 1st of February)
Ragnar: Freckled giraffes. Now there's an idea... (written 6 days ago)
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Written on the 31st of January
Today's giraffe of the day comes from Sweden and it's drawn by Clover. I've never been a fan of Boy George or Culture Club, but this giraffe really made me laugh.
Direct link to this giraffe: http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=20273.
Ragnar: Karma karma karma karma giraffe! (written on the 31st of January)
Jayelle: Makes Boy George look good! (written on the 1st of February)
Suzan: Nicely drawn! (written on the 1st of February)
Clover: Thanks!!! :) It really made my day! (written 5 days ago)
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The one million giraffes song!
Drunken Butterfly made a delightful song about the one million giraffes project! Hit play to hear it or download the mp3 for free here.
Read more about this song here.
Read more about this song here.
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Guess when I get one million!
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Giraffe jokes
This joke was submitted by Jayelle:
Do you know why giraffes don't do drugs? They're naturally high!
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Do you know why giraffes don't do drugs? They're naturally high!
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