Archive for August, 2009
Monday, August 10th, 2009
The Creator by Jolby
If you are still searching for creative, one of a kind images to use as wallpaper for your iPhone or iPod touch, head over to Poolga. Not only is everything free, but you'll get wonderfully unique backgrounds that fit the screen perfectly. (I ran into this site ...
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Luna by Jennifer Maestre
Jennifer Maestre creates a type of sculpture from colored pencils. Hundreds of pencils are cut into one inch sections and a hole drilled through allowing each to be fastened together. An article about Maestre, including several examples of her work, is up at Dailymail.co.uk.
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
The Longest Way 1.0 - one year walk/beard grow time lapse from Christoph Rehage on Vimeo.
The man you see above, Christoph Rehage, wanted to walk from Beijing, China to Berlin, Germany, a 4,500 plus mile trek. His journey ended after 2,900 miles in Ürümqi, China. This short video shows a ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
There's already 99designs, crowdSPRING and inkd to crowdsource graphic design. Now there is customADart for bringing together photographers and those looking to buy the perfect image for their needs.
The way it basically works is advertisers post a job on the site describing what kind of photo they want. Photographers then ...
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
If you've never seen Auto-Tune the News, you're missing out. If you push play and are thinking WTF, give it a few moments until your ears adjust to hearing popular media figures being Auto-Tuned -- (the vocal effect of the minute in hip-hop and rap) -- and you may find ...
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Here's a great set of characters portraits from the HBO show The Wire by Blake Hicks. It's worth checking out if you're a fan of the series. (via Laughing Squid)
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Word around the interwebs is Netflix may come out with an official iPhone app allowing streaming of movies and shows from your "watch instantly" queue. The downside is it will most likely only work over WiFi due to concerns that such an app would place too much strain on ...
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