January 2008
Tubelor trash can utilizes, conceals the standard... →
On the occasions you might forget your tote or other not-a-plastic-bag bag, a polyethylene plastic bag or two can make its way into your home. Ideaco’s Tubelor trash can utilizes them to collect trash as opposed to the whole pile ending up in the trash. The two-part design seamlessly hides the unsightly folded-over handle area and comes in a variety of colors to blend into any environment....
10 Principles Of Effective Web Design →
Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design. After all, if users can’t use a feature, it might as well not exist.
We aren’t going to...
colby bird →
i like the way colby bird’s mind works. see more of his stuff here.
[all colby bird. 2006. top to bottom: bacchanal 2.0. munchies for your bass. piaget.]
How to make a Redneck Rollercoaster →
Shockingly, this “How to make a Redneck Rollercoaster” video isn’t American, it’s Canadian. (Well, they do have better healthcare up there.) Above is the lonnnnng tutorial on how to actually build it; below is the short video that shows the actual device in action. If you’re pressed for time, skip the first clip but be sure to check out the second. Ride this...
Portfolio Website Design →
I think we’re all aware that the portfolio website is a very important tool for photographers and I’ll go so far as to predict that it will soon replace printed portfolios (bold, I know), so I wanted to create a quick reference guide for photographers looking for templates or designers or examples of portfolios that I like.
Flash vs. Html: I love flash. Photos look better in flash and there’s no...
Orvar Borgeirsson →
I saw this great aurora shot by Orvar Bergeirsson on the DP Challenge site. It was taken with a Canon 30D over Straumsvik, Iceland. Orvar goes by orvaratli on Flickr.
(Photo by Orvar Borgeirsson)
Orvar’s Flickr site is definitely worth a look for anyone interested in night photography. There’s quite a bit of great night work from Iceland. I especially like the Emergency Shelter.
Moldable Mouse prevents strain injury, and... →
Erwin Lui, the CALTY designer responsible for the original Lexus Coupe, famously devised that car’s form by manipulating a balloon filed with modeling clay. Lite-On Technology is using a similar technique for their Red-Dot-Award-winning Moldable Mouse, crafted from modeling clay skinned with a nylon/polyurethane blend. Completely knead-able and possessed with shape memory, the silky-feeling...
Photo contest: a picture's worth a thousand words,... →
Now that the US dollar’s virtually worthless, what to do with them? Simple—turn them into playthings by holding a photo contest, using greenbacks overlaid with actual photos. Above, a rather brilliant overlay of Abraham Lincoln and the Fed’s own Ben Bernanke. Check out the rest here, including some with international currencies that are still actually worth something. via a...
Sony's stunning water and laser hologram →
This has to be the coolest movie promo we’ve ever seen: to plug their upcoming The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Sony has rigged up a water-spray-and-lasers projection in Tokyo Bay that provides an eerily-realistic Loch-Ness-type monster. Check the video. via tokyo times…
The King of Kong →
If its limited release in theaters kept you from seeing this gem last year, do yourself a favor and order it or Netflix it immediately. The King of Kong: A… Visit Uncrate for the full post.
Blender Cover Fake And Proud Of It →
“Truthiness Alert: This cover image is a composite photo. Britney did not pose for the picture. That, sadly, is not her body.” So reads the March cover of Blender. Even if you miss the small disclaimer copy, a second glance at the cover reveals the gag – note the Mouseketeer hat brimming with cigarette butts. Crafty, if a little wise. But is the double-take cover gimmick wearing...
Candidates in their natural habitat →
When he’s not cruising the campaign trail, John Edwards kicks back at this $5.4 million, 21,000-sq.-ft. home in Chapel Hill. Check out our next presidential hopefuls’ homes—hopefully their architectural preferences won’t sway your existing decisions. via design observer…
Sony announces 24.73 million image pixel... →
Sony has announced their intention to begin mass production this year of a 24.73 million image pixel, full-frame CMOS sensor capable of refreshing at up to 6.3 fps.
Sony 24-megapixel Imager Shows Up →
“Tokyo, Japan—Sony Corporation today announced the development of a
35mm full size (diagonal: 43.3mm/Type 2.7) 24.81 effective megapixel,
ultra-high speed high image quality CMOS image sensor designed to meet
the increasing requirement for rapid image capture and advanced picture
quality within digital SLR cameras….” In a press release dated this morning, Sony Global has...
PingMag - The Tokyo-based magazine about “Design... →
true grittttt
When is HD not HD? →
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iTS, Video, Apple TV
ZDNet’s George Ou doesn’t exactly have a great record when it comes to Apple related analysis, but even the stopped clock is right twice a day, and he’s got an interesting article up about the forthcoming HD movies that Apple is planning to offer with Apple TV Take Two. His central point is this: high definition video is about...
State Of The Union Made Interesting! →
When does photographer/blogger John Harrington sleep? We are not sure. Sometime between last night (when he covered the State of the Union address) and this afternoon, he produced an extremely informative 12-minute video about how photographers cover the president’s annual applause-fest. (Take note of Dennis Brack’s spot-on prediction that the Obama-Clinton cold shoulder would be the...
Photographer Website Design →
So, the other day I cranked through 145 websites in about 3 hours for the consultation demo and then I had a conversation with a magazine art director friend about how we look at photographers websites in obviously different ways (design vs. photo) and I realized something: Design and layout has a powerful effect on me. Right off the bat, before I even look at the first picture, the design is...
BUY KING ON KONG ON DVD PLEASE. DO IT.
This is my... →
BUY KING ON KONG ON DVD PLEASE. DO IT.
This is my favorite documentary I’ve ever seen. Its about two guys, Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe, that are competing for the record high-score in Donkey Kong. It just came out on DVD and I’m telling you - you need to buy this now, I really can’t recommend it enough.
Ok, you still haven’t ordered it? Fine, well it’s got a 99% on RottenTomatoes! Read...
Bubblegum Art. →
Bubblegum Art.We have seen the bubble gum walls & now we present you ‘bubblegum art’. We have seen various mediums used by the artists to create their own unique creations & these artists chose the ‘bubblegum’. Using the very chewable bubblegum they have come up with some of the most amazing creations we came across for a while now. Check it out! Chewed bubble gum...
The work of Yael Mer →
Yael Mer’s designs are positively whimsical, but she somehow keeps function at the forefront. Her Evacuation Skirt mixes the ideas of emergency and beauty and inflates into a kayak strong enough to carry a grown woman to safety. And those crazy Rocking Slippers, well, they’re pretty self-explanatory. via swissmiss…
Drinking coffee gets complicated →
When did coffee get so complicated? First there’s the $11,000 siphon bar and now the Brugo travel mug, above. The latter has a two-chamber system: most of the coffee sits in the bottom, while you tilt the mug to fill a cavity in the top with one ounce of coffee, which cools to a mouth-friendly temperature once separated with its main body. Do we need an airlock for coffee? Good...
Frame and Burst Rate →
The new K20D (I’ve requested a sample to test) has a shot-to-shot rate of 3 FPS. This has brought it under clangorous criticism on some forum boards, from people who were “waiting” for “improvement” in this area. I sometimes wonder what these people are shooting. I’ve had a rich 35-year history as a committed amateur photographer with intermittent stints as a...
Linux.com :: CLI Magic: Quick and easy backup with... →
lftp - like rsync for ftp
Dedicated Servers - The Planet →
dchoo’s choice of hosting
Wedding Programs on Flickr - Photo Sharing! →
monogram cover on wedding program
Jill Greenberg, Monkeys and Sharks →
(UPDATE: Adds more links, cover shoot video.) Who did I wake up to find under my bowl of Frosted Flakes this morning but the Incredible Being of Lightness herself. Does this mean she has jumped the shark? Maybe, maybe not. More inside. __________________ Note to this site’s perfectly sensible foreign readers: “Jumped the Shark” is slang for when anything has clearly reached its...
thephotocardplace →
photocards with various finishes
loc.alize.us - Explore your world through... →
flickr meets gmaps. neat
Build Your Own Apple Store →
Oobject has a list of objects and suppliers that you’ll need to remodel your house to look like an Apple store (via Make). Don’t forget to dress up like the Mac guy from the commercials.
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New release: Brand New China, in which MIT’s Jing Wang combines marketing research with cultural analysis to offer a detailed picture...
New York Real Estate: Overseas Buyers Getting Wary... →
first signs of global recession?
Leatherman Skeletool →
the carbon fiber dai lo tool
Lauren Greenfield Photography - Kids + Money intro →
interesting movie - by a photog
The Joy of Not Being Sold Anything →
sepultura’s Flickr via ffffound!…
Miami Vice: The Complete Series →
Can’t get enough of flashy suits, half-naked bodies, and 80’s excess? Get your fill watching all five seasons of Crockett & Tubbs’ adventures in Miami Vice: The Complete Series ($135)…. Visit Uncrate for the full post.
Mondrianum →
Filed under: Software, Graphic Design
Many TUAW readers, I would assume, are in either employed by, or dabble in, the creative pursuits. This means from time to time you have to fire up an illustration program, or design something using a color scheme. Luckily, I spend most of my time writing, not designing. I am mildly colorblind, and have very poor color sense (if you’ve watched any of our...
If M.C. Escher had a camera →
via dumptrumpet…
2009 MINI Convertible Caught at the ‘Ring →
It’s video Friday here at MF and today we have a sneak peak at the R57 MINI convertible undergoing some hardcore Nurburgring testing. While this particular video dates back to late 2007, it’s probably worth a look if your a MINI convertible fan or just hearing screaching tires around the ‘Ring. (more…)
Install OS X on Your Hackintosh PC, No Hacking... →
Two months ago I walked through how to build a Hackintosh Mac on the cheap using PC parts. Since that post, the OSx86 scene has changed rapidly, and now you can install Leopard on your computer about as easily as installing Leopard on a Mac—no command line hacking required. In addition, the resulting installation is—theoretically, at least—can be upgraded without fear of breaking. As if the...
Video Trace: 3D Models from Video →
VideoTrace is a system for interactively generating realistic 3D models of objects from video. The user interacts with VideoTrace by tracing the shape of the object to be modelled over one or more frames of the video. By interpreting the sketch drawn by the user in light of 3D information obtained from computer vision techniques, a small number of simple 2D interactions can be used to generate a...
Hubcap Creatures →
Hubcap Creatures ($250-$975) are animal sculptures made from hubcaps found on the side of the road, along with other recycled materials. Because everybody needs a little roadside trash in their… Visit Uncrate for the full post.
Pre-PMA 2008 Releases: New Samsung DSLR →
Once again, digital SLR releases leading up to PMA 2008 fail to surprise. (C’mon, somebody! Make some news!) This afternoon, Samsung released its already leaked new top-o’-da-line digital SLR, the 14.6-megapixel GX-20. As usual, Samsung claims in its press materials that the GX-20 “boasts an impressive feature set that will
garner the attention of any professional or...
Usability and Interface Design Books →
by Alexis Brion
Usability and interaction design are fields that are becoming more and more important for every design. Both fields consider the interactions between the user and a system; accordingly, it also applies to the interaction between users and web-sites. A product has more chances to be successful if it’s design makes emphasis on usability. Making a website easy to use and easy to...
Open Source: Configuring Apache - Don't Succumb To... →
good comments
Virtual Threads: Tuning Apache, part 1 →
Photoborg.org →
Beginners site from the folks who bring you the Online Photographer
Ajaxorized » Introducing: The sliding date-picker →
lets you use a slider to select a date range
photo takes pics of your townhome in NYC area →
What to do if you’re laid off in 2008 recession «... →
nuff said - and some good points
SketchUp - Photo Match and Compositing →
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to remember how we survived before YouTube, it is becoming an invaluable resource for tutorials and tips in 3D modelling. One gem comes from http://go-2-school.com/ who provide video training on SketchUp via either their DVD or YouTube. Embedded below is their tutorial on how to use the Photo Match feature in Google SketchUp for Compositing:
They have...