General Dynamics Ads and Annual Reports (Vintage)
Eric Nitsche is posting (Flickr) the graphically stunning design work done for General Dynamics’ ads and annual reports. Power for Peace advertisement
Christen Booth
Creatively Distracted
Christen Booth
Creatively Distracted
Christen Booth
Insight Into SL Prims
Avi Bar-Zeev from Reality Prime has written an insightful summary of how and why primatives work the way they do in Second Life. The explanations are from the developer's perspective and include backfill on early decisions made when SL was still young. If you've ever wondered "Why?" while you were trying to build something, you'll get something from the article.
Philip Rosedale at TED
Philip Rosedale speaks at TED about virtual worlds, creativity, and possibility. Video below:
A Walnut Key (at long last!)
The idea is that you insert the sharp point into the seam of a walnut – just in the back where it actually grows from the tree (the flat part). I have to note this find here as proof that…
Infrequent Links of Intrigue and/or Interest
Seems like lots of work recently has been revolving around web development recently. Below are a few things I came across this week That I found immediately useful. 4096 Color Wheel – there are literally hundreds of color tools online,…
Atlanta – As Told By Folk Rock Troubadour, Donovan
Thanks to Boing Boing’s post linking to the video of Donovan singing Atlantis. It just makes Futurama’s spoof of the song that much funnier – mostly because of Donovan’s crazy eyes… and the magician. All Hail Atlanta!
Infrequent Links of Intrigue and/or Interest
The Infrequent Links are going to take the place of what had been the “Super Happy Fun Time Friday” links I used to do. I’m just not reliable enough to post that regularly. The sad thing is that I’ve had…
Nutrition in Public Schools
I came across this [TED] talk by Ann Cooper who is working to make school lunches healthier and teaching children about food and nutrition. I really like how she describes tying gardening and cooking together in the classes she has…
Schmap
I’m not quite sure what the “sch” represents in Schmap. Maybe a combination of “schweet” and “map”, or better yet, a little onomatopoeia (yes I had to look that one up), like the sound a map makes when you whack…
Pulling Our Strings
For such a short bit of animation this is very well executed. petit pas from mapo_mapos on Vimeo.