My Second Life: The Album
I received a tip the other day via my last.fm account about an album titled My Second Life, by Niko Donburi. Reminiscent of the stylings of Weird Al Yankovic, Donburi parodies the highs and lows of life on the SL…
Christen Booth
Creatively Distracted
Christen Booth
Creatively Distracted
Christen Booth
Another Step Toward Wearable Computing?
There is an article in the NewScientistTech about a new process that has been developed to create chain mail on a microscopic scale that may one day be used to link wearable electronic devices or sensors together. [via]
Today OpenID, Tomorrow …?
I have an OpenID and use it wherever possible – though it isn’t always that much. In fact, I’m surprised that the boom of Web2.0 applications has not seen wider adoption of identity management mechanisms. Today CommonCraft posted some concise…
DWR Announces Champagne Winners
Design Within Reach has announced the winners of their Champagne Chair design contest. Entrants were asked to design a chair using the components of a champagne bottle. The winners are posted and there is a link to runners up there…
Noteable: TutorialBlog
TutorialBlog has notoriously resource-rich posts, and the latest one is no exception. If you have an eye out for vector resources for graphics then look no further. There are similar posts on this site for things like Photoshop brushes and…
Happy Fauschnaut Day!
Where I come from Fat Tuesday is known as Fauschnaut Day. Traditionally my family celebrates this day by getting the best doughnuts they can find and having a little party before Lent begins. While we were never strict observers of…
Holidays
Why can’t the US be serious about holidays the way Europe is?
LL Announces Measures to Counter Overload
Linden lab has announced its plans to restrict the grid to premium customers only during peak traffic time. This plan gets a thumbs up from comment-contributing residents on the LL blog, and seems to be the general consensus of residents…
Flash for Atmosphere
I normally don’t pay too much attention to the gratuitous eye candy of Flash web sites. But when atmosphere is part of what you’re selling to your audience it can really work when its done just right – as it…
Super Happy Fun Time Friday
Sites that have stayed in open tabs today: Google Buys Adscape – an ingame advertiser boo box – Tag > Click > Money… supper consumerism from the comfort of your own web site. A folding screen on a portable device…