Creatively Distracted
Creatively Distracted
Things of interest stumbled upon.
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,…
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!
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…
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…
For such a short bit of animation this is very well executed. petit pas from mapo_mapos on Vimeo.
Image of Snoqualmie Falls below The Lodge, courtesy of fimoculous on Flickr Been watching season 1 of Twin Peaks this weekend. Good stuff. Don’t know why I haven’t bought the DVDs yet.
I'm almost afraid to admit that I haven't found a blog so gratuitously entertaining to read, ever. It's like my inner monologue after being awake for 3 days straight eating nothing but Allsorts. I must be living under a rock. Where have you been all my internet life Hipster Runoff?
Image by Anita Gould on Flickr Why is it that we look forward to summer all year, to the vacations we will take and the beautiful weather, but seldom take much time off save a week or two? Despite the…
There is a theme(me) emerging among the services that allow you to easily aggregate online services you use together. Swurl, Tumblr, StumbleUpon, they all evoke images of wild flailing and unbalance. How appropriate that they are reflections of our online…
LastGraph generates a visualization of your music history information from Last.fm – free. I’m a sucker for pretty data, so of course I generated a visualization for myself (pdf). Unfortunately, by linking my poster I’m disclosing my secret affinity for…
When things get busy in my life my food creativity decreases significantly, and I’m sure I am not the only person to experience this phenomena. During these times I simply can’t seem to do anything with the food in my…
This Saturday, 03 May 2008, is the Rhode Island School of Design’s Spring Alumni Art Sale (whew, say that 10 times). Since I live in Alaska I won’t be going, but am delighted to be able to look through some…
“All hail robot Nixon”, and other similarly inspiring quotes are shining example as to why Futurama is infinitely entertaining. (No, I shouldn’t be working – I’m on lunch).
An Northwest of the village of Tiski in the Sakha region of Russia When I moved to Alaska and started flying around the state I was awestruck at the vascular textures on the terrain created by the seasonal transformation of…
Stephane Tartelin’s portfolio – I don’t think I’ve ever seen gesture drawings exude so much attitude. Twiddla – An quick online white board app with chat and a few extra surprising features. Honibe – One teaspoon-sized serving of dried honey…
I follow Lisa (aka c-urchin) on Flickr for her tiny ceramic creations that resemble tiny sea creatures, but from time to time she posts a photo of something that is truly stunning. This time it is this amazing vessel from day 141. The texture is gorgeous:
You can see more of her work at Flickr or see what is available on Etsy.
Two visual cartographers, David Sibbet and Kevin Richards sketched the TED presenters and their ideas as they were delivered. This work was compiled into a book available for download as a PDF. You can also view a video about the…
Though this video was released quite some time ago I totally missed it until now. The funny thing is that the site I saw it on first didn’t say anything about the instrument being real or fake and I thought…
A couple years ago my parents came up for a visit to Alaska. Part of the trip involved some campground “camping”. The kind with those giant bath houses that have concrete floors and many shower stalls. One night while I…
Sesame has a collection of letterpress printed coasters that would make me sacrifice the finish on my table to save these beautiful coasters from the swelling ravages of water. Gorgeous. You can view their creations in their Flickr photoset.
Nicholas Felton has designed the Feltron, an annual report to summarize his personal experiences in 2007. Brilliant and beautiful. [via pica+pixel]
Actually on a Friday this time. Hell just might freeze over today.
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I was going to post this yesterday, but I’m glad I didn’t because at a small get together last night a few of us found the End of the Internet. Yes, like the guy in that commercial that surfed all…
I've often wondered just how much energy was being "wasted" - converted to heat and lost to the environment - at the gym as I watched all the people sweating away on their stationary machines. Well, one man is trying to capture back some of that energy and make use of it.
Adam Boesel, a personal trainer in Seattle, is determined to discover new ways to utilize the energy his clients generate to power his gym.
The shadows this pendant light casts across the ceiling are beautiful! Spotted on the FlatPak house flickr photostream. FlatPak house – Aspen, CO Originally uploaded by FlatPak house
Walk2Web is an incredibly addictive (though not time efficient) web-based surfing tool that allows you visually browse the internet using links that connect one website to the next. As if that wasn't engaging enough, it is also possible to create…
Spell with Flickr lets you spell anything using photos of text found on Flickr. Man, my name is long.
Design Within Reach is now selling an Airstream model with its own brand of design flair. When I first read about it I was irritated. To me, RVs of all shapes and sizes represent everything that is wrong with consumers…
It has been crazy at work and all the way around, so posting has been scarce. At times like this, coffee is a must at all times of the day. Fortunately, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his trusty assistant Beaker are…
del.icio.us Network Explorer – A visualization tool written in Processing that allows you to explore common connections among you, your network , and networks of others on del.icio.us. Macro.scopia – Another Pipes-like webapp tha allows you to mash data together…