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Veer: Visual Elements for Creatives.Stock photography, type, and killer tees. Genuinely recommended by Authentic Boredom.
Edith Wentz questions the “No apostrophes” advice with a page from Webster’s New World Pocket Style Guide. (Though Nick and I both still recommend no apostrophes.)
Unhappy Democrats must wait to get into Canada.
Heads of State. This one’s cameoed all over the place recently. And with plenty of good reason. (Chalk up another for #4, too.)
Lest we forget: No apostrophes.
I upgraded to BBEdit 8.0 over the weekend, and regrettably I can’t add my stamp of approval to it. Despite the much needed Documents Drawer, screen space window/palette management is still its biggest flaw.
1800s Ephemera. Scads of old-school inspiration found here, folks. Via David.
Netdiver points us to Dan Noe’s incredibly creative site.
Rock. On. Mister Retro releases Machine Wash II image filters. Machine Wash I originally featured here.
Using MovableType for slideshows. Love where all of this is headed.
Author Highlighting in MT. Someone *finally* pens a write-up on this (though I’ve probably just missed the others out there). Thanks, Dan.
Rumor has it a new iPod will be unveiled today (Oct 26). Check Apple.com later in the day. (Update: More info here.)
More Moll adventures: Is it possible to cover the entire kitchen floor with just one bottle of Hershey’s syrup?
EphemeraNow: 1950s retro ads. Via Angie.
Portland Studios. Late to the game on this one but can’t get enough of it.
eBay: 2 invitations to a wedding I don’t want to go to.
Grant doesn’t have all the answers. Or so he says.
Comment moderation and censorship. Keith tackles an issue every blogger deals with.
Fav javascripts for designers. Source code and all.
New Amazon/A9 hybrid? Is this beta? You seein’ the same thing, or did I hit a test server?
Apparently, ‘teacher’ isn’t a real job.
Mikhail Gorbachev visits Google. Sheesh, and at my last job, our most important visitor was the cookie lady that came by every week.
If architects had to work like web designers…
Harvard Business School editor Sean Silverthorne explains “Managing the Gamer Generation.” Pffft. Generation X is soooo 1999.
S5 version 1.0. She’s officially a full numeral. (Eric Meyer’s slide show format based entirely on XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript.)
Chicken Fight cooks up a worn attitude. Via Chip Adams
Unauthorized Strange Brew tees now available.
SVN plugs Feedburner. Hosted feeds, Amazon IDs, and subscriber stats round out the plug.
Exclusively for the serious pumpkin carver.
Hicks keeps it fresh with a lively redesign.
Got yur’ tickets to SXSW 2005 yet?
“My tests, admittedly very unscientific, show that Blinkx is a Mercedes compared to Google [Desktop] which is like a yugo.”
Rock Concert Movement #32: Tease the audience.
Six Apart, makers of Movable Type, is hiring.
MT vs. WP vs. TxP: Entry Page Design. Blogger software goes toe to toe.
“I am tired of clients complaining about bills. We should all pull together and charge the same amount for design of any kind. Then we can be like doctors and lawyers, except we can be honest.” And thus the discussion begins.
Cherry OS runs Mac OS X on PCs. Umm… why?
A comparison only a designer could concoct. {noted}
iPodderX. “It’s like a newsreader for audio files.” (Disclaimer: Haven’t tried it yet.)
Snapshots: Turkey 2004. I had no idea Turkey was this gorgeous.
How to use a Type Gauge from the savants at Typophile.
Direct Response Versus Awareness Advertising. Summary: It’s the objectives that matter. Superb article.
Even Yahoo dons wicked worn. {ups}
Suzanne (wife) shares more about the Moll fam with 3 more articles. Eventful stories of rockets, bee stings just below the eye, and choking during diaper changing.
The Weekly Standards Audio Show. Adam introduces us to podcasts and iPodding. Love it. I expected a lame skit but instead enjoyed quite the chuckle.
hydro74. Check the Download section. You’ll find a few font freebies that rock, like Meanies.
Design for Web 2.0. Question everything(?).
Napkin Design Sketch Competition. That napkin could be worth $3,500.
Bugger. (Note to self: Command-Z doesn’t work in MovableType.)
Lousco Labradors. Money. This one cameoed in Screen Grab Confab v1. Keep an eye on Brian — he’ll be puttin’ me to shame in due time.
istockphoto spotlight: Book jacket design for “The Commanders of Chancellorsville.” Kirk’s portfolio is just as worn.
From one father to another, congrats Jeffrey.
iPod. Flashlight. Laser. All in one?
Two from Sydney: The Beauty and Business of CSS and Pushing Your Limits.
Malarkey’s new paint. Mmmmm Vespa. Nice, Andy. Only complaint is that it took 10+ secs to figure out how to return to Home on the secondary pages.
“That’s the last time we tow a crocodile in an inflatable raft.”
That No-So-Wicked Gradient Look: Windows Longhorn preview screen grab. (I know, I know, this shot is over a year old and Longhorn will likely differ when released, but still.)
Dilbert Ultimate House. Call it Monster House, Dilbert-style. {ups}
Gradient Dropshadow Curve. A bit bloggy in its design, but hey — you gotta problem with that? I like.
More worn: Rob redesigns, Old-school in Flash, and Disney hops on board?
Voters Information Guide a la kottke. Shun ignorance and get out and vote.
Visit Grampians. Simple. Elegant. CSS goodness.
LinkedIn for Networking? (BTW, feel free to find me on LinkedIn.)
“Last night I opened a fortune cookie and it was empty.” Molly breviloquently(?) explains
Breaking news: You can swim just as fast in syrup as you can in water. Who knew. {ups}
Two from Mike Rundle: BetFest Launch + Logo Study and Fake Designers II.
CSS Zen Garden #126. Gorgeous. Brian gave us a sneak peek a few weeks back in the comments for this article.
Your chance to design Utah’s commemorative quarter.
Worn + Standards + Big Names = Simple Thinking. {thanks, Lana}
Whoa, I think we hit the Mother Lode of Wicked Worn. {thanks, Mollie}
Bored at work: Aged Bulldozer.
That whole John Carroll rat’s nest is still rubbing me raw. Though I find relief in the fact that the blinders are clearly labeled ‘Microsoft.’ This explains all: “[John] has a track record of finding practical applications for cutting-edge technology.” Like tables.
Huh? Fantasy blog shares market? Can someone explain? {sample share}
freaksauce. It’s wicked. It’s worn. It’s IFR. (Hey lookie there, someone finally made IFR titles clickable.)
Why I haven’t bought anything from iTunes. “…perhaps iTMS isn’t aimed at album buyers, but designed more for dipping in…”
DigitalKick. Plenty to see, plenty to explore.
“Note that this new example does not have a single image anywhere on the page or even in the CSS.” Mike Davidson explains sIFR 2.0b.
Mojito.se. It’s wicked. It’s worn. It’s sans tables.
Cub Soccer as described by my wife. She’s turned on comments now, so give her a shout. (Post anonymously and leave your name in the comments if you’d rather not register.)
Hire Kris Krug. It’s that simple.
Rebranding the W3C. Beautiful, Andrei. We hope to see a second version, but what a powerfully brilliant write-up.
Wicked Worn padawan Paul Velleux.
From MSN Music Help (seemingly updated daily): How can I get MSN Music downloads to play on my iPod?
The breadcrumb trail of champions? Sliding Doors > Faux Columns > Liquid Bleach > Sliding Faux Columns
ChangeThis. Welcome to their kind of new media. Inspired by Seth Godin.
Butt Paste. Name=killer ∴ ads=null. (Not to be confused with Butt Slap.)
If this is what he does in his free time, I can’t imagine what he does on the clock.
4 mins 58 secs soooo worth 99¢.
Ruff ruff! A strong contender to the dullest blog in the world.
Leave the bag, take the frame for 18.
An archetype of stellar online copywriting, one of the best I’ve seen in weeks.
Talking toilet. From the makers of the urinal target.
Wicked Worn padawan Nick Jones.
That Wicked Worn Look + That Smeared Look = StingTheBee.nu
Stylegala. Created by Wicked Worn IV guest star David Hellsing.
Wicked Worn padawan Michael Kraabel.
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Gary Leib’s World. Love the envelope effect & subtle inner glow.
The Anatomy of an Icon. Cederholm shows off his pixel prowess.
What makes you a designer? “Amusingly, some people even think I'm a designer. Maybe I am. I don't know what the word means so much any more.”
Wicked Worn goes prime time.
The Daily Flight. Chalk up another for #2.
Scobleizer asks, “Redesign the Scobleizer?” I ask, “Do they sell iPods at the company store?”
Oops. Perhaps standards code isn’t as search-engine friendly as he thought. Eric explains.
Wicked Worn padawan Drew West.
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…and Drew informs me the aerial photos linked to earlier come from this book: Earth From Above.
SimStapler. The virtual stapler is finally a reality.
Logo Smackdown III. Lots o’ tasty goodness here. Favs so far are the Foster The Future variations.
“Don’t validate your code… [as it] is of no use to a search engine” and other follies from self-proclaimed experts.
Mezzonew again.
Silence and Noise. Brilliant. Cue “A little less conversation, a little more action please” as the accompanying track.
1 female model + 2 PC competitors = Top 10 reasons we hate using stock (#134)
Writing a Brand Manifesto from brand zealot Jennifer Rice.
I’ll back up Angie on this one and confirm these aerial photos to be breathtakingly beautiful.
Here’s a new take on sound systems: Daluso will finish their (er, your) speakers any way you want.
Ever done a search on Google, clicked a listing, and then had to Command-F (or Ctrl-F) to find what you were looking for? Too bad more sites don’t do this (click the first listing to see a sample).
Mike Rundle. I’m probably late to the table on this one, but I like. And chalk up another for large type.
Life Outtacontext has a new look.
Pornography Perils. Kelly Burgener attempts to balance a previous discussion.
You’ll watch this Escher-style Audi commercial at least three times. Promise.
Teleraña returns to unworn but leaves a few worn tips a la Fireworks for those who choose the way of the wicked.
In Marketing, Think Outside the Niche. Go for the moneyed masses instead of the rabbit-holed niche. From our friends at Hahvaad.
Red Hat Micro-Winery via Weekly Standards. Richly colorful. And chalk up another for the <fieldset>, wisely being used for more than just forms (see Featured Wine).
Three from graphicPUSH: Ethical Pricing, Second Place, and Next Level Photography.
Tickets and Ephemera. Handy new download from iStockPhoto.
University of Hawaii struggles with new logo.
Architecture: Signature Redundancy. What we new media designers might call the 2advanced Syndrome.
Font Diner (makers of Mister Retro) introduces County Fair Picnic font set. A steal for all 12 at just $28.
Not only do they manufacture stunning displays, but their product brochure is just as stunning
Sit back. Relax. Enjoy.
Australian Sheep & Wool Show. Love the color palette. This’d make for an interesting Bowman-style CSS makeover.
Web Accessibility Toolbar for IE. Similar to the Web Developer extension for Firefox.
Manhattan UM icon collection for web publishing and content management systems.
“Say No to 72 dpi.” Be sure to delete Comic Sans from your machine before reading.
Saints and Soldiers. This one *is* Flash, and it’s absolutely stunning. Love how the background moves proportionally.
Schillmania! Nope, it ain’t Flash. No joke. And it even validates XHTML 1.0 Strict.
See? Even doctors recommend Firefox. (See post #3 and on.)
TheScenicRoute.org. Nice. A Coudal touch, combined with a book-like newspaper feeling.
Do I ask exactly *which* ideas he’s stealing?? (Funny, Sergio.)
Ryder Cup 2004. Sir Dominey never fails to amaze.
Andrei Herasimchuk, the Danny Ocean of Design Fab Five, sheds new skin.
A few bang-up ads from Canon UK.
…and a superb print ad from VW, including a coincidence that might be more than just that.
Didier goes solo. An incredible piece of work from SuperfluousBanter’s vocal half.
Elise Gravel illustratrice. What a refreshing break from the average portfolio site.
The Content-Free Buzzword-Compliant Vocabulary List. An eye-opener for those who write copy for software products.
Whitespace Power Rankings. I feel a Six Degrees kinda thing with the Notables. Like the third letter in Shaun’s name is the same as the second in mine. Creepy.
Weekly Standards drops the redesign bomb. Adam gets a head start on the Five for Six predictions.
Wicked Worn Padawan Brian Biddle.
“Price Proportional to Pictures” from Gilbert Lee.
Rapha.cc. Mmmm! CSS goodness that’s quite tasty! Most amazing part? They pull off pink like it were black. Nice work, Andy & crew.
Exclusively for copywriters: ClichéSite.com and RhymeZone.com.
iTunes breaks 100 million downloads.
Good example of bad alt text. Photo Matt shakes the Polaroid and discovers I was too lazy to copy the full text from the PSD. Bummer.
Draggable inline popups a la Blake.
Does the interior of a Jeep Cherokee hold water? Apparently today my sons tried to find out.
The Hospital. Flash, a digital camera, and an abandoned hospital a bizarre journey maketh.
Urgent surgery note written on an envelope (via Found Magazine).
Fabulous print campaign by Mike Mielcarz. And for his mother’s bakery, no less.
Vintage color palettes for Photoshop. Free download provided by wicked reader Michael Wilson.
design PRINCIPLES. I’m not sure how to classify this one. You decide.
Jedi Josh Allen.
Blogs By Their Covers. Okay, so I’m biased. Still a great resource nonetheless.
Wicked Worn Padawan Jason Ely.
Wicked Worn Padawan Gabe Evans.
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Google search “cameron”. Coming right up, Ms. Diaz.
Wicked Worn Padawan Mao. Weeeeeeee! Free T-shirt headed my way.
Apple’s new Cinema Displays. Holy Hanna, that’s almost 3 feet of real estate.
Wicked Worn Padawan Joe Dougherty.
Wicked Worn Padawan Rob Mientjes.
“Paduan” spelled correctly: Padawan (thanks, Dunc).
Wicked Worn Paduan Padawan Neil Kulas (look closely at photo edges and background).
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Diseñorama. Que buen diseño. Me encanta. Del stilo retro. {props}
Hand lettering basics. “Unfortunately, there is no magical wand here. You just have to put down thousands of strokes.”
Vegas Golf. A well-done piece from The Strip.
Wicked Worn Paduan Padawan Michael Kraabel.
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Wicked Worn Paduans Padawans Brian Cornett and David Gee.
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10 ways to whoopi. Another chuckle from my wife’s blog.
Uncommon Goods: Typewriter Cufflinks + Duct Tape Wallet
My Art Bag. Have a looksie inside Trish’s goodie bag.
Niagara Golf Trail. Another spectacular site from 31Three. Keep ’em comin’, Jesse.
Airbag exits Canada peacefully as developers up north scramble to register the domain.
Switch believes in the power! Gorgeous.
MWI is seeking Java/VB/.NET contract developers in Salt Lake City. Ask for Joshua, and tell ’em Cameron sent you.
Wicked Worn Jedis in training: Paduan Padawan Megalithic and Paduan Padawan Maratz.
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A pair of portfolios: TaigMarks Inc. and mn8.
I’ve never seen an equalized three-column layout executed so well.
Best of the Moll. Aw, shucks, Zeldman. You shouldn’t have.
Dukes of Hazzard car comeback? Fo’ shizzle.
No email, no computer, but plenty of mullet.
AdCritic announces new Interactive section. Nothing but big dogs listed right now, but expect that to change over time.
Faviconmania. Stunning. Favicons have truly become an art genre all their own.
Stuff and Nonsense. Unique blog entry arrangement. Retro styling. Love it. (Be sure to bookmark “What’s in a name.”)
Justwatchthesky goes under the knife… and surfaces with a spectacular makeover.
Ugh. It’s ideas like this that give advertisers a bad name.
A day in the life of the Moll family, from my wife’s newly created site (I’ve promised her a design sometime soon).
Bryan Ingram. Another beauty from 247 Media Studios. Beyond-superb detail.
Band of Brothers soundtrack. Hands down, one of the best cinematic scores. Ever.
Wanted: Web Design for $200,000 (AUD). But be sure to read the fine print before diving in.
The Instablog. An amazing rendition of “printed” news using CSS goodness. (Update: Cristiano, thanks for the voluntary content modification.)
A few of Angie’s own “assorted sweets” – Spammers Beware and Photography 101 (from a former Masterfile employee, no less).
Separation: Thoughts and Illustration. An absolutely beautiful and clear way of presenting an oft-confusing concept.
In stores now: The Nike Decepticon.
Classic 80s commercials. Some of these are still stained in my brain from Saturday morning cartoons.
After an incredible 114 responses, Andrei closes commenting on Design Eye for the Usability Guy. Thanks a million to everyone for rave reviews.
Eric questions his spot on the 80/20. Think he should stay? Cast your vote (btw, I’ve got a rewrite of the 80/20 coming in a few weeks).
Let’s Be Honest. “Questions are good. Believing and taking to heart what everyone says is bad.”
Supa’ticked visited-link checkboxes. Another one of those “wish I’d thought of that” reveals (that one was just for you, Dan). {props}
Gmail Swap. Includes such classy offers as free brain surgery and “6 days 7 nights at PSU Fraternity.” Rock on.
One title, 141 different cover designs. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. {props}
“What is RSS/XML/Atom/Syndication?” mezzoblue style.
Unilever’s ‘controversial’ new logo.
Speaking of blog awards… The Anti-Bloggies Awards.
MarketingSherpa’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Shaping up to be a marketing twin of the Bloggies.
Digital Web Mag redesigns and it’s impressively clean. Props, Didier.
A pirate’s dilemma. “…I had the intention of tidying [the redesign] up on the Monday when – Wham!, Todd Dominey’s new template design for the new Blogger hits me.”
A Texas hold ’em table how-to.
I’m off to New Orleans next week, and I’m gonna pack every one of my shirts like this.
Papayawhip, Peachpuff, or Peru? “Design advice that could save your career.” Something I attempted to explain a couple months ago.
Google has a blog. And it’s not Blogger.
Blakems.com’s superb redesign. Fellow colleague takes the redesign plunge, replete with “new design smell.”
The Village, trailer II. This second peek makes me crave the movie only more. Love the fact that they hide anything of color.
Gramophone Musique. I shouldn’t be impressed by this site—it’s difficult to use… but I’m still impressed.
Bannister relives mile. “I hope this acts as an inspiration to sportsmen and women everywhere to keep striving to achieve their best through personal effort alone.”
F2 SUMMERFASHION 2004. Killer aged styling, done up nicely in Flash.
“Silent Windows” Button, Please. No kidding. Funny how much smarter I feel when I’m on my personal PowerBook vs. my work PC.
Latest marketing tactic? Sue Google.
Sick. ActionScript and motion to the hilt, though almost excessive. Love the pointer flick (mouse over the hand once in the site). {props}
Sprout a couch. Go easy on the grazing, gents.
“Little Leaguers deserve to see their heroes slide into bases, not ads.”
Greg Storey has “arrived.” WSJ interviews Airbag’s very own.
Laugh not, ye experienced architects of compliant forms: My first standards-compliant form with fieldset, legend, and label tags. Thanks, Blake.
The 37Better Project. Been around for a while, but a marvelous resource nonetheless.
“The Spring of our Hope.” Zeldman redesigns… again. Love the Clarendon theme, carried over from Happy Cog.
Typographica is Two. Happy b-day, typophiles.
…courtesy of Israel. Saw this one in my stats. Totally feels like you’re looking at the site in a mirror, no?
TravelOregon.com. Simple. Me like.
Retrolounge. It’s the Yahoo of retro.
Brown bag your PowerBook. Check out the cinema display parka, too.
Aaarrgh! I’ve been listed on Pirated-Sites.com! Oh wait, it was just an ‘Elsewhere’ link to “Nodes of design inspiration.” Phew.
FOUND Magazine. “We collect found stuff.” So did one of my high school teachers. Embarassing… but highly enjoyable if it wasn’t your item found.
The decline of proper punctuation. Bizarre thread with some bizarre links. Interesting read, no doubt.
Speaking of inspiration… 300 images from 1800 sites.
World’s longest plunger. No... way...
Trevor Howard Illustrations. Fantastic artwork. Now available for freelance work.
Mac-only user? Try ieCapture and test on various Windows browsers.
I sure hope my severance package includes “three red-headed Barbie dolls.”
Susan Gray v3.0. Beauty in chords.
GotUsed. A “dope” new way of selling used college textbooks.
Starship’s “We Built This City” dubbed Worst Song Ever. Sadly, “She Bangs” listed too, despite William Hung’s revival effort.
Natural by Image100. 12 CDs, 895 new images.
The Great B&J Giveaway. iPod, iMac, and 50,000 iTunes to the winner.
The Visual Thesaurus. Cool app (Flash? Java?). The jury is still out, however, on the long-term utility of it.
JavierPinol.com. Lots o’ fun here. Shoulda paid attention in high school Spanish.
“Sorry, We’re Open” (or “Come In, We’re Closed” if you refresh).
Omlet – The art of keeping chickens. Designer houses for poultry. Downright wicked.
TV ad pulled for having “too many Pringles cans.” Tagline “Once you pop you can’t stop” is on deck.
“Inman Flash Replacement” technique. Shaun Inman *finally* fills us in on how he pulls off those amazing headlines.
Seen the new Audi commercial? Create the next David Bowie mash-up and you could win an Audi TT coupe.
Vincent Flanders is still around?? The once-infamous-now-ill-photographed author still musters up a PageRank of 7, even though his content really hasn’t changed since 1998.
10 Rules for Corporate Blogs and Wikis
Macsimum Perspective goes live. Reviews and opinions by MacMinute senior editor Dennis Sellers. Design by 31Three.
If I ruled design. “Me vs. the (mostly) dead white men.” Classic.
Silver Star award (thanks, Andy). And they didn’t even give me time to prepare an acceptance speech.
A9. Amazon jumps on the search bandwagon. {props} I bet there’s a cryptic secret behind the name, like something from Jeff Bezos’ childhood. More about it here and here.
A better tighty whitey. Greg Storey sets out to create better White House intelligence briefs—sans stain marks.
31Three’s phenomenal redesign. Give it up for Jesse BC and his amazing work. CSS/table hybrid very well executed.
“An even more cool version of Bickham Script in the works.” Thomas Phinney of Adobe Type spills the beans.
Nichole Sloan. Fabulous photography. Slick Flash.
Logo Smackdown Deux. The discussion is aged, but some of the logos are possibly timeless (love the Edca Roofing).
NYC’s bid logo for the 2012 Olympics, and a parody that could very well give NYC an edge in the bid. {props}
Hyphens a soft problem. Amen.
Also from the elusive Score Bard: 100 things about me.
I’d buy a new Beetle just to do this.
Andrew’s Stuff. Healthy list of… umm… just stuff.
The “Obscuroid Series”? Well, at least I was added somewhere. (Thanks a million, Score Bard.)
Veer adds new desktop wallpaper. Oh, so uber-hip… but still no PowerBook friendlies?
Homestarrunner wins April Fool’s battle. This one had me rollin’ (stick around for a few secs).
Christopher O’Riley Plays Radiohead (iTunes). On a grand piano. No joke. Stellar cover art, too.
Hey, those postcards look familiar. Didn’t even know about the article ’til I saw it in my stats.
‘Gmail’ announced (Google Email). I’d like to know how they’ll afford 1,000 MB per account.
Diff between “hard” bounce and “soft” bounce. I didn’t even know there was a difference.
Creative forms by Von Glitschka. Von’s impressive collection of forms he uses during the bidding process (click ‘Forms’ once in the site).
The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman
Happy Cog .creme (“Think tea stains and sun damage.”)
Leica DigiLux 2 (another retro digital camera)
Creating Aqua Images in Photoshop
RolleiFlex retro-styled digital camera (if only I were in Japan for this release)
Someday my workspace will look like this (be sure to peruse their assortment of flat panel displays)
Pixelgirl Presents (fabulous collection of icons, desktops, tutorials, and more)
Wanted: Typophile + Punchcut Intern
4 songs from William Hung now available in iTunes
A little slow in the middle, but overall a well-designed Flash presentation by PixelMEDIA
Haven’t used the software yet, but the site sure looks good
An Apple a day keeps Windows away
iPod3 (incredible futuristic short; props)
Blue Vertigo (fat collection of stock photography sites, typeface sites, and the like)
Utah cancels firing squads (I live in Utah and didn’t even realize we still had them; props)
Printing basics for web developers
EchoMedium considering redesign?
It’s official – AOL CDs to remain a staple of society
Greg @ Airbag.ca says enough of this CSS and web standards talk
Dan Cederholm announces SimpleBits book
iPod mini sold out (apparently price isn’t as much an issue as many of us thought)
Sheer beauty (latest Zen Garden layout, “Oceans Apart” by Ryan Sim)
Jonathan Ive (impressive experimental interface by Colin Bennett, in tribute to Apple’s chief industrial designer)
You played the logo alphabet game, now play the movie one
No really, users don’t care where they are in your site (props)
Full Metal Bible (recently won a HOW design award)
Dish soap gets… sexy? (sold at none other than, you guessed it, Target; props)
Retail Alphabet Game (test your logo know-how; props)
Must…have…more (as seen elsewhere)
PDF browser plug-in (displays Quartz compatible PDF documents within Mac browsers; hat tip: JesseBC)
Are you sure you want to click this link?
{Nah!} | {Somewhat}
Etherfarm proves Optima type renders well as HTML
kinseyvisual (this site would merit an A+ from me if it weren’t for the browser resize)
He bangs again next Monday night!
U. of Florida takes CSS to school (includes interview with Mark Trammell, Web Administrator)
Segrest vs Steiner (latest lightboxing bout)
Machine wash filters (gives apparel designs a weathered look)
Try an aluminum brochure for change
Yahoo delivers smackdown to Google
Shoot, I missed the badminton event
One project I wish I’d designed (see 1st item in Packaging category)
Another project I wish I’d designed (see 1st item in Annual Reports category)
Size up presidential candidates with this online app
A penguin’s revenge (for those of us who have sunk hours into this addicting game)
Mix a web geek + rap and you get... (hat tip: Airbag)
Firefox cake party?? (geez, and I thought I was a geek)
TransFORMers (sample CSS forms w/fieldset, legend & label tags)
One foxy lady logo (hat tip: SimpleBits)
Never thought I’d be this interested in a Russian film
Despair, Inc. (the “demotivators”)