Create cross browser vector graphics
Introducing dojo.gfx, a powerful yet simple way to create a unified, cross-browser drawing API. Dylan Schiemann, co-creator of the Dojo toolkit, explains how.
[Via Vitamin]
Archive for December, 2006
Photograph to Stencil
Instructions on using photoshop to convert a digital photo/image to a multiple layered stencil.
[Via Instructables]
MIT launches iFIND app for stalking your friends
When we first spotted MIT’s location-tracking WiFi network last year, the stalking capabilities were interesting, but not fully realized. Now with this new iFIND app of theirs, WiFi positioning takes on a whole new level of geeky functionality at the Boston campus. At its core, iFIND is a peer-to-peer application that allows users to control the flow of their own location information, eliminating the privacy concerns of a centralized tracking system. Built on top of that functionality are all sorts of interesting buddy list capabilities to track and chat with friends, and choose who can track you. You can also set up meeting places with friends, even using the system to pick a spot at the “center of gravity” of a group of friends for the ultimate in geek cred. Anyone with an MIT email address can use the system, and future functionality includes the ability to share data anonymously with users found with the system, or to alert the police to your position in an emergency without divulging your identity — all for the truly paranoid, but fun stuff all the same.
[Via Engadget]
Would you rent a MacBook for about $2 a day - for 3 years?
Apple France and French ISP Orange are hooking up to provide French consumers with a rented MacBook and 1 Mbps DSL for €60 ($79.50) a month. That works out to about €2 a day. (You can upgrade to 8 Mbps DSL for an additional €5 per month.)
[Via Boing Boing]
It’s a Microwave, It’s a Vase: It’s The Microwave Vase!
Here’s a nice little piece of concept art that’s both functional and pleasing to the eye, which is a bit of a rarity. Dubbed the Microwave Vase by designer Woo Seokmoon, it’s a combination microwave and vase that’s supposedly going to be all the rage with those young urban professionals out there. In its default setting, the Microwave Vase looks like nothing more than a regular vase; once food is placed inside and the top knob is adjusted for time, then it becomes an actual microwave, cooking your food in a heartbeat. When the food is finished, the little green leaf on top lights up to let you know that your meal is ready. Wasn’t this an accessory in the The Sims? (Hint: Check inside to see what it looks like as just an everyday vase.)
[Via Gizmodo]
HOW TO - Turn a photograph into a stencil
Here’s how to use Photoshop and/or Gimp to convert a digital photo/image to a multiple layered stencil…
[Via Make]
iPod Controlling Jacket
The other iPod Shirt only had a pocket to keep the player safe, but this new one has more than that. It is called iPod Controlling Jacket and as the name suggests you can control the iPod just by wearing the jacket, no need to keep pressing buttons on the player itself.
[Via Uber Review]
Reggeli toaster
Contemporary design to suit the modern lifestyle, Reggeli is a concept toaster design with lid that also acts as a butter board, cutting board and a toast rack.
[Via Design Spotter]
O jingle do Seu Jorge
Nunca fui grande fã de Seu Jorge. E minha avaliação pessoal só fez piorar depois da escabrosa versão que ele e Ana Carolina cometeram de “Blower’s Daughter” de Damien Rice. Mas, quando ouvi pela primeira vez sua música nova (na Eldorado FM), não tive como não passar imune à sua audição. Pudera: a letra de “Eterna Busca”, canção de seu novo álbum (a ser lançado no ano que vem), é uma propaganda de sutileza paquidérmica da marca de cachaça Sagatiba. É um caso que abre precedentes nestas bandas: o carro-chefe do novo disco de um dos mais conhecidos músicos brasileiros é uma canção feita por encomenda. Mais: antes mesmo de ser comercializada em CD, já está disponível para download de forma legal e gratuita no site da Sagatiba (bobviamente).
