Natsu Tomo
Natsu Tomo’s pixelated vistas are stunning. She’s one of the artists featured in the previously-blogged art book, Bliss Express, in which, “21 of today’s most striking pop artists explore the idea of happiness.”
[Via Draw]
Archive for December, 2006
Musicovery
Like a customized online radio, Musicovery is a free flash-based site streaming a playlist of music dictated by an easily navigable set of criteria that the user chooses. Animated star-like graphics in colors that correspond to genre map the current lineup and an intuitive sidebar enables quick selection of different criteria. Organized into 18 genres, you can eliminate types you don’t like, choose between hits, non-hits and “discovery,” pinpoint mood and dance factors on a matrix, and define by era. Though the sound quality isn’t much better than FM, for €2 monthly you can get CD quality.
[Via Cool Hunting]
Firebug 1.0 - Web developer tool of the year?
I have previously mentioned Joe Hewitt’s Firebug extension for Firefox. It used to be a really useful development tool, well worth installing alongside your other extensions that make Web development easier. But what Firebug used to be is nothing compared to what it is now.
[Via 456 BereaST]
DIY Anywhere tripod
Here’s a DIY version of the GorillaPod, a go anywhere flexible tripod for your camera.
[Via Make]
HOW TO - Turn an empty CD spool into a reusable toilet paper dispenser
Bruno sent in this super easy step-by-step for creating a reusable toilet paper dispensers out of empty CD spools.
[Via Make]
Mary Poppins horror movie remix vid - SCARY!
Here’s a trailer of Mary Poppins re-cut as a horror film calleed “Scary Mary.” Oh. My. God. This is so freaking AMAZING I am about to explode. Who knew that Julie Andrews could be so goddamned scary? I mean, REALLY REALLY SCARY. Like I actually got a little scared just watching it. There are lots of remix trailers floating around out there, but this is my all time favorite.
[Via Boing Boing]
HOWTO grow furniture
Given enough time and simple tools, you can train trees to grow into shapes that are ready to be used for furniture:
[Via Boing Boing]
Ufo
Ufo fascinates through the simple, omnipresence of light: Light itself is invisible!
[Via Design Spotter]
LA FONTANA for Art Ceram 2006
Column system in structural polymer, with ceramic or Vetro Ghiaccio ® wash basins A one-off structure that balances the weight of its parts and finds equilibrium in the intersection of a vertical matrix and a horizontal one. An apparent conflict that resolves in an elegant blend of curves and straight lines.
[Via Design Spotter]
