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| Imagining the Tenth Dimension Computer Arts - Jim - 05 Jul 2006 4:23pm The mind-boggling possibilities of string theory and multiple dimensions presented in Flash form. Interestingly, or perhaps worryingly, it all makes perfect sense to me. http://www.tenthdimension.com/flash2.php |
| The McCollough Effect Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Jul 2006 1:01pm Mess up your visual processing system with this fun and easy experiment! Don't worry - the results aren't permanent. http://research.lumeta.com/ches/me/ |
| Did you miss me? Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Jul 2006 12:21pm Yes, I'm back from a week of meeting geese and chilling out. Actually I was back yesterday, but I figured it would be best to get some proper content up before laying into the blog. So here we go again; let's kick off with this month's top ten viral thingies with which to annoy everyone in your address book. Link. |
| Go on, expose yourself! Computer Arts - Amy - 26 Jun 2006 2:09pm The Computer Arts Exposure section is getting bigger, so now we've got even more room to expose the UK's hottest up-and-coming design talents. If you're a budding young designer/illustrator who's pretty new to the business, we need you. Simply send a range of high-res images, plus information about each one and details about yourself, on disc to Sophie Embley at the address on the Contacts page, or email for more information. sophie.embley@futurenet.co.uk |
| BumpTop Computer Arts - Jim - 23 Jun 2006 4:53pm Interesting new take on the desktop where you literally have all your files on a 3D desktop and shuffle them around and put them in piles. And if the video demo's too long and dry for you, try out the 20-second hip-hop version instead. Respect. http://honeybrown.ca/Pubs/BumpTop.html |
| Faile Computer Arts - Jim - 23 Jun 2006 12:45pm Let your fingers do the walking around this rather spiffing Yellow Pages-inspired portfolio site. http://www.faile.net/ |
| 100 Awesome Music Videos Computer Arts - Jim - 22 Jun 2006 12:43pm How awesome? It kicks off with Take on Me and Stand and Deliver. That's how awesome this feature is. And at, say, three minutes per video (they're all embedded), that's a good five hours of timewasting for you. Link |
| Extortr Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Jun 2006 5:15pm Yes, it's a shameless Web 2.0 rip-off of that old Monty Python Blackmail sketch, but what's a little plagiarism between friends? http://www.extortr.com/ |
| Screenvader Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Jun 2006 4:57pm Do you speak French? Actually, don't worry about it - this might be all in French, but it's the utterly lovely 3D navigation that matters. http://www.screenvader.com/root.html |
| Fantastic Planet Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Jun 2006 4:13pm Got an hour or so to kill? See if this is to your taste, then - a weird piece of French animation from the 70s, rescored with weird music from the present day. Link. |
| "You do not remember me." Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Jun 2006 1:00pm See how they brought Marlon Brando back to life for Superman Returns with this hypnotic little feature detailing all the CG steps taken. It took quite a bit of work at Rhythm and Hues to reanimate Jor-El. http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23646 |
| Dreams in High Fidelity Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Jun 2006 12:46pm A limited edition run of four custom boxes set up with a special version of the Electric Sheep screensaver, with hand-picked scenes running at triple the usual resolution and with smoother animation. The creators call it a painting that evolves. http://hifidreams.com/ |
| The Fruit World Cup Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Jun 2006 5:10pm I'm a busy chap - I don't have time to sit through England's World Series soccer games. What I really want is some form of edited highlights package, preferably re-enacted by fruit instead of soccerists. Madness, I know, but here it is! http://www.thejuicedoctordrinks.com/worldcup.htm |
| The Cat With Human Hands Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Jun 2006 4:16pm One terrible gor-blimey cockerknee accent, some stop motion animation and an extremely messed-up central premise make this a nicely disturbing short. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcVbGgcJWqE |
| Powers of Ten Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Jun 2006 3:23pm It looks and sounds a bit Wonderful World of Disney these days, but this short by Charles and Ray Eames is well worth eight minutes of your time as it zooms out from a picnic blanket to interstellar space, and then back in again and down to the atomic level. http://youtube.com/watch?v=4i6B7HzijSo |
| Help Joe Kral Computer Arts - Jo - 19 Jun 2006 12:43pm Typographer and designer, Joe Kral suffered an internal haemorrage that meant he needed a life-saving transfusion. Unfortunetaly he is now faced with a bill of $50,000 for the privilege. Help him out by buying some of his fonts or donating to his cause. We're just thankful we live in a country where medical is still free for all. http://joekral.needshelp.org/view |
| Mouse Party Computer Arts - Jim - 16 Jun 2006 2:39pm Learn how assorted psychotropic substances affect your brain chemistry, through the medium of cartoon lab mice and a narrator who sounds like she has a bit of a cold. Link. |
| iDon't Computer Arts - Jim - 16 Jun 2006 12:56pm This site - urging us to resist enslaving ourselves to the iPod cultural hegemony - is great right up to the point where it becomes clear that it's selling its own MP3 player. Even so, I like it anyway. http://www.idont.com/ |
| C64 Animation Computer Arts - Jim - 15 Jun 2006 12:21pm It's all very well coming up with animation on today's fancy computers, but take a look at this and see what people managed back when all we had was 16 colours and 64K of memory. Great old-skool stuff. http://www.abc64.de/index.html |
| Vvork Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Jun 2006 11:16am Need a straightforward hit of contemporary art? Head over to Vvork, then, a simple and enormous page full of artwork and installations. Some of them not especially safe for work, but there you go. http://vvork.com/ |
| Braingiants Computer Arts - Jim - 09 Jun 2006 12:54pm Rather a neat site here, showing off the skills of this Minneapolis-based web design agency with a collection of Flash toys; plenty more on the way as well. http://braingiants.com/ |
| DepthCORE Computer Arts - Jim - 09 Jun 2006 12:38pm Need a great big helping of artwork? Take a look around depthCORE, then - it's an online collective that releases new packs of artwork every month or so, and there's a lot of great stuff to be found within. http://www.depthcore.com/ |
| Get the Hoff to Number 1 Computer Arts - Jim - 08 Jun 2006 2:22pm Apparently David Hasselhoff needs cheering up, so this site has come up with a clever way of doing it - get 75,000 people to buy one of his ghastly songs off iTunes so that he can have a UK Number 1 single. Anything that dislodges that Sandi Thom monstrosity is fine by me. http://www.gethasselhofftonumber1.com/ |
| Rrobots Computer Arts - Jim - 08 Jun 2006 12:32pm Lots and lots of robots (or rrobots) to be seen in this portfolio site with some really nice touches. It'd be nice to know a bit about the artist other than his email address, though. http://www.rrobots.com/ |
| Flash animation Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Jun 2006 5:18pm Been having one of those days today, but before I stamp off home, have this - it does exactly what it says on the tin. |
| BIMAs 2006 Computer Arts - Jim - 06 Jun 2006 12:39pm It must be that awards time of year - word also reaches us that the British Interactive Media Association is looking for entries and judges for its 2006 awards. Closing date is 31 July. http://www.bima.co.uk/ |
| National Day of Slayer Computer Arts - Jim - 06 Jun 2006 11:11am \m/ http://www.nationaldayofslayer.org/ |
| Eternal Sunset Computer Arts - Jim - 05 Jun 2006 3:26pm Enjoy the sunset, whatever the time of day, thanks to this conglomeration of west-facing webcams from all over the world. Right now it's sunset in Kazakhstan. http://eternalsunset.net/ |
| Images 31 Computer Arts - Jim - 05 Jun 2006 2:43pm The Association of Illustrators is looking for entries for its upcoming Images 31 annual and exhibition, featuring the most influential and innovative contemporary British illustration in the categories Advertising, Books, Design, Editorial, Self-promotion and Student. Find out more, right this way. http://www.theaoi.com/images31 |
| Humans! Computer Arts - Jim - 02 Jun 2006 4:04pm Another mini-masterpiece from Three Legged Legs, warning planets of the dangers of an infestation of humans. Ghastly little beings - wipe them out! http://threeleggedlegs.com/humans/ |
| Jackson Pollock Computer Arts - Jim - 02 Jun 2006 3:30pm Some Friday afternoon nonsense for you - action painting without the expense, the mess or the nagging feeling that you've just wasted a lot of time and effort on something that looks completely rubbish. http://www.jacksonpollock.org/ |
| Surreal Scania Computer Arts - Jim - 02 Jun 2006 12:36pm Six short films shot at different locations in the Scania region of Sweden, all of them pleasantly dreamlike and weird. GPS coordinates for each location are included, should you wish to go and see them for yourself - not a bad little project, really. http://www.surrealscania.se/ |
| Yahoo! Video Computer Arts - Jim - 02 Jun 2006 12:35pm Blimey! A new site that enables you to view videos online and upload your own videos as well. It's an interesting idea, but I can't see it catching on. http://video.yahoo.com/ |
| Change Me Computer Arts - Jim - 01 Jun 2006 10:47am Share ideas through imagery with another project from those busy Getty Images people. Change Me wants you to find a picture from the Getty archive that grabs your attention, and submit it along with a commentary explaining what the image says to you. http://changeme.gettyimages.com/ |
| 3D Chess Computer Arts - Jim - 31 May 2006 4:29pm Here's something strange - chess played in a cube in a way that looks far to complicated to be even contemplated. Just looking at the screenshots is giving me a headache. http://thehinge.net/3dchess/ |
| Fijuu Computer Arts - Jim - 31 May 2006 3:28pm A 3D audio/visual installation that enables you to play music on virtual instruments using a gamepad? I need one of these. Except for the fact that it's Linux-only at the moment. God damn hippies. http://www.fijuu.com/ |
| Echo Genesis Computer Arts - Jim - 31 May 2006 12:13pm Put on your headphones for this nicely-done non-game - another of those interactive experiences where you move between environments, clicking things and making weird stuff happen in a pleasantly ambient kind of way. http://www.echogenesis.com/ |
| satuGO Computer Arts - Jim - 30 May 2006 5:09pm Here's an idea that links back to the camera-tossing Flickr group that I mentioned yonks ago - it's a camera crossed with a bouncy ball that can take pictures in mid-air or when it hits the ground. Sounds like a laugh, but it's in need of a manufacturer. http://www.satugo.com/ |
| The Way We See It Computer Arts - Jim - 30 May 2006 11:20am A splendid project, this. Every week The Way We See It picks a London street and its members head there to take interesting photographs. The current location is Middlesex Street - I'd see you there, but I'm on a mission to see how long I can go without setting foot in London. Something like two years so far. http://www.thewayweseeit.org/ |
Quicktime 7
QuickTime updates don’t usually get us that excited. But the inclusion of the H.264 codec in QuickTime 7 has us drooling as it’s the one the PSP uses for movies. Stick your showreel on a big memory card and put it on a PSP – that’s progress!
Canon EOS 350D
Canon’s pro-am SLR gets even better, now with an 8 megapixel sensor and new features previously only found on much more expensive models, including three focus modes, monochrome mode and faster memory card writing.
Annoying Apple
Jobs and co have sparked ire for getting heavy-handed with a student who put the latest OSX update online, so much so that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has spoken out and offered him $1,000 towards his defence.
Drunkenblog.com
Loonatics
“Hey, let’s take the Looney Toons characters and re-imagine them as angular, edgy superhero types in the year 2772 for today’s teen demographic!” No, really, we’re sure it’ll be at least as wonderful as Scrappy Doo.
Postgazette.com
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