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| Hey Up - Mac Ads Computer Arts - Jim - 02 May 2006 4:01pm If you thought you knew the meaning of the word 'smug', think again - Apple's just redefined it with a new set of adverts where the Mac's represented by a hip young dude, and the PC by a chubby balding bloke in a grey suit. Hilarious, especially the bit where it crashes my Firefox. http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/ |
| Self Portrait Computer Arts - Jim - 02 May 2006 3:31pm Cubism made easy-peasy with this applet by James Alliban - a few dabs of the mouse and you have a cubist portrait. How about a version that enables you to use your own imagery? http://www.extendedreflection.co.uk/projects/self_portrait.html |
| Adobe Live - the Executive Sessions Computer Arts - Jim - 02 May 2006 11:10am A little something extra at Adobe Live, in the form of sessions for people working on the business side of the publishing industry, particularly management, IT and production. http://www.adobe.co.uk/execsessions |
| Nicktoons Network Animation Festival Computer Arts - Jim - 02 May 2006 10:52am Got some animation to show off? The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival is looking for shorts up to ten minutes in length, with a $10,000 prize for the best one. Entries close on 31 May. http://www.nicktoonsnetwork.com |
| Go On, Have Some Wallpaper Computer Arts - Jim - 28 Apr 2006 5:00pm Another Bank Holiday coming up, so how about we celebrate with another piece of Computer Arts desktop wallpaper? It's the one that you've all been waiting for - Scott Gursky's special subscriber-only cover artwork from the Money issue. That should tide you over until Tuesday. http://www.computerarts.co.uk/downloads |
| Reservoir Dogs. In 30 Seconds... Computer Arts - Jim - 28 Apr 2006 4:10pm Yeah, with bunnies. We were promised a bunny version of Ferris Bueller's Day Off a while back, but it doesn't seem to have happened. Bah. But this makes up for its non-appearance, and it comes in both bleeped and super-sweary unbleeped flavours. http://www.angryalien.com/ |
| Free Helping of SketchUp Computer Arts - Jim - 28 Apr 2006 10:02am Not exactly an enormous surprise, but Google's purchase of SketchUp the other month is now paying off for us in the form of a free personal version of the easy-peasy 3D package. SketchUp Pro 5 is also available; a snip at $495. http://sketchup.google.com/ |
| Tekhna 3D Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Apr 2006 4:54pm Here's a decent piece of 3D presentation; the actual content oscillates between quite cool stuff and pointless, sterile geekery, but the whole thing works rather well in all. http://www.tekhna3d.com/ |
| They're Made Out of Meat Computer Arts - Jim - 27 Apr 2006 9:36am Terry Bissom's fantastic short story about aliens discovering planet Earth and its peculiar inhabitants has been made into a short film. Not the approach I'd have expected, but it works really well; great work by Stephen O'Regan. http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/made_meat |
| Art Football Computer Arts - Jim - 26 Apr 2006 4:28pm Apparently it's going to be the World Cup in Germany this year, and the German Parliament is celebrating with an exhibition of football-related artwork created by artists from participating nations. Check it out and buy posters if you like what you see. http://www.artfootball.de/ |
| Color Box Computer Arts - Jim - 26 Apr 2006 3:29pm How's your knowledge of colour theory? Put it to the test in this strange little puzzle game - it's a bit like Tetris, but with the additive colour system. Instead of creating lines, you're trying to make white. http://www.eyehook.com/games/colorBox/index.html |
| Radiating Places Computer Arts - Jim - 26 Apr 2006 3:00pm In October 2005 seven artists from Moscow, Minsk and Berlin travelled to Chernobyl in order to create artwork that would commemorate the Chernobyl disaster. Their work is unveiled today, on the 20th anniversary of a catastrophe that, they point out, could happen again anytime and should not do so. http://www.1986-2006.com/ |
| Nobody Here Computer Arts - Jim - 25 Apr 2006 4:13pm Click away and go on a random journey of thoughts, images and utterly daft nonsense. I'm not entirely sure what's going on here, but I can't help but keep clicking. http://www.nobodyhere.com/justme/me.here |
| Gallery Incomplet Computer Arts - Jim - 25 Apr 2006 11:29am If you like Perlin noise then you're going to love this enormous collection of Flash experiments. And if you don't know what Perlin noise is then this is a pretty good place to be introduced to it, alongside plenty of other bits of Flash fun. http://incomplet.gskinner.com/ |
| We Know Where You Live Computer Arts - Jim - 25 Apr 2006 10:00am Google Maps has just had an upgrade and now features proper maps for most of mainland Europe. It still doesn't have decent satellite imagery of Bath, though. Tsk. http://maps.google.com/ |
| 10 Second Challenge Computer Arts - Jim - 24 Apr 2006 3:57pm If proper golf was like this then I'd probably watch it. Assuming there was nothing good on the other side, of course, and that there was nothing else that I particularly fancied doing. http://onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=299 |
| Abolish the Forest Computer Arts - Jim - 24 Apr 2006 11:24am Something gentle to ease you into the week? Here's just the thing - a short by Adam Hayes and Henry Hobson featuring trees, typography and a soothing ambient soundscape. http://www.mrahayes.co.uk/_index.html |
| Want Some Wallpaper? Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Apr 2006 4:14pm It's time for another portion of exclusive Computer Arts desktop wallpaper. This time we have Ian Keltie's artwork for the newsstand edition of issue 122, on sale now; keep an eye out over the next couple of weeks for Scott Gursky's wraparound work for the special subscriber issue. http://www.computerarts.co.uk/downloads |
| Meomi Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Apr 2006 12:59pm Cute overload! Cute pixel graphics, cute characters, cute badges, cute toys, cute dektops, cute everything. I'm going to have to find something really unpleasant to balance this out. http://www.meomi.com/ |
| Crowd control Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Apr 2006 12:02pm Here's a filter you won't find in Photoshop - convert any image into a grandstand full of people holding up coloured cards. Not the sort of thing you're going to need every day, but perfect for a Friday, I think. The site's in Japanese and it stops working when it's busy, but keep trying. http://www.madin.jp/ouen/index.html |
| Unphotographable Computer Arts - Jim - 20 Apr 2006 12:56pm Just the thing for anyone who's ever been caught out without a camera - a blog of text accounts of missed photo-opportunities. Man, this fellow's just plain unlucky. http://www.unphotographable.com/ |
| 15 Minutes of Fame Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Apr 2006 4:34pm Andy Warhol gets his own blog and addresses us through time from the disco year 1977. Isn't it amazing what they can do with technology these days? http://www.warhblog.com/ |
| scanR Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Apr 2006 3:18pm PDF creation doesn't get any easier than this - snap a picture of a document with your phone, mail it to scanR and they'll send you back a PDF. http://www.scanr.com/ |
| 10 Pictures of Tokyo Gotham Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Apr 2006 11:49am I keep looking at digital SLRs, but I always fail to come up with a compelling enough reason to spend all that money. Which is good for my bank balance if nothing else. Pages like this don't help, though. Link. |
| Incubator Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Apr 2006 11:17am I mentioned Quasimondo's Flickeur a while back; here's a page with more of his generative work, including a new piece called Islands of Consciousness which takes the Flickeur concept and refines it greatly, complete with a random four-layered soundtrack by Oleg Marakov. http://incubator.quasimondo.com/ |
| Pink Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Apr 2006 10:24am Freak yourself out a bit with this short from Charlie White, a master of blending the kitsch and cutesy with the unsettlingly macabre. Brrr. http://www.r243g197b208.net/index.php?size=large |
| Evolution Computer Arts - Jim - 18 Apr 2006 3:34pm Lots of fun with sliders as you trace the history of the universe and this particular planet from the Big Bang up to the present day. Obviously, evolution is a theory. But at least there's proper evidence for it. http://www.johnkyrk.com/evolution.swf |
| Manholes of Japan Computer Arts - Jim - 18 Apr 2006 3:17pm Sounds like it should be the latest achingly-hip ambient noisescape duo signed to Warp Records, but actually this is a gallery of photos of manhole covers. From, amazingly, Japan. Link. |
| Titanic: The Sequel Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Apr 2006 12:54pm It goes on for slightly too long, but this is one of the better fake trailers that I've seen lately. Not to mention all too plausible. Link. |
| Zero One Three A Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Apr 2006 12:18pm A whole load of great work here from Matei Apostolescu, with a decent-sized gallery of recent work, plus Flash and PDF collections of older stuff. http://www.013a.com/ |
| Google Calendar Computer Arts - Jim - 13 Apr 2006 10:46am Another use for your Google login - and no, I still don't have one. Let Google know your every move in advance so that when the day comes for the great Google uprising against the puny humans, they'll know where to find you. http://calendar.google.com/ |
| Prismgirl Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Apr 2006 5:09pm Prismgirl's Flash site takes a while to load and then another while to load a bit more, but it's absolutely worth the wait, I reckon. http://prismgirl.org/ |
| Eyespot Computer Arts - Jim - 12 Apr 2006 11:34am Upload video, help yourself to other people's video, mix it all together online and then publish it for other people to play with. It's all terribly social and collaborative and Web 2.0, isn't it? http://www.eyespot.com/ |
| FractAlfabet Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Apr 2006 4:50pm A splendid little excursion through an infintely recursive space where letters are made of letters that are made of letters that are made of letters that are made of letters that are... http://www.caligraft.com/exhibition/fractalfabet |
| The view from space Computer Arts - Jim - 11 Apr 2006 4:40pm This planet we live on is just daft in places; in the unlikely event that you don't believe me, take a look at this Flickr group of Landsat 7 shots. |
| Thomas Traum Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Apr 2006 4:15pm An eclectic assortment of illustration, video and flash toys from this German designer currently based in London. Be sure to check out 5AM. http://www.thomastraum.com/ |
| KittenAuth Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Apr 2006 12:01pm Just what the world needs - a kitten-based alternative to those authentication pages that ask you to prove you're human by typing in a string of obfuscated characters. This one asks you to simply click on three kittens. I wonder how easy it'd be to install on the forum? http://www.thepcspy.com/kittenauthtest |
| See the future, win an Xbox 360 Computer Arts - Jim - 10 Apr 2006 11:50am Just in case you haven't noticed the handy little link just up there, we're holding a free design event with Microsoft at the Royal Opera House in London on 10 May. And as an added sweetener, two lucky attendees will leave with brand new Xbox 360s as well as a headful of brilliant design ideas. Best sign up quickly! http://www.computerarts.co.uk/news/the_future_starts_here |
| Those were the days Computer Arts - Tom - 07 Apr 2006 5:11pm Feeling blue about Windows XP running on a Mac? Well turn back the clock to when Apple ruled the desktop computer world with this Flash emulator of Macintosh System 7. http://www.myoldmac.net/webse-e-flash.htm |
| Win an iMac G4 Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Apr 2006 4:24pm The 'Sprite' Urban Creations/Computer Arts competition has gone live. Want to test your design skills? Win a IMac G4 or even a trip to Brazil? Step right this way. http://www.computerarts.co.uk/competitions/sprite |
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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