Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Magic Tricks for iPhone

http://www.hottrix.com/software/index.shtml
"

Hottrix is the professional entertainer's leading supplier of wacky magic gimmicks and magic software titles. The instant download online shop accepting all major Credit Cards, our strong warranties and excellent customer support as well as the instant download section guarantee, that you will break the ice performing magic as successfully as thousands of satisfied magicians over the past decade.

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Frenzic

http://frenzic.com/
"You are about to embark on a frenetic journey that will heighten your reflexes and get your pulse pounding. Minutes to learn and months to master, Frenzic is an all new puzzle-based game for Mac OS X.
  • A fast-paced, addictive game that makes Tetris look like child's play
  • Compete against your personal best or other players via the Internet
  • Complete power-ups for increased abilities
  • Climb through seven levels of Devotion from Newbie all the way to Frenzic Grandmaster!"

Bullet Madness / a free bullets project at Stylegala

http://www.stylegala.com/features/bulletmadness/
"Bullet madness is a list of 200 bullets, arrows and icons uploaded by our users.

A handy collection of bullets for your webdesign needs - these icons can add that little extra to your design and make your site stand out from the crowd.

You may use these icons as you wish, but since the bullets are uploaded by anonymous users, some of them might be subject of copyright law."

The Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute

http://www.astigmatic.com/
"One score and seven years ago on a bitter Winter evening, Ezra and Madeleine Bonislav, exhausted from a long voyage across the Atlantic, stepped foot on American soil to begin their new life together.

Ezra was a studious man with an acutely irritating propensity for mathematics and sciences came from a noble family in Warsaw, Poland. His father William "Goodie" Bonislav was the original creator and patent holder of the first plastic hair pick and other personal grooming devices."

Brandient

http://brandient.com/
"A brand is ultimately a delicate yet powerful sign. But not all signs are brands.

Consumers need their daily intake of aspiration and some certainty in a world of endless choice.

Reputation is a reward of vision. If brands are not for value, they are for nothing.

It takes time and fervor, from the single acorn to the living forest, to build a sign of value.


This is the story we believe in."

77 Resources to Simplify Your Life as a Web Designer

http://www.vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/resources-simplify-design/
"77 Resources to Simplify Your Life as a Web Designer"

Monday, September 10, 2007

Mashable: 5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online

http://mashable.com/2007/09/08/5000-resources-to-do-just-about-anything-online/
"Since May 2007, we’ve been bringing you resources and tools to be more productive on the web. Due to popular demand, we’ve brought all these lists together into one gigantic meta-list: 5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online. Enjoy! And don’t forget to subscribe to Mashable for the latest web news and resources."

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Ask Metafilter: Website design copyrighted?

http://ask.metafilter.com/71121/Website-design-copyrighted
"Q: How much protection is there for unique website designs (not content like text or graphics) but layout, colors, etc? If I model my website on someone else's that I like, am I in hot water?"

NY Times: Assessing the ‘Surge’: A Survey of Baghdad Neighborhoods

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/09/06/world/middleeast/20070907_BUILDUP_MAIN_GRAPHIC.html
"To study the ground-level effects of the American troop buildup, reporters and video journalists for The New York Times visited Baghdad's neighborhoods, interviewing residents, Americans on patrol and Iraqi officials. To explore the videos and written reports, select a neighborhood below."

A new typography.com: Hoefler & Frere-Jones (H&FJ)

http://www.typography.com/home/index.php
"It’s the all new typography.com.
New features, new resources, new ideas, new tools — and, of course, new fonts. Come see what’s inside."

Information Architects Japan: A Word on Design Value

http://www.informationarchitects.jp/a-word-on-design-value
"The other day we got a telephone call from a guy that wanted to “exponentially increase” his Internet performance. He had an existing, custom built CMS and he wanted a complete re-design and re-build. We met with him, and he explained that he would like us to “design everything, ready to program”. He would then send our “detailed plans” to India and let a cheap team program the whole site.

His budget? $1000

Our first suggestion to go with our off the rack solution for small companies didn’t really satisfy him. The naivety of this particular guy – all in all a very nice and polite person by the way – was refreshing, but at the same time it border-lined on insolence: He figured that he could hire an information architect for a thousand bucks to fully sketch out a CMS and eCommerce solution, and then hire a programming team in India to produce it for another $3,000. He figured that all he needed to do is invest $4,000, crack the whip and then see the money roll in."

Web Designer Mag: Top Ten CSS Sites

http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/images/wd_features/top_tens/css/css.html
"Web Designer is the only serious tutorial-driven monthly publication dedicated to online
creativity available in the UK. Each issue boasts over 25 pages of regular Dreamweaver, Flash, and Photoshop walkthroughs across a wide range of topics and disciplines from some of the country’s most knowledgeable technology writers."

Friday, September 7, 2007

Multi color SIFR

http://webdesign.maratz.com/lab/multi_color_sifr/
"Multi-color sFIR implementation is easy – just add sEmColor:"#FF4400", sStrongColor:"#FF0000" and sSpanColor:"#EE6600" into you named argument call function at the bottom of the .html file and if the script finds a strong, em or span elements, each one will be colored3. And they can be nested, too."

60 Advanced Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

http://www.dennisplucinik.com/blog/2007/08/28/60-advanced-adobe-photoshop-tutorials/
"The techniques shown are advanced level and require more than just technical knowledge of Photoshop, they actually require talent and knowledge of design, layout, balance, color theory, subtlety, etc. If you are an advanced user, I hope you find these techniques inspiring and helpful."

7 time saving Photoshop tips for web designers

http://www.jay-han.com/2007/08/29/7-photoshop-time-saving-tips-for-web-designers/
"As a Photoshop user for more than several years, although cannot consider myself as Photoshop experts, but I did had some tips and guides for Photoshop beginners and fresh web designers to do stuff faster and more efficient in Photoshop. With this tips, you can know more about Photoshop and learn some essential time saving skills. Here I have 7 in total."

CSS+Javascript power. Fancy menu

http://devthought.com/cssjavascript-true-power-fancy-menu/
"When it comes to creating the navigation part of your Website, the first thing you might think of is an unordered list that you style as tabs. Lately, such navbars are everywhere, as many people believe they’ll make their site more Web 2.0-compatible. Personally, I just think they’re semantically better and accessible.

In this article I’ll go through the creation of a custom navigation bar with some cute Javascript effects that will certainly impress your friends. Thanks to the great Mootools library, this beauty is contained in 1.5kb. Not only that, but it’s also cross browser (tested on Internet Explorer 6/7, Firefox and Safari) and accessible!"

FastFind Menu Script

http://labs.activespotlight.net/jQuery/menu_demo.html
"This page demonstrates the ActiveSpotLight FastFind Menu Script. ActiveSpotLight provides the javascript related to this project under the BSD License (See Below). This software is provided as-is and without any warranty. ActiveSpotLight assumes no responsibility for any loss or damage as a result of using this software, please do so at your own risk.

This script is still under development and has been tested in FF1.5-2, IE 6-7, Opera 9, and Safari. The current build has the following issues in Safari: Arrows do not appear to show in-menu versus external links, as appear in the other browsers."

polldaddy: Free polls for your blogs, websites, MySpace, hi5 and Facebook accounts with PollDaddy.com

http://www.polldaddy.com/
"PollDaddy is an online tool, which allows you to create free polls and place them on your website, blog, MySpace, hi5, Friendster or Xanga account or anywhere online that you can paste a bit of JavaScript or Flash!"

Code Central: YUI Based Lightbox - Revisited

http://thecodecentral.com/2007/08/17/yui-based-lightbox-revisit
"In the previous article of YUI based lightbox, I've shown you how easily one can create a lightbox using YUI's Dialog class. Although the lightbox we created in the previous article has the basic skeleton of a lightbox, it still lacks some crucial features and it looks quite ugly too. Luckily YAHOO released YUI 2.3.0 not long ago, which included a eye candy skin (sam) that is more attractive than one bundled by default. We will use the new skin for the revised lightbox. Since we don't need all the features provided by the Dialog class (e.g., submitting data), I replaced the Dialog class with Panel for the container class of the new lightbox."

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Colour Lovers: Landmark Colors: Peru (Inspiration & Support)

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/09/04/landmark-colors-peru-inspiration-support/
"Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The estimated population in July 2007 was 28,674,757. Although the culture is primarily Amerindian and Spanish, traditionally, it has been influenced in its cooking, clothing, music, dance, and art by a number of African, Asian, and European ethnic groups. Because of this blending, Peru is a country so vibrant in colour."