Kicking things off for this month’s official Speed Linkin’ post is a site designed to help with all of your graphical background needs. Then, we move on to a lightweight forum plugin for WordPress. Ever feel lost when it comes to choosing the best lightbox script? Well it’s Ozh to the rescue with the excellent Lightbox Clones Matrix. Also handy is this incredible list of social media sites. As a big fan of ASCII art, I can [...] • Read more »
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Have You Seen Endgame?
Here is a non-design/non-blogging question for readers: Have you seen the documentary called “Endgame”, and if so, what do you think about it? Is it real or just another game? Here is a link to the video on Google » • Read more »
Local Paper Tarnishes Small Town
Front-page story attacks city Central Washington — The Columbia Basin Herald continues to describe Quincy as “stampeded by gang members, teeming with teenage pregnancies, constant shootings, stabbings, drugs and excessive consumption of booze.” They printed the story — believe it or not — on the front page. “Quincy is also known as ‘Q-town,’” the Columbia Basin Herald, a regional newspaper, claims. “It is overpopulated by gang members and individuals of hispanic decent who often believe they are [...] • Read more »
Happy Fourth of July!
Happy Fourth of July, 2007! • Read more »
Digging the Ditch Witch
Ditch Witch, I think I love you.. On my never-ending quest for fresh graphical chunks, many a ridiculous warning sticker have caught my eye. Upon encountering such gems, I immediately slip into stealth mode and plan for attack. Once the stage is set and the time is prime, I move in for the kill — another ripe chunk cold plucked from the vine. Of course, only the nonsensical, pointless, redundant or otherwise ridiculous labels are snatched from [...] • Read more »
Wild Bill Recommends: Bizarre Flash Diversions
“Perhaps it’s time for a bizarre diversion…” — Wild Bill recommends these bizarre Flash websites for your personal entertainment, education, and enjoyment: monoface For a few delightful moments of splendid online fun, prance on over to the hilariously interactive Flash interface currently on display at monoface. Once there, click the "shuffle face" link a few times to get the general idea, and then graduate to plastic surgeon by clicking on the various facial components themselves. Each click [...] • Read more »
Memorable Quotes, Part 2
i heard today that caos is better to live and create in than in a world of pure even, balanced, organized utopia. • Read more »
Wild Bill Recommends: Top-Shelf Linkage
“Generative artifacts, graffiti archaeology, and interactive chaos, anyone?” — Wild Bill recommends these highly addictive, interactive websites for your personal entertainment, enjoyment, and enrichment: Gallery of Computation This site peeled my hat back. I am completely enamoured and will most likely spend vast amounts of time exploring the endless creative potential opened up through this remarkable online experience. The Gallery of Computation takes computer-generated graphical artifacts and algorithmic image processing to a distant universe. Infinite thanks to [...] • Read more »
Happy Halloween
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Toilet Huffing
When all else fails.. • Read more »
Memorable Quotes, Part 1
Interesting… then the problem is likely to be in the HeNe signal chain somewhere. Look at TP1 and TP2 for analog versions of the HeNe laser clock, and TP6 (or TP8?) for the digital version of that clock. It should look like a variable but mostly steady clocking sine wave or square wave. • Read more »
New Online Vector Drawing Tool
LiTha-Paint Quality web-based vector drawing in effect. Check out LiTha-Paint, a promising new online vector drawing tool. The software is currently in alpha, yet is already full-featured and easy to use. LiTha-Paint steps beyond the paltry selection of Flash/VML/SVG online drawing tools, providing versatility and universality via HTML and JavaScript. Perhaps all this Web 2.0 business is worthwhile after all.. Update: Unfortunately, LiTha-Paint crashed due to lack of funds (welcome to the club). However, this particular post [...] • Read more »
Geek Code Nonsense
I found this interesting: Enlighten Encode Decode Apparently, I am defined as: GFA d-@ s:- a C++ U@ P@ L@ E@ W+++ !N !o K–? w@ O@ M@ !V PS@ PE@ Y@ PGP@ t !5 !X R@ tv– b+ DI !D G@ e+ h@ r+++ y+++ • Read more »
Get Back
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a trip into the online past, offering glimpses of ancient website relics. Reaching back through the virtual dark ages of 1996, the Wayback Machine chronicles over 55 billion pages. Although many of the pages appear incomplete due to missing images, the Wayback Machine provides an invaluable resource, enabling users to experience and learn from the arcane internet of yesterday. Check out these archaic online offerings: netscape.com, circa December 31, 1996 microsoft.com, [...] • Read more »