Designer/Developers T-Shirts

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/12/25-funny-t-shirts-for-designers-and-developers/

Print Publishers going Digital

Five print publishing giants recently announced their intent to adapt to the quickly-changing world of media and technology. Major magazine publishers Hearst, Condé Nast, Time, and Meredith along with book and newspaper publisher The News Corporation have committed to working on a uniform digital way to present content.

No dates or time frame have been announced for the project, but its general manager says that as soon as a full color and interactive eReader for magazines and newspapers is announced, publishers want to be ready with a full, exciting, enjoyable experience for readers. Consumers will presumably be able to download magazine and newspaper issues from an online store similar to iTunes or Hulu for magazines. While I am partial to curling up with a magazine than an eReader, it's good to know that the publishers of my favorite titles are committed to working together on a digitized version of magazine content. It will be interesting to see how this new digital medium presents itself in the years to come.

Photo courtesy of Flickr user thebittenword.com
http://www.geeksugar.com/6599819

Christmas Trees

Sunset Magazine put together a guide for selecting the proper Christmas tree for your "zone".

Left to Right, Top to Bottom:
1. Alpine Fir
2. Deodar Cedar
3. Australian Black Pine
4. Douglas Fir
5. Giant Sequoia
6. Norway Spruce

Say you don't want a Christmas tree in your yard after the season is over? You might consider getting a living Christmas tree and then gifting it to a friend with ample land when you are through with it. If you are lucky enough to live around Portland, Oregon you can rent a living Christmas tree from The Original Living Christmas Tree Company. For $80 you can have a tree delivered to your home mid-December and picked up on January 2nd. I'd imagine there are other tree renal services elsewhere. If you know of any please post them in the comments!

(images: Sunset Magazine)
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/gardening/living-christmas-trees-the-best-for-the-west-102849

Kapiti Campaign

http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=fr&lp=fr_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.fubiz.net%2f2009%2f12%2f10%2fkapiti-campaign%2f

Hermes Window Installation

This Is Mind Blowing, You Should Watch It of the Day: Check out this surreal store window installation by designer Tokujin Yoshioka for Maison Hermès Japan.
Yoshioka says: "I intended to express people’s daily ‘movements’ with a suspicion of humor. There are moments when I perceive a hidden presence of a person in the movements born naturally in daily life. I created a design where one can perceive someone behind the scarves as if life were being breathed into them."
The installation will remain display through January 19th, 2010.
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http://thedw.us/post/270766804/this-is-mind-blowing-you-should-watch-it-of-the

Sand Animation

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/19/the-sand-animation-of-kseniya-simonova/

A Masterpiece!

http://thedw.us/post/272029977/mario-urban-a-masterpiece-my-aesthetic

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles

http://www.vimeo.com/6382511

Nerdy Type Song

http://thedw.us/post/265602191/this-is-nerdy-you-should-watch-it-of-the-day-by

Marriage Status

http://thedw.us/post/266328796/this-is-our-horrible-future-you-should-stare-at

Typo Irony

http://failblog.org/2009/12/01/hospital-sign-fail/

Moving Type Poem

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/a-poem-comes-to-life-through

Serif Tote Bag

http://www.core77.com/blog/news/serif_tote_bag_15334.asp

Recession tip

http://www.makemymood.com/2009/11/24/survival-tip/

RGB Birth

http://www.czeta.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/VALMONT_rgb.jpg

Face Off with a Deadly Predator

http://www.swaglikeme.com/blog/2009/11/16/face-off-with-a-deadly-predator.html

Illusions

http://www.wordboner.com/post/248887269/only-illusions-are-real-get-this-on-a-tee-make

Battle for Blue

http://www.makemymood.com/2009/11/16/the-battle-for-blue/

Not Your Everyday Christmas Cards

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/12-shocking-christmas-cards

Casio's new Camera

Casio Exilim EX-G1
VIA-Geeky Gadgets

We have seen a couple of new digital cameras from Casio this week, like the Casio Exilim EX-FH25, now Casio has launched a new compact digital camera which is designed to take a beating, the Casio Exilim EX-G1.

The Casio Exilim EX-G1 is the first compact camera in Casio’s new G-series range, and it is designed to be able to withstand bumps and knocks, as well as water, dust and cold temperatures.

The casing as made from two layers, inside there is a buckle-locked fiberglass-reinforced polycarbonate body, on the outside the Casio Exilim EX-G1 is encased in stainless steel.

The Casio Exilim EX-G1 features a 12.1 megapixel 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor, with 3 x optical zoom which offers a range equivalent to 38mm to 114mm, it also features a 2.5 inch LCD display, and is capable of recording video at an 848 x 480 resolution.

The Casio Exilim EX-G1 will go on sale in December for $299.99 and it will be available in two colors, black and red.

Casio

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/casio-exilim-ex-g1-18-11-2009/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+geeky-gadgets+%28Geeky+Gadgets%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Double Suicide

http://www.frigginrandom.com/double-suicide/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FrigginRandom+%28Friggin+Random%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Disney Princess Fun

http://www.makemymood.com/2009/11/17/disney-fun/

Beer Goggles

http://www.frigginrandom.com/beer-goggles/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FrigginRandom+%28Friggin+Random%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Learn Something about Atoms

http://thedw.us/post/248788524/smart-pet-tricks-of-the-day-well-this-is-just

How do you Clean your Lens?

http://blog.epicedits.com/2009/11/05/how-to-wet-clean-your-lens/

Color IQ

Take the Color IQ Test... see how you size up... colorwise...

http://www.xritephoto.com/ph_toolframe.aspx?action=coloriq

Document Your Life

What?
ShutterCal is a free, calendar-based photography project where you can document your life and improve your photography skills at the same time.

Why?
Time flies! Imagine capturing one moment of each day in a calendar. Picture scrolling through time and remembering what was important to you each day. From the little things that get overlooked, to the big things you'll never forget. You'll be glad you kept a ShutterCal.

How?
We give you a free calendar account, you fill it with the images of your life. It's that simple.
Over time your calendar fills up with the important moments in your life. Soon you’ll have a simple and beautiful visual record of your days.

http://shuttercal.com/

Assigning & Converting

by Eduardo Angel

Should I assign a profile or convert to profile? This is one of the most common Photoshop questions I get.

The answer is relatively simple: Do you need to tag your document with a specific profile without altering the color values at all? If the answer is YES, then you should use Assign Profile. This command will change the appearance of the image, but will keep the color values the same.

Now, if what you need is to change your document’s color values into another color space, for example from Adobe RGB 1998 to sRGB, while also keeping the color values consistent you should use Convert to Profile. This command will change the color values from the source color space to the destination profile as best as possible without changing the appearance of the color.

http://blog.xritephoto.com/?p=874&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=assign-profile-or-convert-to-profile

Penguin Grafitti

http://www.makemymood.com/2009/11/11/penguins-2/

Wash Your Hands

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/10/soap-will-wash-away.html

Wireless Internet names

http://failblog.org/2009/11/10/wireless-network-fail/
I've heard of some other fun password names, and I figure, if you have the router at least make it a fun name; that way when people come over and need to connect theres a funny story to go along with it!

Meeting People

http://thedw.us/post/239448526/randy-bish

Art of Photography

http://thedw.us/post/239221627/techno-tuesday

F is for...

http://thedw.us/post/238732907/jeff-stahler

Creative McDonalds ad

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/creative-ad-mcdonalds-has-free

Tell the Future...

http://www.wordboner.com/post/234446861/tell-the-future-get-this-on-a-tee-make-your-own

Taylor Swift on SNL

Taylor's SNL Monologue was sweetest revenge
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-taylor-swifts-snl-monologue-was-the-sweetest-revenge/#When:14:00:20Z?eref=RSS

Perceptual Tricks

http://www.wired.com/video/latest-videos/latest/1815816633/visual-perceptual-tricks-bamboozle-brain/47924757001

Walmart wants to urn your business

November 7, 2009

The world's largest retailer wants to keep its customers even after they die.

Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut most funeral homes, the major sellers of caskets.

The move follows a similar one by discount rival Costco, which also sells caskets on its Web site.

Wal-Mart put about 15 caskets and dozens of urns on its Web site last month.

All sell for less than $2,000, except for the Sienna Bronze Casket, which sells for $3,199.

Caskets ship within 48 hours. Federal law requires funeral homes to accept third-party caskets. AP

http://www.suntimes.com/business/1870864,CST-NWS-casket08.article

What the Duck Monday

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Nove. 6, 2009

Metadata in State Documents Is Public Record, Court Rules

By Kim Zetter
October 30, 2009
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/metadata

Arizona’s Supreme Court, in a surprising but welcome ruling, has declared that electronic metadata is part of the public record under state law, in a case involving an Arizona police officer who suspects his superiors of backdating a document related to his work performance.

Phoenix, Arizona, police officer David Lake had filed a federal lawsuit against the city alleging employment discrimination.

He’d also filed a public records request to obtain documents related to his work, including notes written by his supervisor documenting his performance. When he subsequently sought the electronic metadata for the records, because he believed at least one of the paper documents had been backdated, the city refused.

The city argued that metadata — digital information that can reveal when a document was created and subsequently accessed or modified — was not part of the public record. Releasing such information to the public would result in an “administrative nightmare” and force public officials to spend “countless hours” trying to identify the metadata, the city claimed.

Two lower courts agreed with the city, noting a distinction between “record” and “public record.”

But the state Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that “if a public entity maintains a public record in an electronic format, then the electronic version, including any embedded metadata, is subject to disclosure (.pdf) under our public records laws.”

Supreme Court Justice W. Scott Bales wrote in the ruling that metadata “is part of the underlying document; it does not stand on its own. When a public officer uses a computer to make a public record, the metadata forms part of the document as much as the words on the page.”

The court responded to the city’s claim that supplying metadata would place an unnatural burden on city workers by noting that the request for metadata could easily be satisfied by supplying requesters with documents in their original electronic format, rather than printing them out.

Several media organizations, as well as the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, wrote an amicus brief in support of Lake’s request.

“The decision is important because we live in an electronic age where maintenance and preservation of public records in electronic format is quickly becoming the norm,” said David Bodney, who helped write the brief. “Public bodies should not be permitted to withhold that information from public inspection.”

Although the ruling applies only in Arizona, the case could influence other courts. The Supreme Court in Washington state is set to hear a similar metadata case.

(Hat tip: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)

Modern Man's Kama Sutra

http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/modern-mans-kama-sutra

How to open a bottle of wine with your shoe

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/how-to-open-a-bottle-1.html

Beatles USB Apple

While we wait patiently for the Beatles catalog to be available for download, the Fab Four toss us an elegant $280 package that's eminently satisfying. On board this collectible green apple are all 14 of the Beatles remastered albums in both high-quality 24-bit FLAC files and 320 kbps MP3s.

Just pull up the stem and you have a USB drive full of music, the original UK album art, rare photos, 13 mini-documentaries, and expanded liner notes. Collectible, indeed — Apple Corps LTD and EMI Music are only harvesting 30,000 of these pieces of rare fruit, on sale December 7th and now available for preorder.

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/11/remastered-beat.php

The Clever, Unfinished Alphabet

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-clever-unfinished-alphabet

AE in Times Square

Buy a pair of socks, become a star in Times Square
By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY

Tuesday, AE (AEO) will announce plans to turn the 25-story electronic billboard above its flagship store at one of the world's busiest intersections into a social-media icon. Anyone who buys something in the store beginning Nov. 19 can have their photo and a message posted on the billboard within 15 minutes of the purchase.

As the critical holiday shopping season kicks off, marketing is all about going viral. The chain will nudge customers to snap a photo that marks the moment and to share it with friends via Facebook, Twitter or any social media. Like all teen-targeting retailers, AE is pushing the marketing envelope to get teens to chat about the brand online.

The idea: You don't have to be a celebrity to have your mug posted at Times Square.

"Narcissism knows no bounds in Times Square," says Tim Tompkins, president of Times Square Alliance, which represents area businesses. "I suspect this will become part of the Times Square experience." He says roughly 500,000 people walk through Times Square daily.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2009-11-02-american-eagle-times-square_N.htm

Piglet Flu

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/piglet-flu