September 2007
61 posts
LEGO's Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon... →
The biggest LEGO set ever, the $499 Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon is now shipping, 5,000-pieces and heavy ring-binded manual included. Yes, this thing is massive. Julie Stern from LEGO confirms: “We’re a bit ahead of schedule, so some people who preordered now have their sets.” In other words: “great shot kid, that was one in a million
100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images →
Staying legal as a designer or webmaster means you’ll have to either create your own images or buy them from stock sites. Fortunately, there are a number of sources for free images, and we’ve collected them here. So read on for 100 sources where you can find free stock images: and don’t worry — they’re all legal!
Celestial Bodies (Huge PIC) →
Amazing jpg of guess what… celestial bodies, as in space.
Canadian dollar hits parity with greenback: report →
The Canadian dollar reached parity Thursday morning with the U.S. currency for the first time in 31 years.
Dying Professor Gives his Last Lesson on Life →
Randy Pausch set the tone early on yesterday at his farewell lecture at Carnegie Mellon University. “If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you,” said Dr. Pausch, a 46-year-old computer science professor who has incurable pancreatic cancer.
Top 10 laughably bad tech ads →
The tech industry has a rich and hilarious history of being unable to promote itself as anything other than unutterably dorky. Originally we were going to call this “The top 10 worst tech ads,” but as we hunted around we discovered these are pure gold.
10 Tips For the Greatest Grilled Cheese - EVER! →
It’s the childhood favorite you never outgrow, the most comforting comfort food of all time — the grilled cheese sandwich. American, cheddar, gouda … whatever your pleasure, follow these ten tips from Laura Werlin, author of Great Grilled Cheese, and have yourself a slice of melted heaven.
YouTube - Slow motion high FPS compilation →
Google Presentation - Google's PowerPoint app goes... →
Google’s long-rumored and eagerly anticipated PowerPoint clone has finally shipped. Although we’ve only had a chance to have a first look, here are some impressions. What’s there: PowerPoint import, Versioning, Collaboration, Online presentation sharing. What’s not there: Animations, Sound, Video, exporting to PowerPoint.
[Pic] There's NO WAY the Dubai Newspaper Printed... →
That’s just freakin rediculous!
Mirror Your Mac onto a Bootable External Drive →
If and when that terrible day your Mac dies finally catches up to you, you can be back up and running with all your applications, system preferences, settings and data in under 5 seconds with a bootable system clone.
skate. double backflip tombstone trick. →
Advanced trick that took a few hours to nail, and the game didn’t even recognize it, so it must be pretty advanced. by far my favorite trick I’ve landed so far in this fun game!
Ipod Touch a probable explanation for the negitave... →
An engineer with experience in the LCD industry gives you his 2 cent on the apple forum.
36 Classic Jokes: "A guy walks into a bar..." →
No one knows when the first joke beginning with the six words “A guy walks into a bar…” was told, or how it went. Nevertheless, an entire genre of jokes was created revolving around that opening scenario. Laugh along with funnies like, “A guy with dyslexia walks into a bra…” and 35 others worth repeating.
Picture: Burning Man '07 Seen From Above [8698 x... →
Link to 8698 x 8735 pixel 7.32 MB jpeg of Black Rock City, as seen from space the sky, during Burning Man 2007.
The Free Mac Classroom (Over 200 apps!) →
Absolutely the biggest list of free educational applications for the Mac! Over 200 free apps listed and categorized.
PSDTuts » Advanced Glow Effects →
Strobist: No Hot Shoe? No PC? No Problem. →
Colin McRae dies in helicopter crash!! →
Former rally driving champion Colin McRae was killed and his five year-old son feared dead in a helicopter crash yesterday afternoon
Advanced Glow Effects in Photoshop →
In this tutorial we’re going to create some really sharp looking glow effects using a combination of layer styles, the pen tool and colour blending. The end effect is quite stunning and hopefully you’ll pick up some tips you didn’t know before.
Painless Tattoos | Planet Photoshop →
The 8 Funniest Webcomics →
Cartoonists like Garfield’s Jim Davis are lucky they got rich enough to buy their own diamond mines before there was such a thing as the Internet. Now, a whole bunch of kids with Blogspot accounts and MS Paint are proving they can do better. Way better.
Technophilia: Fifteen Last.fm Power Tweaks -... →
Photoshop Secret Shortcuts →
13 things that do not make sense - space - 19... →
Tennis balls: Little. Yellow. Useful. - DIY Life →
CRACKED.com - 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making... →
Fifteen Last.fm Power Tweaks →
One of the best ways to discover new music online is with Last.fm, a music recommendation community. Last.fm is a pretty simple way to listen to tunes, but there are a few quick and dirty ways you can oomph it up a little. Keep reading for fifteen ways to tweak your Last.fm listening experience.
Official IRON MAN teaser online NOW →
Surprise! Here’s the official teaser earlier than promised, with some footage not seen in the Comic-Con bootleg.
studio DIY - softboxing the world - a home grown... →
Very Cool Optical Slave Unit | DIYPhotography.net →
7 Amazing Holes [PICS] →
Here are some really big holes from around the world.
Growl 1.1 Released! →
They skipped a few releases, but there’s a whole slew of new features to enjoy including: a global positioning system, close buttons available on notifications, and a totally redesigned applications tab.
» 35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps →
Madeleine L’Engle, Children’s Writer, Is Dead →
Madeleine L’Engle, who in writing more than 60 books, including childhood fables, religious meditations and science fiction, weaved emotional tapestries transcending genre and generation, died Thursday in Connecticut. She was 88.
Apple wants to slash TV show prices in half,... →
99 cents per show - There apparently was more to NBC’s decision to pull its shows out of the iTunes Store than we were led to believe. Apple is reportedly pushing the concept of cutting the prices of TV shows to 99¢.
Del.icio.us 2.0 Screen Shots →
Del.icio.us just launched a limited private beta on an entirely re-written code base. Screen shots and feature overview are described in this article. The service now has 3 million registered users and 100 million unique bookmarked URLs.