Links and write-ups about beautiful things from around the web!
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Tom Judd’s Eyebrow Hat Via Swissmiss
Tom Judd’s Eyebrow Hat.
(Via swissmiss)
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Open Face Sandwich?
Steam is gathering behind the open font / redistributable typeface movement, which will hopefully usher in some better typography options on the web. Arguments abound as to whether letting designers use whatever font they want on the web is a good thing, and the situation’s been moving at a snails pace for years due to the reluctance of both the font foundries and the browser makers, so it’s good to see actual, workable options on the horizon. Here are a handful of recent projects, all of which seek to ameliorate the licensing issues inherent in the use of embedded fonts:
- Typekit – http://typekit.com/
- Kernest – http://kernest.com/
- The League of Movable Type – http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
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Dark Flash Photography
Another paper from the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2009 conference: Dark Flash Photography. The researchers have developed a camera flash that uses a combination of infra-red and and ultra-violet light to illuminate a scene before capture, and an algorithm to denoise and color-correct the otherwise dimly-lit normal digital photo, producing a low-light image that is both noise-free and sharp (no need for long exposure, so no worry about camera shake or the subject moving). Seems like a killer idea, and immensely useful.
The image above is the creepy-looking multi-spectral version – be sure to click through to their site to see the final photo compared with the noisy ambient light version.
(Via New Scientist. Photo: Dilip Krishnan, Rob Fergus)
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New Treewave EP: 10inch
New free EP ‘10inch’ available for the downloading from Dallas shoegaze/chiptune band Treewave! Haven’t listened to it all yet so I can’t compare it with their outstanding 2004 Cabana+ EP, but I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt (and you can’t beat the price).
(Via Offworld)
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Anaglyph YouTube Experiments
Hmm, a Google employee is using some of his 20% time to add 3D viewing options to YouTube. Not in a fully working state at this point, but it’s a cool idea. The more people out there wearing anaglyph glasses the better, if you ask me.
(Photo by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustybrick/ / CC BY-NC 2.0)
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STUDIO for Creative Inquiry on Vimeo
Videos from the recent ART && CODE Symposium, featuring presentations by the folks behind Scratch, Processing, Max/MSP/Jitter, and other fun + education-leaning graphics tools.
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ANSI Art Generator from Drastic
Rad, there’s an online ANSI art generator! Relive the glory days of BBSes and dodgy w4r3z nfo files right in your browser. I remember wasting a lot of time back in junior high making colorful DOS menus using ansi.sys and batch files. Better than launching Windows 3.1!
Check it out, make some art: ansi.drastic.net (The drawing program seems to be broken for me under Firefox 3.5.1, but your mileage may vary)
(Via Waxy)
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Mad Dog McGree via YouTube Annotations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdDmLh9tDZU&feature=player_embedded
A great use of YouTube’s annotations feature in this funny game review / history. If you were an arcade rat circa 1991 you’ll get it. Think fast!
(Via GameSetWatch)
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LEGO NXT Sequencer
A fun LEGO Mindstorms NXT sequencer project from Damien Key of Domabotics. I like the simplicity of this design (and the whirring of the LEGO motor adds something to the sound, almost like the scratchiness of vinyl).
(Via)
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8-bit Animal Collective
Animal Collective’s “My Girls” in 8-bit form. Somehow this works pretty well as a pixellated chiptune song.
(Via)