Andy Clarke has written about some very nice colour tables he’s derived from some photos he took recently in France.
There was some interesting conversation on the post about geography/culture influencing colour and style, particuarly from Molly Holzschlag. Following Andy’s examples I thought I’d put some of my favourite travel photos through for the hell of it.
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Wired News has an article on Brickfest 2005 with some amazing photos of what some “grown ups” have created with Lego.
I would have spent thousands of hours playing with Lego as a kid, and it really is one of the few toys that was as fun as it was practical. I think a lot of the problem solving skills I have now were pushed along by all those hours building spaceships, aircraft & whatever else I could think of. (more…)
CNET News.com has reported on Flash 8′s beefed up video capabilities, touting it as a serious contender to the world of video streaming on the web. But for me, there is some serious work that needs to be done on Flash.
For a while I’ve noticed a few pop up ads slipping through Firefox’s usually excellent blocker control. Some have even attempted to sell me Crazy Frog ringtones. It seems Flash (and other plugins) can bypass the usual blocking process, however Pete Bevin has worked out a way to stop Flash doing this, so no more pop ups… for a while, anyway.