This website has to be one of the coolest things I’ve come across on the inter-t’web some at least a few days.
If you’ve ever been stuck inside a caravan with your family while it’s pouring down with rain outside, armed with only a pen, a piece of paper and a little bit of imagination – you’ll already be familiar with the concept…. You fold a piece of paper into 3 or 4 sections, you draw a section, fold it under, and then pass it on for someone else to continue.
Well, the game has now made it to the realm of the internet, where you can draw and then pass it on to anyone, anywhere. If they’ve got a computer with an internet connection, like.
If like me, Facebook is all very passe and bores you to death, I have an astronomical solution that will keep your face in Space, quite literally….
Oh, I don’t mean Cyber space, I mean actual Space Space! ….as in stars and the Milky Way, Jupiter, Mars and the Moon and all that.
"Spaceman, I always wanted you go into Space, man...."
NASA is giving you a chance to be a “part of history” (and as far as I can see, it won’t cost you a penny or should I say cent….?!)
They are running a campaign were you can put a picture of yourself “on” one of their two remaining space shuttle missions and launch it into orbit.
To participate, all you have to do is visit the website Face in Space and follow the instructions….
And, if that’s not enough space excitement for you… just return to the site when it’s all over and done with, and everyone is back on solid Earth, and you can print yourself a “Flight Certificate” – a commemorative certificate signed by the Mission Commander him (or her..) self!
I wonder if my fellow creatives have ever found themselves faced with a revolution, a fight on their hands of screen proportions….? the rebellion infact, of their very own Flash creations….?
Perhaps not yet, but is it the sign of things to come!?
Some might say….“The Rise of the Machines”? as I recall a Terminator film subtitle once…
Hmmm, maybe not, but big things do always start off small…..
Hello campers. I went to the Speak The Web conference in Manchester’s Noho (that’s in Northern Quarter, yeah?) this week, to hear internet luminaries wax lyrical about their prospective fields and the future of net-land.
Speak The Web
The event included talks from Ben Childs (mobile web development chap), Dom Hodgson (SEO and all-around coding geekery), Remy Sharp (HTML 5 know-it-all) and the self-styled rockstar of CSS Andy Clarke (or ‘Clarky’ as he kept referring to himself).
It was an emotional affair, particularly with Remy Sharp’s explanation of HTML 5’s current limitations – he was showing examples of flash-less video content using only html, as well as showing how HTML5 will be able to communicate directly with MySQL without the dependence of PHP – if I’ve got that correct. Either way, it blew my tiny mind somewhat.
Even more rousing was Andy Clarke’s ‘Hardboiled’ or ‘no-compromise’ proponent of CSS3 usage, where he advocated graceful degradation of the more advanced CSS3 techniques – basically, he wants us all to build websites using all the latest CSS3 techniques available to us, and then work backwards to try and fix up horribly old and massively annoying browsers such as IE6. This was controversial in that most web designers have been under the mantra that ‘thou shalt make websites that work across all browsers and look and function the same’ – Andy Clarke simply stated that this was rubbish and if we don’t take advantage of the latest CSS3 offerings as well as the facilitations of the latest browsers, there may never be need for people stuck with IE6 to upgrade. Other than the frequent security risks that have been in the news a lot of late.
His talk drew the most criticism, but was thusly the most entertaining. There was also quite a bit of facial hair in the room. And much coding-knowledge-pugilism.
If you get chance, you should go along to another Speak The Web event as they’re focusing on the web-talent of North England, rather than doing what most of the other conferences do and just focus on London and Brighton, which makes a nice change.
Tokyo Flash sells watches, yes that’s right, watches- something that, in it’s fundamental design, is supposed to let you know the time of day at the glance of an eye rather than you having to lug around your sundial….What’s the problem?….none, I suppose, if in the time it takes you to read the time, the time has actually changed!
Perhaps I’ve just completely and utterly missed the point and it isn’t really about being aware of your time keeping, it’s all about having a snappy little number on your wrist…I wonder if it would be quicker to get my camera/mp3/radio player/calculator/GPRS/internet ready mobile out my pocket and call the Speaking Clock….
"...At the third stroke, the time from BT will be...."
Seemingly there’s some degree of creativity when it comes to discarding a banana skin (be it purposely or accidental…)
….So much so that S. Astrid Bin has created a gallery website, London Bananas, that is completely dedicated to documenting where those pesky skins find themselves in our capital metropolis….
Slippy little sucker....
I know Manchester & London are 2 very different cities but I wonder if our fair city has the same volume of rogue fruit remains….? …I’ll keep an eye out.
A good kern is something of an art in the graphic world. Many people believe it is a given for a designer, when in fact, it is very much a carefully honed skill, one not to be trifled with!
Courtesy of the lovely people at Veer you can test your kerning skills and stamina by clicking on the picture…(it’s not as easy as it looks, you know!)
I was simply shocked yet slightly amused to read yesterday that the dating site ‘Beautifulpeople.com’ had given the boot to around 5,000 members for putting on weight!
The site which is supposed to be the biggest network of attractive people in the world, said it has always had a vigorous selection process, and couldn’t allow members that had gotten fat since approval!
It does make me wonder if I would get by that selection process though… Perhaps I shall try!
Another little gem from Suzanne’s archives slightly time-wasting, sometimes slightly annoying, online games…..
With tomorrow being Halloween, I thought I’d be topical and share with you a “Guess the Horror Film” courtesy of M&Ms. There’s 50 to find (and no asking Phil because he’s done it before!). Go on click on the picture and have a go, it’s easy…..
