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Why standardise?
Standardised tests are always a good place to start, particularly with a lack of equipment as most standardised tests have been...
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GET STARTED: How To Convert Your Pantry To Clean Eating
One of the problems I had when I started eating clean was my incredibly, junk-food-filled...
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Recipe For Greatness
Take something ordinary, add some focus, commitment and effort, and you have greatness. Greatness arises out of the common and...
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Life in 2050 Ident
Can’t get enough FarmVille? All that time at the computer probably isn’t great for your health. But what if you couldn’t proceed unless you had burned some calories? That’s the premise of a new gadget called Striiv.
Let Your Refrigerator Magnet order your pizza!
Now THIS is what technology was meant for, the seriously lazy!
Check out what TBWARAAD Dubai invented.
(via Red Tomato Pizza: Fridge Magnet - Print (video) - Creativity Online)
Zuckerberg Likes App That Turns Facebook Into Pinterest
An app that takes the photos from your Facebook News Feed and puts them in a layout strikingly similar toPinterest got the seal of approval from Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday.
(via Zuckerberg ‘Likes’ App That Turns Facebook Into Pinterest)
From generative design to glitch art, many creatives are sacrificing control in favour of beautiful randomness. It may not always work, but failure can be a great teacher
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/features/trend-report-designing-failure
(via Trend report: Designing failure | Feature | Computer Arts magazine)
![Video of the Day: When Grandparents Meet Photo Booth
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Video of the Day: When Grandparents Meet Photo Booth
Ex-Microsoft Employee Launches ‘Fixing Windows 8′ Site
In case you hadn’t heard, Microsoft is launching a new version of Windows this year. Windows 8 is a radical departure from previous versions of the software since it’s designed to work with both traditional PCs and tablets. Microsoft thinks it’s done a good job of accommodating both experiences, but at least one former employee disagrees. Strongly.
(via Ex-Microsoft Employee Launches ‘Fixing Windows 8’ Site)
Once you know….
Firefox Plug-in Reveals The Small Army Stalking You On The Web
INFOGRAPHIC OF THE DAY
THIS REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION REVEALS THAT YOU’RE BASICALLY LEADING A PARADE OF SPIES THROUGH THE INTERNET.
Ain’t that the truth.
Totally awesome infographic: life and career of the average designer from British designer Martin Cajzer.
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/blog/totally-awesome-infographic-life-and-career-average-designer-122914
Download the full size pdf here.
(via Totally awesome infographic: life and career of the average designer | Blog | Computer Arts magazine)
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all. In which case, you fail by default.”
J.K. Rowling
The Dushanbe Scrapbook
Mr Prudence is a lucky fellow. He ran across a scrapbook filled with Soviet-era graphics and propaganda while browsing around in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Fortunately, he’s also been nice to document the entire thing and share it with everyone. The allure of pages and pages of cleanly compiled Communist propaganda graphics is an absolute rare find. View this flickr gallery and prepare to drool.
Lose Yourself on Buamai!
(Well, at least a few hours of your life…)
Buamai is an online repository for unique or inspirational found images. Mainly for graphic design and type related material, the collection now encompasses contributions from a worldwide collective of artists, graphic designers, programmers, architects and fashion designers. (via Buamai)
Why We Won’t See Many Protests like the SOPA Blackout
The SOPA blackout protest last week was an unprecedented event. Its massive success — with dozens of members of Congress switching their stance in one day under the withering intensity of thousands of phone calls — surprised even the activists who spurred the protest. So does this mean that we are entering the much-heralded era of Internet-powered citizen democracy?
Read more: http://techland.time.com/2012/01/23/why-we-wont-see-many-protests-like-the-sopa-blackout/#ixzz1kKzVjSVY
(via Why We Won’t See Many Protests like the SOPA Blackout | Techland | TIME.com)
Meetings. As good as burning money.
LBi: Cost of Meeting App - Interactive (image) - Creativity Online
LBi created a quick in-house appfor clients and friends that may of use in your next meeting. Open up the app, plug in your hourly bill rate, and the number of attendees at the meeting. It tells you all the money you’re wasting. For those interminable meetings that just go on without a point.
(via LBi: Cost of Meeting App - Interactive (image) - Creativity Online)
Few artists have had as great an impact on contemporary music and art as David Bowie. Our hats off to you this Sunday, Mr. Bowie, as you celebrate your 65th birthday with continued style. Cheers!
