Julie Ruiz’s fantastic movie that she made for VH1’s holiday card uses candles to create a stop motion effect that’s both beautiful and unique.
Talk about patience!
[Flickr - VH1 Holiday Card 07]
[Via: NOTCOT]
Archive for March, 2008
Popped Culture’s list of Last Supper images is a detailed look at the parodies, tributes and caricatures of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, a 15th century depiction of Jesus announcing that one of his 12 disciples would betray him.
Typography is an instructional style video about the look of language.
The animation is extremely well done, and I love the old look and feel that it has, so check it out:
For a few other typography related videos, check out Pulp Fiction (NSFW):
And Who’s on First?:
Last night I took the plunge and upgraded to WordPress 2.5, and so far, everything has been working as expected.
The install took about 5 minutes (not accounting for the back-up time) and went without a hitch. All of my plug-ins seem to be chugging along fine, and I haven’t noticed any drastic changes to the front of the scenes look of the site.
Behind the scenes is where most of WP 2.5’s changes occurred though, so I guess that’s to be expected. The whole interface was revamped, and changes include:
- Multi-file uploading
- One-click plugin upgrades
- Built-in galleries
- Customizable dashboard
- Salted passwords and cookie encryption
- Media library
- A WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code
- Concurrent post editing protection
- Full-screen writing
- Search that covers posts and pages
Let me know if you see anything go wonky in the next few days, but if you’re looking to make the switch/upgrade to WordPress 2.5, I give it two thumbs up.
[Via: WordPress Blog]
Be Kind Rewind introduced the world to “Sweded” movies, and Sweded Tron takes the idea and runs with it.
With cardboarded lightcycles, fiery special effects, and fantastic close-ups, it’s a can’t miss.
(Also be sure to check out Be Kind Rewind’s YouTube channel for a fantastic collection of other Sweded flicks.)
(And for a bit of your own Tron action, check out Flash Tron.)
Quick thanks to this week’s sponsor: Tech Lasers. If you’re looking for affordable quality high-powered lasers, then definitely check them out.
There’s a point at which you should look in a mirror and say to yourself “You know, Self, you’ve probably spent too much time in front of the computer lately building that Line Rider run”.
Unfortunately for this creator (though fortunately for us) he didn’t listen to that voice, because TechDawg used over 126,000 lines to create this run, called Transcendental, that goes on for over two minutes!
Prepare to be amazed:
And for a preview of upcoming Line Rider features, check out TD’s Adventure:
If you want your feet to be as stylish as the car whose pedals they’re pushing, then check out Motive’s list of co-branded driving shoes, called Cars With Sole.
Featuring the DC Pro_Spec v1.0 (2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI), the Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 Clubman Hot Chocolate (2008 Mini Cooper Clubman S), the Puma Inflection F1 BMW Sauber Team (2008 BMW 135i) and the Adidas Porsche Design S2 Leather (2008 Porsche Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1), it’s a list of footwear that will help you look good on and off the track.
Adobe’s newly launched Photoshop Express is a very beautiful looking, though unfortunately feature poor online photo editing solution.
If you’re looking for an online Photoshop replacement, then this is not it; but if you’re looking to do some simple editing with the power of Adobe doing most of the work for you, then Photoshop Express might be just what you’ve been waiting for.
One of the coolest features is definitely the ability to take the app full screen (and by full screen, I mean FULL screen), allowing you to easily forget that you’re working in a web environment. The downside is that you’re still working in a web environment, so things slow down a bit when you’re doing processor heavy tasks.
Tools include the ability to crop and rotate, auto correct, adjust exposure, remove red-eye, tune various aspects of the image, and add certain effects that work well at times and terribly at others.
One benefit of using the service is that Adobe is providing 2 GB of complimentary storage for your photos so that you can save and share them right from the Photoshop Express app itself.
It’s definitely not perfect, but it is a good start, and worth checking out, so hop on over and see what they’ve got going on.
