Anything and Everything that is cool, hot, fresh and classic.
ClearlyClosed is a rather uniquely focused website the “captures storefronts in everyday neighborhoods that leave their ‘open’ sign on long after they’re closed”.
Since it’s a user-driven, collaborative and ongoing community photography project, you’re encouraged to submit your own photos that show buildings around you that are clearly closed, and there are even tips and guidelines for doing so if this is something you’d like to document too.
[Via: Neatorama]
Project Lore is all things World of Warcraft.
By bringing together five dudes, four cameras, and the most famous online game ever to wreck lives and take over computers, Project Lore “is all about putting the best multimedia MMORPG game guides in one place”.
Project Lore is also going to include a daily video show and a blog, and it’s led by Alex Albrecht of Diggnation fame, so you know it’s going to have a dedicated group of die-hard fans.
If you’ve ever wanted to follow the progress of a group of level 70 players who love beer and pizza and loathe Fel Orcs, then Project Lore is the site for you.
To help defend you against the fun disease (and to help sell chips, because as you know, nothing is more fun than chips) Frito-Lay has created a site for a fictitious group called NOLAF, better known as the National Organization for Legislature Against Fun.
It’s shot as an old propaganda style film, and lets you click through the NOLAF headquarters to see what there is to see; so feel free to poke around for a bit, but just make sure you don’t have any fun while your browser window is open, because they’re watching you…
[NOLAF]
The StreetArtLocator (v2) helps you locate street art near you. (Considering the name, the obviousness of that statement is not lost on me…)
With specific tags for graffiti, galleries, paintings, stickers, stencils, sculptures, and installations, it’s a Google Map powered guide to the beautiful art that’s all around you for controversially public consumption.
Just click on your area to see both a location and a picture of the street art that has been spotted and documented. Then, if you’re out and about and come across something that you’d like to share, just snap a pic and add it to the database to help those around you enjoy your find as well.
[Via: Juxtapoz]
CarType is “a comprehensive collection of emblems, car company histories and logos, reviews of typographical and graphical applications, design features and just about anything that is car related.”
What’s interesting is that instead of the typical reviews that most car sites feature, CarType instead focuses on the design elements that go into the cars that we see everyday, including emblems, vents, body lines and more.
[CarType]
According to the official chart of facial hair types, there are 34 different types of facial hair.
According to Jon Dyer, he’s done 24 of them so far, and plans to continue until his face has featured each one.
Check out his blog for a documentation of his quest.
[Jon Dyer's Blog - The Quest For Every Beard Type]
[Via: Swissmiss]
On Zombie Daily, Rob Sacchetto draws a new zombie each day, because, as he says on his site, “The dead shall rise…one at a time”.
Apparently I’m a little late to the party on this one, but The Boston Globe’s The Big Picture is a fantastic photo blog that uses huge and beautiful pictures to tell stories that normally only get a thousand words inside of the newspaper.
If you haven’t already, be sure to check it out.
Moodstream is a fantastically powerful “brainstorming tool” from Getty Images that is “designed to help take you in inspiring, unexpected directions”.
By tweaking the sliders, you can choose between images, footage, audio, or just a stream of fresh ideas that will bring a whole new creative palette straight to you.
The concept is actually pretty interesting, and the end result is inspiring and interesting in an advanced screensaver sort of way, so it’s definitely worth a look.
[Via: The Presurfer]
Logologos is a fantastic blog that breaks down the math and science behind some of the most famous company logos.
Bet you didn’t think it was that simple, did you?
[Via: Computerlove]
