Anything and Everything that is cool, hot, fresh and classic.
The 21 Steps is interesting in that it’s “told by following the story as it unfolds across a map of the world”.
By using a Google Maps interface, you can follow the trail by clicking the link at the bottom of each bubble.
Is this the future of reading?
[Via: The Presurfer]
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:
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]
Soon, the iPhone’s multi-touch interface will let you and your buddies form your very own traveling iBand.
Currently, PocketGuitar lets you fret away on the six string, and the iAno adds some ivories to the mix, which means you’re one drum solo away from a tour date.
What’s interesting is that unlike the Vans Fracture concept, these programs are ready to run and can be used on any (jailbroken) iPhone or iPod Touch.
Rock on!
[iAno]
[PocketGuitar Via: Gizmodo]
[iAno Via: Coolest Gadgets]
Desktop Tower Defense is back (Version 1.5), and with all new towers, all new creeps, all new abilities, and a long list of additional improvements, it’s an all new game.
Notable improvements include Morph Creeps, which transform into other creeps as they move, Dark Creeps, which take a special kind of tower to damage, Ink Towers, which damage creeps as they walk over the ink, Snap Towers, which fire once with huge damage, and Boost Towers, which add damage to the towers around it.
The interface has also been improved, and the sounds are all new, for an overall better experience.
Now what are you waiting for; go kill some creeps!
The New York Times wrote a great article about the changes that tea is going through lately in response to its surging popularity.
[New York Times - Tea's Got A Brand New Bag]
Designers Laura and Paulina make these Bibi iPod covers that turn your little guy into a little monster.
[E-Mail For Information: laurenandpaulina@hotmail.fr]
[Via: Gizmodiva]
Netdisaster lets you unleash some fury on the web. Try it out on DYH.
[Via: Mobile Whack]
ParkAtMyHouse.com lets users let and rent parking spaces that would otherwise go unused.
[Via: Autoblog]
A few brave and lucky hackers made a homemade flamethrower out of a toy water gun and some wiper fluid (and some stupidity).
[Via: Clip A Day]
Urban Monarch and Modern Drunkard put together two great guides about how to score free drinks when you go out. Put down the credit card, and slowly step away.
[Urban Monarch - Drink For Free]
[Modern Drunkard - The Fine Art Of The Free Drink]
[Photo Via: marc_l'esperance's]
Gawker put together a great map that documents the smells of the New York City subway system. Care for a tour?
[Gawker - New York City Subway Smell Map]
The ThrustPac straps to your back and “converts horsepower to thrust to push you on any of your favorite devices”.
[Via: Sci Fi Tech]
Funny Cool Stuff created 10 different finger themes that you can use when you want to decorate your digits.
[Funny Cool Stuff - Finger Artwork]
Popular Science has a ‘hands on’ with the Dyson Airblade, a 400 mph hand dryer.
[Popular Science - Dyson Airblade]
Alang, India is famous for one thing: Recycling cruise ships. Peter Knego got a chance to visit the ship graveyard, and the pictures are breathtaking.
[Peter Knego - On The Road To Alang]
[Via: Neatorama]
MapOfSpringfield.com has created a huge map of the town where The Simpsons live. Google Maps, eat your heart out.
PingPongPixel is an interactive art experiment that uses colored ping pong balls to create giant images.
[Via: Josh Spear]
WhirlyBall “combines lacrosse, hockey and basketball with bumper cars”. Can sports get any better than that?
[Via: Dethroner]
Lifehacker put together a great guide on “How To Beat A Speeding Ticket (Or At Least Better Your Chances)”.
[Lifehacker - How To Beat A Speading Ticket]
Meet People Drink Identifiers from ATYPYK make the task of keeping an eye on your drink a clever conversation starter.
[Meet People Drink Identifiers]
[Via: Better Living Through Design]
Toyota wants to know how personal your car is with their Human Touch ad. It’s kind of creepy though.
[Via: Autoblog]
Tampon Crafts turn that time of the month into an excuse to craft.
[Via: Dethroner]
Artist Felix Beck created a non-visual graffiti project called Soundbombs, “innocuous-looking 6-inch plastic shells that broadcast short clips (lines from Shakespeare, flatulence, or anything else you record) to unwitting passersby”. He doesn’t sell them, but instead takes applications, and prospective users must tell him where they will use it and how much they’re willing to pay. Get loud.
[Via: bookofjoe]
Pepsi created an ad for the new Black Cherry French Vanilla flavor that included three senses: “sight, sound and scent”.
[Via: MIT Advertising Lab]
Sodium Laurel Sulfate, and ingredient in toothpaste, blocks sweet sensors on your tongue, which explains why orange juice tastes so bad after you brush.
[ABC - Why Does Orange Juice Taste So Bad After Brushing Your Teeth?]
[Photo Via: Strelitzia]
Information Architects put together a great read about interface, with a focus on the McDonald’s Cheesburger, the iPod, the Nintendo DS, and Google.
[Information Architects - The Interface Of A Cheeseburger]
Stuart Haygarth created the Tide Chandelier out of man made debris that washed up along a stretch of the Kent coastline. “The sphere is an analogy for the moon which effects the tides which in turn wash up the debris”.
[Stuart Haygarth - Tide Chandelier]
[Via: MoCo Loco]
Here’s a unique interface called the BumpTop. Check it out before Apple buys it and uses it for their next iPoderation, ala CoverFlow and the two fingers zoom thing.
Bonus: Here’s why BumpTop isn’t exactly like the way you normally interact with your documents:
Double Bonus: Here’s why you don’t let the designers rap your infomercials:
[Via: Digg]
Apparently Apple was not too happy about the iPhone interface for Windows Mobile phones, as they sent a round of cease & desist letters to various blogs, demanding that all links be removed regarding their “copyrighted material”. The original software is also no longer available, so you’re going to have to wait for the real thing if you didn’t snag a download in time (or check your favorite torrent site, as I’m sure someone got a copy of the stuff).
[Via: TechCrunch]
If you’re already using a Windows Mobile phone, and the new iPhone has you salivating for more, hold yourself over with a interface facelift. A user of the XDA Developers forum created and posted the customization package, and it looks pretty good considering the short amount of time he’s had to work on it. Though it’s never going to be good enough to replace the real thing, it’ll have to do until Apple gifts the world its latest groundbreaker, so hack away.
[Via: UNEASYsilence]
