Build your own city stencil
February 21st, 2005 by rbanks
Konstructor, from m-city.org, is a tool that lets you build your own cities to use as stencils.
Archive for February, 2005
Photoshop plug-in
February 17th, 2005 by rbanks
I was looking at this cool photo on Flickr by Orbital Joe called Fells Point ShiftyG filter, and was curious what a ShiftyG filter was. Through Google I found this great plug-in tool for Photoshop , which I assume is what Joe has been using, called virtualPhotographer. It has a whole bunch of great color and black & white effects, and costs zero dollars.
An iMix
February 16th, 2005 by rbanks
I tried creating a playlist in Apple’s iTunes music software and sharing it through the iMix feature, which posts it online so other people can sample it. I was a little dissappointed with the results though, since iTunes just drops off the songs that it doesn’t have available for purchase. What began as a playlist of about 20 songs has dwindled to one of about 12 songs, and of course it’s all the more obscure stuff that disappeared.
Here’s a link to my iMix (which opens in iTunes itself, so you have to have that installed to see it).
World of Warcraft
February 15th, 2005 by rbanks
I’m just starting to get into my first ever online game, now that the “newbie” friendly World of Warcraft has finally been released in Europe.
This game is huge, and seeing as I’m only a level 5 after a few hours of play I have a long way to go. I’m not actually sure where I’m going, since this world is persistent and pretty much endless. I guess I go until I’m bored.
The World of War fan site includes some good Cartography that should help me get around.
Small World
February 11th, 2005 by rbanks
Can anyone guess the process behind the beautiful shots in the Small World series?
iPod lego
February 9th, 2005 by rbanks
This must be at the extreme end of “customer love”, although Apple customers seem to go to these extremes pretty regularly.
This lego figure is designed to mimic Apples sihouette iPod ads.
Collage
February 9th, 2005 by rbanks
I saw this cover for the book The Island Walkers when I was at Third Place Books over the weekend. For some reason it struck a chord with me as inspiration for doing collages, particularly of macro photos mixed with architecture. Just want to remember to try something like this out with my own photos.
Google maps
February 8th, 2005 by rbanks
Google have another great service in Beta release. This time it’s a map that you can use to show local services, get directions ets.
Here’s all the Starbucks around Redmond town center, for example. Click on the tags that appear and they show the address and links to related websites.
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