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05 May 2006

NASA - Titan Descent Data Movie with Bells and Whistles - Movie

This movie, built with data collected during the European Space Agency's Huygens probe on Jan. 14, 2005, shows the operation of the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer camera during its descent and after touchdown. The camera was funded by NASA.

04 May 2006

How To Be A Beverage Snob (Coffee, Tea, Wine and Beer)

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In my opinion, being a snob is not about thinking you're better than someone else just because you happen to know more about a particular subject. It is simply being passionate about something. It is being able to appreciate and identify quality. It is taking time out of this fast paced, stressful world, to stop and savor anything that can add to your quality of life!

03 May 2006

BBC - bbc.co.uk Standards & Guidelines - Home Page

BBC Online Technical, Design & Editorial guidelines

02 May 2006

Death Of The Banner Ad? - Forbes.com

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Video game portal IGN announced Tuesday it will be doing away with banner ads as it steps up its advertising technology.

26 April 2006

MORESUKINE

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An interactive comic blog uploaded weekly from Tokyo by German comic artist Dirk Schwieger. Readers are invited to submit assignments and can read a comic about his efforts...

21 April 2006

20 April 2006

Vitamin Features » Making Popular Layout Decisions

Every time you make a layout decision - fluid vs fixed, scaled vs percentage, a few more people hate you. How do you make the right decisions and when?

Save $200 in 2 minutes and have the worlds best writing pen

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transform a $3 pen into a $200 pen in just seconds. Mont Blanc pens are the worlds finest writing pens but they make specialized refills so you must buy their $200+ pens to use their amazing ink...until now. This is the easiest hack/adaptation to give anyone the king's writing ink.

MILE HIGH COMICS presents THE BEAT at COMICON.com: Chris Ware moves ACME to FSG

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Chris Ware, unwilling to compromise the quality of his products, moves his ACME Novelty Library series from Fantagraphics - Chris Ware, unwilling to compromise the quality of his products, moves his ACME Novelty Library series from Fantagraphics to Drawn & Quarterly.

16 April 2006

Sales on SaleHug.Com

SaleHug is a sale blog. Our goal is to provide a quick and simple way to find sales for the products and brands you enjoy and deliver them in a clean and organized manner. If we don't find the sale offers something we'd be interested in, then you won't find it posted on SaleHug. We're also very much into giving hugs back to those in need by donating a percentage of.

14 April 2006

Stopdesign | Google's new dating game

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Stopdesign’s readers will note that I haven’t written as much here lately. But I have good reasons. In addition to planning an upcoming wedding, I had the good fortune of collaborating with Google on the design of this new Calendar app. It’s been a truly amazing experience to work with the team and see this product come together.

13 April 2006

The Icon Base : Royalty-Free Stock Icons

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Welcome to The Icon Base. Icons are a very important part of the user interface and are essential for the success of your company. The Yellow Icon Studio's Icon Base brings to your company higth quality icon design ready for consumption.

12 April 2006

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10 April 2006

Travels with iPod @ National Geographic Traveler

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electronic devices such as BlackBerrys and Treos changed business trips. Now MP3 portable music players—most notably the industry's standard-bearer, Apple's iPod—are fast doing the same for leisure excursions. Aside from bringing Dean Martin along to "Mambo Italiano" on a trip to Capri, travelers can now download everything from an unabridged copy of The Da Vinci Code for beachside listening, to an audio tour of Pompeii. Here are nine ways to use your iPod while on the road:

Penguin Classics

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Penguin Classics presents the Graphic Classics - timeless works of literature featuring amazing, one-of-a-kind cover illustrations from some today's best graphic artists. These Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions also feature French flaps, rough fronts and luxurious packaging. Look for more Graphic Classics in the months ahead!

06 April 2006

AIGA - Artist video series

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Reading about designers can be moving. Seeing their work can be inspiring and, at times, can provoke us to action. Hillman Curtis, in his video series, allows us to experience leading designers through sound and motion, uncovering what it is about them that inspires him.

29 March 2006

MAKE: Blog: The Future of Credit Cards - Earning virtual currency for spending in the real world & other world bridging

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Very soon, credit card companies and game makers will reward their customers who spend money in the real world using private label "rewards" credit cards. They will use gifts of virtual currency such as Blizzard's World of Warcraft gold and Second Life's Linden dollars.