Archive for August, 2006

jessel’s links.

digg labs, a fun tools for digg users. Riottt mag will rise. Zach Cordner Photography, some nice books to check out. NetCocktail is a neat indexing of sites by color scheme. Josh Spear’s blog is filled with interesting articles. Dirk Paessler has a nice photo blog with great photos. Big thanks to PB reader Jessel [...]

Naature Clothing – Batch 02

It has been just over a year since Naature Clothing debuted at the Deviantart Summit in June of 2005 and now we are back with a very strong sophomore release. The new batch of Naature Clothing “FTW” features three designs by the inhouse team of George Smith & Jason Krieger and in a big step [...]

some links to tide you over.

Marco Minotti has some beautiful abstract pieces for your viewing pleasure. This is a neat java web app: view your site as a graph. To wake up interest for modern art, the young artist Samuel Redfield shows up how exciting and mind-inspiring contemporary drawings can be with his book: CreativeTank. This is neat: how to [...]

Color Codes Matching Chart

I came across this link on Digg today. It’s a Color Codes Matching Chart. What it does is match Pantone colors to CMYK and RGB Hex. A great resource for designers of web and print. Very handy!

New Cameras Galore!

Canon: They have announced the new EOS XTi which is a followup to their Rebel X. The highlights are just like before: a 10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, 2.5-inch LCD (a sizable improvement to the 1.8-incher on the XT), and speedy 9-point autofocus — the same as that of the EOS 30D. You can read up [...]

Apple Battery Recall

Dell isn’t the only one plagued with recalls. Apple has just recalled batterys for their iBook and Powerbooks. The recalled batteries include those with model numbers A1061, A1078, and A1079 and serial numbers that begin with HQ441 through HQ507 and 3X446 through 3X510. You can read more at Apple’s Battery Recall Page.

Bryce 3D 5.0 for Free!

Bryce 3D 5.0 is FREE! until Sept. 6th. Check out this link on Digg for the direct download link. This will come in handy for some of you who are interested in learning a 3D program but are strapped for cash.

monsterosity

Monsterosity is a rogue’s gallery of nasties by Richard Yot. Quite the collection of monster-themed artwork. Mostly playful.
(via Drawn!)

designer where are you?

Ruan sends word that he has some new wallpapers on his site, check em out. Kristian has some beautiful works in her ispot gallery. Phillennium is a great flash site for german designer Philipp Zurmohle. Programmer Meets Designer is a great place for programmers to find a good designer and vice versa.

Analytics for all.

Google has just made their web-stats scripting, Google Analytics, open to anyone who wishes to use it. I’ve been running it for awhile and LOVE it. If your looking for a good and free stats tracking system, give them a try.

Dell recalls 4.1 million batteries.

If you’re running a dell laptop, you may want to check your model number. Dell is recalling batteries after reports of them exploding. Dell’s press release states the recall covers the following machines, so be aware! Dell Latitude D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810; Inspiron 6000, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, [...]

you tv? I tv!

Here are two great aussies: Laurel has updated YEUXtv, enjoy the goodness. Jennifer Yen has a nice portfolio of ranged works at Designgraphy. Programming is Hard is a public repository for links and code snippets, very handy. Create your own Rotten Eggheads episode and catch the cash with a First prize of $3000! For more [...]

your tuesday fix

I was gone in Vegas all weekend, thus no news from moi, so time to clear my queue: Salient has to be one of the best student magazines i’ve ever seen. Microbot has one slick flash interface, complete with shell commands. Gonzalo Olmos has some great photography and a great site to showcase them. [...]

Rockabye Stinkfist

For those of you who are parents out there, you’ve probably already decided that you want to raise your kids on good music. But how? Have no fear; Baby Rock Records have the answer. Personally, I think the Radiohead one is great.

Nikon D80

Today, Nikon announced their successor to the D70/D70s, the new D80. Featuring 10.2 mp CCD, new image processing engine, 3D Color Matrix Metering II, 11-area AF system, configurable Auto ISO, configurable high ISO NR, a larger and brighter viewfinder, in-camera retouching (including D-Lighting), built-in wireless flash commander, SD card storage (with SD-HC support) and the [...]