Simian Design

Idle Words give us a nice collection of vintage Polish Propoganda Posters (actually calendars). Nice stuff.

FLY GUY is a wonderfully enchanting Flash app. You’re this unassuming little pudgy salaryman who flys through a very nicely done pixelated, Hypercard-like line art fantasyland. Sailing through the sky, space and getting to a tropical paradise. My favorite part was rocking with the UFO. Highly cool, highly entertaining. link via Boing Boing.

I generally have a couple of go-to free photo sites . (MorgueFile, interia, istockphoto, image-cafe.net (new), NOAA,Intuitivmedia.net, and image*after)

Via Noel Jackson, I ran across MorgueFile, a Public Image Reference Archive. Looks intruiging.

I also found out about image-cafe.net (new), NOAA. Nice collections of some nice photos. NOAA has some very nice historic drawings as well. LOTS of photos. And the price is right.

(NOAA and Image-Cafe found from Mascara Brush

China builds robot that can play tai chi. That’s cool. Robo-kung-fu. I want one. I want to see one. And it can sense changing ground levels and balance itself, which is cool. And since Tai chi is about slow movement, moving balance, this would be most excellent to see. I’m guessing super-graceful in motion. (in a robotic sense)

Hugh MacLeod draws cartoons on the back of business cards. Some fantastic stuff. A real attention getter. It’s a nice thing, being able to hand out a business card that’s a piece of art.

(link via memepool. )

CSS bookmarklet maker by Phalen (via Webgraphics) is a handly little program. It just makes a link with the required javascript to reference a local file that you create that will temporarily overwrite the page’s style with the CSS that you specify. I know have a bookmarklet that shows me divs and tables, all in one. I also color code nested div’s differently. It’s fun, and cool. Worth checking out.

The Register is reporting that Microsoft is plotting a Macromedia acquisition.

Let’s think about this for a second. Microsoft gets Flash, Dreamweaver, Cold Fusion, JRun, Fireworks, Freehand and others.

Mmmm… The only good thing I can say is that if this happens, FrontPage might finally die the death it deserves. Yup. That’s it. The only positive.

Story via /.

OSXII – Apple // Emulator for Mac OS X. Very cool.

A very interesting and impressive interaction piece. Use your mouse and interact with the face.

Apple has released the Mac OS X 10.2.3 update, now available via the Software Update control panel.

The 10.2.3 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, utilities, and technologies: AppleScript, Classic compatibility, Disk Copy, Disk Utility, Image Capture, Mail, OpenGL, Print Center, and Rendezvous. It provides audio, disc recording, graphics, printing improvements, as well as AFP and WebDAV networking improvements. The update also provides updated security services and includes the latest Security Updates.