Wow... Check the Next Generation Trailer - Avatar

Now this look like a good waist of cash...

Just downloaded a new Adobe program to run this trailer for Avatar. You can click on the images to see larger versions.

Lots of very cool "game like" interface design.
A taste of what the internet information programs will be like in the future.
If you have a high-end computer with lots of bandwidth then I recommend you check it out.

The trailer runs then stops at designated people or creatures and you have a choice of watching an in-depth info video on that subject or continuing with the trailer. Very nice interface idea and I can see this being a great new format for interactive news that will once again blow away the TV experience.

Enjoy

How to Roast Bob Garlick

Just a tad more garlic with my peppered tofu please

How To Roast Garlic on Howcast

Just kidding but if you have every tried "roast garlic" at a restaurant and wanted to try it at home look no further.

Cool New Interactive Screen Technolagy

Look ma no fingers...

For those of you who would like to see the next step in screen interaction, check out this video from the team that is experimenting with this new technology. For a more detailed description and a lot a technical jargon go to this website.


The simplest way to explain how the system works, Lanman says, is to imagine that, instead of an LCD, an array of pinholes is placed in front of the sensors. Light passing through each pinhole will strike a small block of sensors, producing a low-resolution image. Since each pinhole image is taken from a slightly different position, all the images together provide a good deal of depth information about whatever lies before the screen.


An array of liquid crystals could simulate a sheet of pinholes simply by displaying a pattern in which, say, the central pixel in each 19-by-19 block of pixels is white (transparent) while all the others are black.

Great Website's for You and Your Business

Everything is only a click away these days...

I am constantly discovering great new websites and wanted to share with you the ones I find most useful. Here are some I use almost ever day:

www.yousentit.com is a great free FTP service. You can send files up to 100MB to anyone you like and it keeps the file link live for 7 days.

iStock photos is the internet's original member-generated image rental library. Get easy, affordable inspiration with millions of safe, royalty-free photographs, vector illustrations, video footage, audio tracks and Flash files.

Mindmeister.com brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions. Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map and see each other's changes as they happen.

Identafont.com the largest independent directory of typefaces on the Internet, with information about fonts from 587 publishers and 158 vendors.

www.lipsum.com is a great resource for fake filler text. Just copy and paste the text into a design you are working. There are also great options for adding this function to other applications like firefox, dreamweaver and ActionScript3.

Welcome to the world of colors where you're sure to find the perfect color combination for your project. This site was built to help web developers quickly select and test website color combinations.

Need a great web templates for free and right now. Open Web Design is a community of designers and site owners sharing free web design templates as well as web design information. Helping to make the internet a prettier place!

DownLoadSquad.com has a link to free music websites. So if you need some music to make a radio or internet video sound great, go no further.

Need to fax someone, look no further for a great free faxing service.

Photobucket will keep all your pics and videos in one place - room for up to 5,000 photos and hours of video! Share with everyone you know by email, IM or mobile phone. Make slideshows with music, special effects, captions, and more. Link to your profile, blog or website.

Ignore Everybody

I just want people to love the art...

I've been following this guy for years and love his cartoons and wonderful punch-lines. Check out his blog and buy his book for someone who; is, wants or doesn't understand Creativity....

So you want to be more creative, in art, in business, wha­tever. Here are some tips that have worked for me over the years.

1. Ignore everybody.
2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours.
3. Put the hours in.
4. If your biz plan depends on you sud­denly being “dis­co­ve­red” by some big shot, your plan will pro­bably fail.
5. You are res­pon­si­ble for your own expe­rience.
6. Ever­yone is born crea­tive; ever­yone is given a box of cra­yons in kin­der­gar­ten.
7. Keep your day job.
8. Com­pa­nies that squelch crea­ti­vity can no lon­ger com­pete with com­pa­nies that cham­pion crea­ti­vity.
9. Every­body has their own pri­vate Mount Eve­rest they were put on this earth to climb.
10. The more talen­ted some­body is, the less they need the props.
11. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds alto­gether.
12. If you accept the pain, it can­not hurt you.
13. Never com­pare your inside with some­body else’s outside.
14. Dying young is ove­rra­ted.
15. The most impor­tant thing a crea­tive per­son can learn pro­fes­sio­nally is where to draw the red line that sepa­ra­tes what you are willing to do, and what you are not.
16. The world is chan­ging.
17. Merit can be bought. Pas­sion can’t.
18. Avoid the Water­-coo­ler Gang.
19. Sing in your own voice.
20. The choice of media is irre­le­vant.
21. Selling out is har­der than it looks.
22. Nobody cares. Do it for your­self.
23. Worr­ying about “Com­mer­cial vs. Artis­tic” is a com­plete waste of time.
24. Don’t worry about fin­ding ins­pi­ra­tion. It comes even­tually.
25. You have to find your own sch­tick.
26. Write from the heart.
27. The best way to get appro­val is not to need it.
28. Power is never given. Power is taken.
29. Wha­te­ver choice you make, The Devil gets his due even­tually.
30. The har­dest part of being crea­tive is get­ting used to it.
31. Remain fru­gal.
32. Allow your work to age with you.
33. Being Poor Sucks.
34. Beware of tur­ning hob­bies into jobs.
35. Savor obs­cu­rity while it lasts.
36. Start blog­ging.
37. Mea­ning Sca­les, Peo­ple Don’t.