Some work by Belgian artist Fred Eerdekens:
(via)
Facebook Badge
Environmental Photographer of the Year Exhibition
The Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 exhibition will open on 25th October, just a month before the Cancún climate-change conference.
Stunning art from an unlikely material
I love it when people make art with unexpected materials and toilet paper rolls are about as unexpected as its gets. And how stunning it is as well!
by Anastassia Elias {via this old dress}
by Yuken Teryua {via this old dress & via via inhabitat}
"
Google URL Shortener Gets a Website
Google URL Shortener Gets a Website: "We first introduced the Google URL Shortener (goo.gl) last December as part of Google Toolbar and Feedburner. Since our initial release, we’ve integrated the technology into many other Google products including News, Blogger, Maps, Picasa Web Albums, and Moderator, but people have been asking for a direct way to use the service. Today we’re giving goo.gl its own website (http://goo.gl/, of course!). We don’t intend to overload goo.gl with features, but we do want it to be the stablest, most secure, and fastest URL shortener on the web.
There are many shorteners out there with great features, so some people may wonder whether the world really needs yet another. As we said late last year, we built goo.gl with a focus on quality. With goo.gl, every time you shorten a URL, you know it will work, it will work fast, and it will keep working. You also know that when you click a goo.gl shortened URL, you’re protected against malware, phishing and spam using the same industry-leading technology we use in search and other products. Since our initial release, we’ve continued to invest in the core quality of the service:
- Stability: We’ve had near 100% uptime since our initial launch, and we’ve worked behind the scenes to make goo.gl even stabler and more robust.
- Security: We’ve added automatic spam detection based on the same type of filtering technology we use in Gmail.
- Speed: We’ve more than doubled our speed in just over nine months.
To access the new website and start taking advantage of these improvements, simply type “goo.gl” in your web browser and hit enter. There you’ll find a simple interface where you can quickly shorten a URL.
We’ve focused on making the service lean, but you will find some helpful features. If you sign-in to your Google Account, you’ll see a list of URLs you’ve shortened in the past. Click the “details” link next to any of shortened URL and you’ll find public, real-time analytics data, complete with traffic over time, top referrers, and visitor profiles. This can be a great way to better understand who’s interested in your links, how they’re finding them and when they’re reading.
We also wanted to thank the many application developers out there who took the time to build extensions and other services integrating goo.gl technology. Even without an official API, there are extensions available for browsers like Chrome (eg: goo.gl URL Shortener, Shareaholic for Google Chrome) and Firefox (eg: goo.gl lite). Before people start writing code to incorporate our new features, we wanted to let you know we do plan to release an official API for goo.gl in the future. You’ll be able to use the API to shorten URLs, expand URLs, and view analytics from directly within your own applications.
Happy shortening!
Posted by Muthu Muthusrinivasan, Software Engineer
"
Jaguar C-X75
Jaguar C-X75: "
I think we can stop worrying about Jaguar's new owners, because if you haven't noticed already Jaguar's design direction is nothing short of inspired and by the looks of their new concept there are some really exciting years ahead for the leaping cat. The C-X75 keeps the momentum going with a preview of the future that has the brand embracing its signature feline curves and the power you would expect under the hood of a Jaguar. So what's under the hood? A sophisticated hybrid system that features two micro-gas turbines combined with four Lithium powered electric motors (which in electric-mode can have you going for up to 68 miles) each touting 195 horsepower and 295lb-ft of torque. According to the company the car can potentially achieve 205 miles per hour and a 0 to 62 time of 3.4 seconds. Oh, and it can do that with zero tailpipe emissions in urban usage. I think its fair to say a faster, sleeker, greener Jaguar is one we can all get used to. Link
"
Studio Tour: More Proof that Level-5 is the Hottest Developer in Japan
Studio Tour: More Proof that Level-5 is the Hottest Developer in Japan: "
A couple days ago, I wrote that Level-5 is probably the hottest Japanese developer going at the moment. If I had any doubts, they were dispelled by this glimpse of the company's opulent new Fukuoka studio via their official website.
Seriously, look at this place:
This is what visitors see when they first walk into the studio. My first thought is that it looks like a Roppongi or Shinjuku penthouse club. Is that a full bar in the back?
These are presentation rooms for studio guests. The Spider-Man statue in the corner is the touch that makes it look a bit more like a typical videogame studio.
This isn't a tea house -- it's one of the Level-5's meeting rooms. According to the site, this room is meant to allow employees to relax and discuss their ideas.
The "viewing room" -- again, I'm reminded of nothing so much as an expensive club in the heart of Shinjuku. I'm guessing this is where Level-5 executives sip sake and count the millions they've made from Inazuma Eleven.
The play room... sorry, "recreation room." The jelly bean cushions make this room look positively Google-esque.The apparatus on the side is a little baffling though -- my first thought was that it looked like an adult slide.
The room where Level-5 presumably screens new cutscenes and other assets from their games. The website calls it the "arena room," but I think it looks like the briefing room from Return of the Jedi. All it needs is a holo-projector and Admiral Ackbar.
The work area for Level-5's employees. It's a fairly normal Japanese office space, but still very nice. It's certainly nicer than where I used to work.
And finally, we have Level-5's motion capture studio. I think this is actually the most telling picture of the bunch, because it shows that Level-5 has the assets needed for big budget current-generation game. A full motion capture studio is a luxury that only a handful of Japanese studios can afford these days.
As I said in my post from Monday, Level-5 has managed to defy trends to become one of the most successful studios in Japan. If these photos are anything to go by, they are now enjoying the well-earned fruits of their success.
"
Inventionland Offices
The offices of Inventionland are like nothing you’ve ever seen before. That is unless you’ve seen them before. The Pittsburgh-based company invents more than 2000 items per year, licensing out one new product every three days.
All of this happens in a 70,000sqft facility that is is designed with 15 different sets. Sets range from pirate ships, race tracks, and faux caves, to red carpet walkways, a castle, or a giant robot. Not only does the space have fun, creative decor, but the facility also has a state-of-the-art sound/video/animation studio and fully-equipped workshops for creating working prototypes of inventions. Instead of being a normal “employee”, Inventionland employees are known as “Creationeers” and get to wear lab coats.
All of this, is of course possible and reasonable when the founder of the company’s has a motto like this:
“The best work comes out of the spirit of play.” – George Davison
"
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
