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Brian Dettmer

Brian Dettmer creates the most awesome art pieces ever using illustrated books, an X-acto and tweezers (and some glue, I guess). My favorite is this (simple) one carved out of a Pan-Am New Horizons World Guide. I love it so I managed to find multiple links showing his work. Cool Hunting Kinz + Tillou Fine [...]

May 12, 2009 |, | Leave a comment

Pink Niji

A month ago, I sold my almost new road bike in order to get a cheaper one. I needed a bike that I could lock on the corner of any street while I join some friends for a beer or simply to go to work. So, for the last three weeks I’ve been actively searching [...]

May 11, 2009 |, | Comments (1)

iPhone + external mic

Great tip on Mac OS X Hints on how to use a digital camera Mini A/V cable to plug a microphone to your iPhone/iPod Touch. It only gives a mono input, but stil this could be usefull when combined with a good sound recording app. (via Mac OS X Hint)

May 7, 2009 |, , , | Leave a comment

IE is so 2006

When accessing getfirefox.com using Internet Explorer, this is what you get:

May 4, 2009 | | Comments (1)

Mr. Show – Pre-taped Call-in show.

Excellent sketch. (via Merlin Mann)

May 4, 2009 |, , | Leave a comment

Twitter’s Alex Payne’s desk hack

Apple recently profiled Twitter. You don’t learn a thing about Twitter or Apple in that cute video, but you get a good look at Twitter’s offices. In one shot, I noticed that Alex Payne, the lead developper, seems to have a modified desk so he can work in a standing position. I emailed him about [...]

May 1, 2009 |, , | Comments (9)

Urban Camouflage

The commercial space is a clean and untouched area. Usually there are no artistic activities. The customer expects nothing out of ordinary in a world of brands and price labels. Our project exeeds the limit and enters the world of commerce without any permission. Urban Camouglage

May 1, 2009 |, | Leave a comment

Floppy Disk Icon

Keep rocking that floppy disk icon, Microsoft. – John Gruber, about the screenshots of the upcoming Microsoft Office 2010. A ten years old kid would have no clue what he’s clicking on when he wants to save. via : Daring Fireball

April 29, 2009 |, , | Leave a comment

Infographics

I have great admiration for people who design these kinds of things that we call Infographics. It’s amazing in so many ways. Luckily for us, Francesco Mugnai made a list of 50 great examples of thoses. via Francesco Mugnai

April 21, 2009 |, | Leave a comment

Smell of Books

Smell is important. While watching the last Canadien’s game of the season at a friend’s place, he showed us is hockey card collection. Another friend who used to collect them as a kid was blown away by the smells coming out of the cards. He could differentiate the brands by their different printing smells and [...]

April 16, 2009 |, | Comments (1)