internet cool?!

Every once and a while I’ll post something just for design’s sake. This is one of those times. This “ode to typography” is very well considered and quite fun. Have a peek. I put the highest res image on my flickr here.

Have fun. Found on Squidspot.

Just stumbled upon this today. “3000+ channels, all available on line - FREE.” Do you hear that? FREE.*

Read more on what I thinksh about Free TV here and here.

*With a paid (and ridiculously over-priced broadband account.

Just awesome. Found it over at Iain’s Crackunit. Nice snag, Iain.

Get yours here.

Holy shit balls, finally!

Get out your pretty mobile and txt “ajello” to 50500 (no quotes) to see what I mean.

BAM! Introducing Contxts, a new service from ID345, a Denver-based idea company. It’s quite simple: you program what you want your business card to say on the website, and then tell people to text your user ID to 50500, or you can send it to them. Could it be any easier than that?

Several companies have attempted to solve the problem of paper business cards for some time, but Contxts takes the cake IMHO. You can even use the service without ever visiting the website. Just text “JOIN firstname lastname email” to 50500 and then when anyone texts your number to 50500, they will get your name and email address.

Enjoi!

You might have heard of the new craze of being able to DNA and Gene map with companies like 23andMe where you get a “Mint-like” output of your bodies most intimate and intricate details - including ancestry and health related risks as you grow older. Sweet. Sign me up.

But this post isn’t about that. It seems there is another company rushing to the DNA documentation business, but this time - as an Art Form. That’s right. Apparently your DNA is beautiful and you can hang a snap of it in your room. Check out DNA-DX.

from the site:

DNA-DX has fused science and art to bring you GenePortraits. These dazzling paintings are the most beautiful and modern Canvas representations of the most important person you know, You.

the process is simple:

1. Customise your GenePortrait through our website
2. Send us your DNA sample using our ‘painless cheek swab’ sampling kit
3. Await your masterpeice

Enjoi.

I also love making the worlds least SEO-friendly headlines. But I digress.

Check this out. Beautiful, thoughtful stationery. With a twist. :)

from the site:

Old Tom Foolery is the brainchild of Joel Gryniewski and Lauren Weinblatt—two ad-industry vets who also happen to be engaged. Back when Joel was wooing Lauren, he had a tough time finding cards that were: a) funny, b) letterpressed (they’re both suckers for a deep impression), and c) not so dainty as to make her question his masculinity. So they set out to make their own witty letterpress cards that would appeal to both sexes.

Enjoi.

This site enables anyone to easily transform any existing digital photos into tilt-shift style miniatures - for free.

Here’s one I just made as a demo. (A shot of a shack more than 200 yards away from the camera, I took in Montana in 2002.)

And the original:

Sweet!

Ridiculously simple and awesome site that lets you make desktop notes for yourself. Meet StickyScreen.

What better way to advertise Killzone, than to just let the target play the game? Awesome. Install the Killzone toolbar for your browser (Firefox v3 recommended or IE6/7) and as you browse your favorite webbasites you’ll get ambushed and thrown right into a battle scene.

Like I said, Awesome.

Just found this here whilst bouncing around the interwebs this evening. It appears to be entirely made in flash, which is awesome in it’s own right. But then it is an animation of one of my all-time favorite songs (Radiohead: Creep), insuring that I would pass the link on to you. Enjoi!