Archive for May, 2006

Posted in Tech Talk, Design Talk

Shooting Stars

Date May 1st, 2006 Comment No Comments

This is a brilliant resource library! Visit protolize
This is a fun fun fun game Play Shooting Stars

Posted in Design Talk

When to use flash

Date May 1st, 2006 Comment 2 Comments

The age old argument of when flash should and shouldnt be used.
I think this is a clear cut example of excellent flash work used at the right time.
When the budget means that you can advertise the url (no google) and the experience makes you want to learn more…
Find out more about Mercedes Benz

Posted in General Banter

Helio There

Date May 3rd, 2006 Comment No Comments

Helio is converting an audience who is comfortable with the desktop model of MySpace into an integrated mobile space, offering a service that includes blogging on-the-go.
Helio Website

Posted in General Banter

Soul Glo: The Director’s Cut

Date May 3rd, 2006 Comment 5 Comments

Due to the lengths I went to to obtain the ‘Holy Grail’ of IMD tomfoolery, a few drunken students are missing their kidneys and a ’shopkeeeper’ I know is very happy, but by God it was worth it.

Link to YouTube

Posted in IMD Talk

A solution to global warming

Date May 4th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Finally people are coming up with constructive positive solutions.
This will cut methane emissions by 20% globally…
Mootiful Solution

Posted in Sites of interest

Get Mac

Date May 4th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

New Apple advertising campaign started today, quite funny and worth a look.
But isnt it a little strange that they are slapping MSoft after embracing them on the hardware front….
Visit Site

Posted in General Banter

Too much of a good thing?

Date May 4th, 2006 Comment 2 Comments

“In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie and, as bonus material, the theatrical edition of the film. That means […]

Posted in General Banter

Technorati Enabled

Date May 4th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

The Warthog is coming along nicely, We are now listed on technorati and people have already blogged about us!
Any more ideas for Warthog promotion let me know!
Link to us on Technorati

Posted in General Banter

Newborn Festival 2006

Date May 4th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Excellent vid by Barry McKenna of the recent Newborn Festival, held in Downpatrick.

Posted in Tech Talk

ActiveX Woes

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

In April , Microsoft was finally forced to update how ActiveX plug-ins behave in Internet Explorer. So now, if you go to a website that has ActiveX elements (including Flash), you will see a tooltip that says: “Click to activate and use this control”. I had a few problems with this myself…

Now ActiveX elements cannot […]

Posted in Sites of interest

Who Was the Mysterious Picasso Bidder?

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment No Comments

There is an interesting story on ABC news today about a bidder at auction who bid over $95 Million for the 1941 portrait of Dora Marr by Picasso which depicts the artist’s lover, who influenced much of his work throughout the 1930s and ’40s. The bidder then refused to give his details.
What’s also interesting is […]

Posted in Design Talk

Icons Smicons

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment No Comments

1000 mini app icons from Birmingham based designer FamFamFam, worth bookmarking for shopping sites alone.
Visit wee icons and whot not

Posted in General Banter

Porta-Pot Shot

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Ever want to blast a portaloo into orbit?

Posted in Sites of interest, Design Talk

Aisle of Averages

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment No Comments

“Perspective shots of grocery store aisles are distorted back out of perspective so that the shelf forms a rectangle in the picture plane instead of trapezoid. Then four passes of motion blur at 999 to arrive at a kind of loose average or wash of the shelf’s chromatic contents.”
Beautiful

Posted in General Banter

Five Frame Storytelling

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment No Comments

One of Flickr’s current threads is producing some interesting results, including this funny little number, although a five-frame retelling of Franz’s house’s apocalyptic mud fight would rule all!

Posted in General Banter

Take it to the Bridge

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment 2 Comments

For years I’ve been unable to say the words ‘hot tub’ without following up with a growled ‘FULL O’ WAT-UH!’.
That’s because of a Saturday Night Live sketch from 1980, featuring Eddie Murphy doing a fantastic James Brown impression. Truly one for the ages.

Posted in Snurzlisation

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment No Comments

While not a big fan of mixing politicking and music, I can’t criticise artists for doing so. Musicians like Zac de la Rocha, Neil Young, Thom Yorke and…emm…Kanye West to name a few have managed to create clever, rousing lambasts that make you think, and keep their dignity while doing so.
But I challenge you […]

Posted in General Banter

Stupid Girl

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment No Comments

While not a big fan of mixing politicking and music, I can’t criticise artists for doing so. Musicians like Zac de la Rocha, Neil Young, Thom Yorke and…emm…Kanye West to name a few have managed to create clever, rousing lambasts that make you think, and keep their dignity while doing so.
But I challenge you […]

Posted in Design Talk

DV8 Stores new website

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment 3 Comments

I came across the new DV8 website recently whilst checking out befast studio Front’s portfolio. I have a passing interest in DV8 - I used to work for the former owners before Eastwoods Clothing bought the rights to use the name. Anyway, I was keen to see how the site would end up because I really liked what Eastwoods had done to the DV8 brand and I have a high opinion of Front….

Posted in General Banter

Design on the Web

Date May 8th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Following Ciaran’s post on Clockwork Orange site’s style (or lack thereof) over substance, I thought I’d highlight an article I recently came across, namely Gerry McGovern’s Graphic Design Plays a Minor Role on the Web. It’s pretty short as online articles go, but it makes for good reading. Basically, what Gerry is trying to say […]

Posted in Snurzlisation

Balkan Beat Box

Date May 8th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Combining a dizzying mishmash of everything from Bulgarian folk music to sultry European saxophones via Gypsy beatboxing and Bangra chanting, Balkan Beat Box are one of the most creative bands I’ve ever heard. Check out the entire album for free on their website; stand out tracks being ‘Bulgarian Chicks’ and ‘Adir Adirim’, then rush to […]

Posted in Sites of interest

Light on Dark

Date May 8th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

I’m not a fan of light on dark, but here’s a showcase of some well designed & coded web sites that don’t fry your retinas too much.

Posted in General Banter

10 Things

Date May 9th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Ten things you should know to be a brilliant designer
Read Them
(click the page to move onto the next thing, i would add another thing ‘usability’)

Posted in General Banter

Famous Moments in IMD History Episode One - The Goats of Hell

Date May 9th, 2006 Comment 2 Comments

I thought I’d kick off the run-up to the third annual IMD reunion by starting a series of posts charting stand-out moments in IMD history. This is open to all to tell the ‘Warthog about your favourite moments during those sometimes glorious, sometimes hideous four years, and if we get enough we might set up […]

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Blessed be thy ajax

Date May 10th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

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“I believe it was from the third book of Mc Entee that St Snurzle of […]