Hello icon lovers! As I promised last week , here it is, the second installment of our brand new “radioactive” system set. This one includes “My documents”, “My images”, CD, Removable media and Hard drive. We made a very strong and vibrant set overall, that looks particularly good at small sizes. Hope you can give your system a striking and fun look courtesy of Iconshock. We will continue delivering. Not to worry.
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Google’s search accuracy is the mainstay of their growing empire. But it’s funny that one of the things that attracted at first glance the mayor public to using Google everyday wasn’t its indexing system, but rather the very innovative changes in their logo. I want to show you a video I found with some of the most rememberable until date.
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| Which Google doodle is your favorite? |
Talk about recycling! Stylish? innovative? Pure waste? That’s for you to decide. Talented Scot Jarvie from the UK, designed this lamp made from lots and lots of simple every day plastic straws. Imagine how your house would look like if you hired him as your interior decorator.
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| Check his website, he has plenty of interesting designs. |
I found this very creepy graph made by information is beautiful, where you can see in a clever, simple and straightforward design how much nukes we need to blow us all into oblivion. The info is sarcastic, and pretty optimistic since it doesn’t take into account all the beautiful and tender side effects of nuclear war, as famine, radiation spread and alike. Joyful and uplifting information to make your day!
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Rakesh Menon explains to us how did he code this Java API that essentially wraps up a youtube video, letting you tag search and skip through related video thumbnails. Ideal article for programmers hunting for a fast intelligent tip.
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Hello. In this session Illustrator CS4 will be the tool for recreating one of the very oldest and truly useful things mankind ever produced: a house.
Mainstream public hasn’t seen much of James Cameron since “Titanic”, back in 1997. His work in this decade has been rather low profile, directing some very interesting documentaries where he showcases his latest developments in camera technology. I think he and George Lucas are some of the few directors in film history that beside doing thoughtful and entertaining movies, they have evolved cinema as a creative medium, pushing technology to new boundaries in the way films are produced, manipulated and exhibited.
Well, for those who were wondering…. this is Cameron’s return to the spotlight. These images have been stuck in my brain for days now, Just jaw dropping! Starring Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi and Sam Worthington.
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| First international trailer for James Cameron’s “Avatar” |
JavaFx is software platform where you can create rich internet applications that can run seamlessly across different platforms. You can develop in JavaFX an app to be used in a T.V, a mobile phone or a gamming console. I want to share with all of you this beginner tutorial made by the people at Die, Ajax: Create a simple app so you can get accustomed to the Javafx commands and workflow.
You must download and install the latest java Software Developers kit to follow the tutorial.
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| Click on image to begin tutorial. |
System icons are the most searched throughout the web as almost everybody wants to customize their User interface appearance and give it that extra personal look. To me, system icons are the perfect showcase of an icon artist ability and style. Iconshock wants to give blog readers two different system replacement sets, and this is the first installment of our brand new radioactive set. Enjoy!
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Microsoft has said that from tomorrow morning, (August 20, 2009) Windows 7 release candidate will not be available to download. Although it has received mixed reviews, it’s no surprise that the demo version of Microsoft’s new assault on the world has been a huge success, counting downloads to millions, as company spokesmen has said earlier this week. This version of windows, as everybody knows already, will begin its expiration on March of 2010, when it will reboot automatically in two hour intervals, until finally self destructing, blowing your computer in pieces on June. (of course not!)
Windows downloads sill not be available from tomorrow, but you will still be able to obtain activation keys after that date if you have already downloaded the installation disk image. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! This message will self destruct in 5…4…3…2…
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| Click on image to access Microsoft Windows 7 download page. |
I found another high end testing tool for Web and Windows applications called Ranorex. Their website is full of information and they even have a demo version for you to play with. Company profile seems very solid and their site is top 400.000 which isn’t to die for, but at least gives you a serious guarantee that you are not dealing with a pizza shop.
The full package includes many app for test customization through .NET scripts, and support for 3rd party controls like DevExpress and QT. It’s a bit expensive, at 980 Euro (Premium License) But its extensive list of features might deserve the big bucks.
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| Click on image to access site. |
I just found this curious comparison chart at information is beautiful, where the most famous movie monsters are compared side to side to see which one is the papa monster.
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Remember my article regarding the evolution of graphical user interfaces? You better, because I spent two whole F@! days writing it! Well, I found this post by Leander Kahney from Cult of Mac who tells us how to find a little Easter egg back from the time when Steve Jobs hated apples and had breakfast at NEXT instead. (Guide to understand this not-funny-at-all-joke-even-to-geeks here.)
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English band Radiohead is one of the few mainstream acts out there actually trying to do some real music. Like them or not, when you hear their stuff you can immediately tell that their songs are not the product of some marketing study or publicity campaign. They make music just because that’s what they do.
They somehow changed the way music is marketed with their experiment with the album “In rainbows” that was released by themselves through the internet. People could download their album paying whatever they thought it was worth, ($0 option included) and the idea was a total success. Their earned a lot more than what they would have earned if they sold the album the traditional way with a record label behind them. Now they take another step into the future of music, saying that they would not release any more albums, focusing their career on publishing singles instead. Read this complete article that Dana Oshiro made for Read Write Web for more insight about the future of music industry.
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I found this brief introduction to icon creation made by English company Hicksdesign. Simple and straightforward slideshow that takes us into the world of icon design in a clear and quick manner.
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Icon Design
View more documents from hicksdesign.
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