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Monthly Archives: December 2006
Animator brings new life to an indian myth
Another ‘winter break re-discovery’ from my archived bookmarks: back in 2003 I came across Nina Paley’s “Sitayana Sings the Blues“. Nina did a wonderful job of animating gorgeous characters from the Indian epic of Ramayana to songs sung by Annette … Continue reading
How to make wearing a bike helmet fun
What can you do when your child doesn’t want to wear their bike helmet? We all know that wearing a helmet can reduce our risk of injury when falling from a bicycle. Yet, kids really aren’t keen on the logic and … Continue reading
CinePaint digital film library
In November of 2003 NewsForge published an article titled “First Internet Digital Film Debuts“. The article explained how Robin Rowe was working with the Library of Congress and the George Eastman House museum to restore early films including the 1903 … Continue reading
Where can I find old bootdisk images?
Bootdisk.com provides access to an archive of old boot disk images. If you are rebuilding an old computer and need a boot disk image for Windows 95, 98 or other operating systems that are no longer supported, then bootdisk.com is … Continue reading
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How to be a web design super hero
Andy Budd posted notes from his SXSWi presentation titled ‘How to be a web design superhero‘. The post includes a PDF of Andy’s beautiful presentation, which included Alex Ross’s illustrations of popular superheros including Wonderwoman, Superman, and Batman. In the … Continue reading
I decided to join another site. This one is called Twitter.com. Using Twitter you can login to their site, or submit updates via IM about what you are doing at that very second. A time line is generated about what … Continue reading
SiteBar offers excellent online bookmark management
Two years ago I began to look into what I could do to improve my productivity. Part of my workflow analysis included management of bookmarks. I needed a way to keep all of my bookmarks synced, categorized, and easily sharable. … Continue reading
Five things to avoid when blogging
Mark over at Weblog Tools Collection wrote a short and clever post titled “Things You Should Avoid Blogging About.” In summary: Don’t write about your pet Don’t gripe about how busy you are Don’t whine about comments (specifically lack of) … Continue reading
Fallen Art
Thomasz Baginski wrote and directed a short animated piece titled ‘Fallen Art‘. The piece was created by Platige Image, a Polish visual effects company. Fallen Art is a story about generals, soldiers, and a very special project (watch the video … Continue reading
How to create fun stop motion animations
Boinx iStopMotion is a software application that enables you to create stop motion and time lapse animations using your Apple computer or iPad. Creating stop motion animations can be fun for both kids, parents, and teachers. The software makes it … Continue reading
