You Suck at Photoshop #5

Color range, masks… again with a bit of humor:

Speed Demo's Archive

Speed Demos Archive is the home of speed runs done on many computer and console games. A speed run is a video of a player striving to complete a video game in as fast a time as they can manage. Sound easy? It's not! A large number of tricks are usually used, possibly skipping whole areas of a game in the process, and there will always be mistakes.

Check out the: Speed Demos Archive

Microsoft Live Labs - Photosynth

"The Photosynth Technology Preview is a taste of the newest - and, we hope, most exciting - way to view photos on a computer. Our software takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and then displays the photos in a reconstructed three-dimensional space, showing you how each one relates to the next." - Microsoft Live Labs

Try out Photosynth Tech Preview

Alan Probe: Amateur Surgeon

Amateur Surgeon: Making mirth out of cutting people open and dicing their insides. Surprisingly good fun.

Play: Amateur Surgeon

Phun Physics Engine

Phun is a cool 2D Physics Engine.

Phun is a Master of Science Theises by Computing Science student Emil Ernerfeldt for supervisor Kenneth Bodin at VRLab, Umeå University. The solver is based on work by Claude Lacoursière

Phun is meant to be a playground where people can be creative. It can also be used as an educational tool to learn about physics concepts such as restitution and friction.

Head to the homepage for more details and downloads.

Oobject Charts

Crazy watches, swimming pools, and supercomputers. Oobject gives us a chart on almost anything!

Peter Murphy's Panoramic VR

Peter Murphy's Panoramic VR Weblog

Where can you find a slice of daily life in Sydney, Australia?
Australian photographer Peter Murphy chronicles events and locales in and around Sydney that capture his interest. His blog contains an eclectic collection of fullscreen panos reflecting everything from photos of ships and the Harbour, urban environment and cultural heritage issues, parades and protests and crowds, art exhibitions and performance art, sunrises and sunsets, street scenes and much more.

Toupee Lander

Use the arrow keys and help bald Mr. Peterson get his toupee back on his head:

Toupee Lander

Basket Building

This building (located in Newark, Ohio, US) by Longaberger Company, specialized on baskets, has a shape of… exactly a basket. Cool photo by scottamus, click to see the larger one:

HiPhone, The 99% iPhone

You have probably already heard about at least 5 wanna-be-iPhones out there, all made in China. This one is an exception: not only visual, but it has also almost all the features of the original one. And is available for only around $200, shipped.

HRead here for more detailed specs. If you got one, please share your feelings.

Best Karate Punch

Ouch… it hurts…

Rodney Mullen Skateboarding

Some amazing steps from the performance of Rodney Mullen in Japan:

Games Wallpapers - 26 JPG | 1600x1200 | 9.06 Mb

Gamewallpapers 26 JPG | 1600x1200 | 9.06 Mb

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Windows XP Soundtrack

Cool music clip, made entirely with sounds from Windows XP and 98 by Robbi-985.

Windmil out of control

Run away windmil collapses during a storm in Denmark, 22.02.08

The Water Horse Fountains

The upcoming The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep should be amazing. The creation below is made for its marketing. To get the full effect, watch the video below.

Turning any monitor in to a 3D VR display

Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on the screen. This effectively transforms your display into a portal to a virtual environment. The display properly reacts to head and body movement as if it were a real window creating a realistic illusion of depth and space. By Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University.

Virtual, 3D Graffiti

A project by the graffiti artist DAIM, utilizing a system of multi-camera set and a motion-tracking software, which allows him to paint in a bigger space without actually ‘harm’ any walls with spray cans. Visit the artist’s homepage for more.

You Suck at Photoshop #4

You Suck at Photoshop Volume 4: Paths & Masks:

Vadrum Meets Super Mario Bros 2

Andrea Vadrucci, a.k.a. Vadrum has decided to drum over the NES’ SMB2 soundtrack. The result is quite nice, I would say.

Beatbox

Here is another neat time waster, called Beatbox.

For recording press the spacebar - with the A-K keys add your own sniffs. The site is in Swedish, but easy to figure out.

Beatbox

Forum für Naturfotografen

Naaah Scheisse!
The site is in German - but who cares!
The pictures are superb!

Forum für Naturfotografen

High Speed in Slow Motion ...

... of various things. Very cool!

heiwa4126 Ultra HDR Photos

Some very nice HDR photos by the Japanese photographer heiwa4126. Some of them looks more like an illustration rather than a photo. Click on the image to see more. Ultra HDR Photos

The Red Button

FPB - First Person Bike

A cool bike trail from a first person point of view. These guys surely had a great ride:

Lighter Laser Show

Simple DIY Laser Show, using a laser beamer and a lighter:


Cigarette Lighter Laser Show - video powered by Metacafe

David Clapp Photography

A virtuoso of color, composition and light!

Specialising in landscapes, seascapes, natural world, travel and architecture.

David Clapp Photography - 430 photographs total.

Front Wheel Drive Tricks

Crazy guys from Fifth Gear doing crazy stuff with a Ford Puma. Btw it makes the Ford looks… better:

Gwen - Chinese Samorost

Gwen - "The Chinese Samorost" - is a nice point'n'click game, with some sumptuous graphics and a pleasant ambient soundtrack. Click "map" then "game" to start.

There's a walkthrough, but you can also click the question mark in the upper-left corner of the screen to get in-game help.

Top 10 Grossest Candies

"There are a lot of gross candies in this world. A lot. We at Candy Addict decided to compile a list of the Top 10 grossest candy we could find. We searched high and low for gross candy and came up with a long list. We then each ranked the grossness of each and compiled our results to bring you the Top 10." - Candy Addict - Top 10 Grossest Candies

Ffffound!

FFFFOUND! is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user's tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!!
Some really nice images: Ffffound!

Hij is vies! Conjo!

For our Dutch viewers:
Joran van der Sloot bekent! Peter R. de Vries lost de zaak op! of is het Joris Linssen?

Star Wars Asciimation

There is a new kind of ASCII art, it is Asciimation. Click to launch: Star Wars Asciimation

Filler game

You have a limited number of balls, and you have to fill up to 2/3 the space. I reached level 10, what about you?

Robot and the Cities that Built Him

You are a robot and shoot things with lasers...
Controls: Use the mouse. Robots shoot by themselves.
I came to level 52, and then thought f*ck it, getting boring after a while...

Play: Robot and the Cities that Built Him

Skelewags

These street artworks are really cool: mixing the real environment with cutie, recognizable figures.

See more of Skelewags

Japanese Pacman

After Japanese Human Tetris, here comes the Pacman in real life.

Weird Japanese - Part 4Matrixed Olympics

The beginning was a matrix ping-pong game. Now, it is a full show of Olympics games.

Martin Amm Photography

Martin Amm Photography

85 images - and all are excellent! Really nice macro photo's!

Shark Break

Relax! Take a Shark Break! Nicely made flash app where you can control a Shark, Orca, Clownfish or a Dolphin

Supermarket Domino

First you wash the floor properly, then you arrange the elements. After that, you can enjoy a full 6 minutes of domino during christmas holidays:

Spin The Black Circle

Spin The Black Circle is a 2D flash game, where gravity is the most important part of the game. You play the world, and have to lead the ball to the goals. Very easy in the beginning, but really difficult in the later levels.
PLAY: The Black Circle

Open an Envelope

How to open an Envelope... in the cutie way.

10 Gnomes

In this game, you have to find 10 gnomes hidden in the pictures and you have got only ten minutes to do that. Some are cleverly hidden in small nooks and crannies, so search reveal clickable spots ... Good Luck! - 10 Gnomes

Dutch - Peter vs. Joran Parodie

For our Dutch viewers: De eerste parodie van de verborgen camera actie van Peter R. de Vries is binnen. Die stem Conjo, jeweettoch, Briljant en lekker blowen toch:

Indian Sweet Child o’ Mine

Ow my god... We are all rock stars… Thank you. Thank you....

Japanese Ice Cleaning Robot

Report by AP, a new Japanese creation that eats ice and poops ice blocks.

The Toothpicks Star

Cool trick, simple and effective. Looks really nice:

Various Wallpapers HQ Pack

50 JPG wallpapers | 1920x1200 | 25.4 Mb

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Stunt Pilot Flash Game

Guide a prop plane through an obstacle course of coloured rings.

The controls are simple, just guide the plane's nose up or down using the arrow keys:
Stunt Pilot.

Saizen Media Studios

"Saizen Media Studios is an internationally acclaimed and award winning Design Firm that specializes in highly cinematic and detail oriented imagery. Known for its meticulous approach to graphics creation and attention to details Saizen Media Studios now has offices in both Italy and Russia, a team of internationally acclaimed artists, engineers, programmers and animators, and provides services in the fields of Web Design, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Packaging and Music Production."

Saizen Media Studios - beautiful webdesign, amazing portfolio, endless amount of inspiration and above all - the sweetest eye candy!

Off-Road Velociraptor Safari

In Off-Road Velaciraptor Safari you play a raptor who controls a jeep.






You're goal is to get the highest possible score. You can score points by dragging raptors to teleport points and making stunts with your car. Most important part: Drive like an idiot!

Giant UFOs

Among the UFO evidences, this below is the most… CGI graphical one. The objects are at least a mile (1.6 km) large, watch the video and decide if it is fake or not...: