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There’s an interesting article and video up on the BBC website about some hardcore Lego Modellers. I’m a big lego fan although I am not nearly as extreme as these people. It’s worth a look if you like all thinks brick and minifig! Incidentally, if you are a lego fan and you haven’t seen it already, check out “The Brothers Brick”. It’s a great site with lots of great models built by people.

The New York Times has a good piece on why the iPad doesn’t have flash

Numerous developers and executives that I interviewed for my story said there was a trend toward offering users an alternative to Flash video, the predominant video standard online, in the form of HTML5, an open standard.

Senior-level managers from many of the top video sites online, including YouTube, Vimeo, Blip.tv and Flickr, all agreed that video online is starting to splinter, and as some test out HTML5 for video distribution, many will begin offering both formats as the iPad makes its way onto the market.

I just came across this incredible CG animation of the remains of the Space Shuttle after a mythical disaster, floating in orbit. What’s incredible about this is that it’s all done in 2d. There’s no 3D animation here other than what I presume is the use of 3d layers in After Effects.

(Via Gizmodo)

I’ve been running my various blogs off wordpress fore years now, and over that time I’ve tried various themes. Originally I used free themes and then progressed to using some premium ones. But even then I was never really happy. Then I discovered Woo Themes. Woo is a purveyor of premium wordpress themes, but they do it really really well. What impressed me about the company was not just that they created some really nice and high quality themes, but that they gave them a really good back end, and that they continued to upgrade them. But what I really like is the way they structure their themes.

Check out this really cool t-shirt design from Origin 68. Designed like a packing slip or box label for a “100% Organic” Human Being. They have some great other designs on their site too. Add to bookmarks !

Even though I recently upgraded the theme on the site I was never quite happy with it, so once again I’ve given it a major overhaul. Well, it is the new year, so why not. I was never really happy with the previous design, and the more I tweaked it the more cluttered and messy it got. I’m trying to keep this look a lot cleaner. I’ll keep the ads to a minimum and try and not weight it down with too many plug-ins etc.

Check this out, this is really impressive. Parallax scrolling done entirely in CSS. Look ma, no flash.

A uk design student comes up with an ingenious re-design of the standard 3 pin power plug. I hope this goes into production because it’s a brilliant idea. I especially like the adaptors to plug multiple plugs into one.