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I’ve been without internet for a while. It’s good to be back. Just wanted to wish everyone happy holidays. Hope you’re all enjoying a break with people you love.

(Or 12-17-2007 for the American readers out there.)

I could have done this as a series of posts, but this makes more sense.

How colour-blind people see the world

I’ve always wondered what the world looked like to other people. Just how subjective is human vision? Well, this article was written by someone who is red/green colour-blind. Also, one comment suggested looking at each pair of images stereoscopically (by crossing your eyes, like those Magic Eye books) which merges each pair of images into one that seems like it might be an accurate representation of not-so-severe red/green colour-blindness. Interesting topic overall. From critiquewall.com via daily meh.

Why I don’t use Flash for websites

That image sums it up really nicely. From humanmachine. Via 60 Grit Beard.

The 13 kilo engine that runs on air

I think this engine is really neat. Using a rotary design instead of pistons, and compressed air instead of gasoline, this engine can be very efficient in its use of the power generated because of very little friction between the moving parts. I first saw it on Beyond Tomorrow on Discovery Science, and then did a little bit of internet reading on it. The guy who developed it is working on a smaller (6 kg!) version that will output the same amount of power. Will it change the world?

Loony Lebanese Lawyers

OK, they aren’t loony, but they sure look funny. I am in the process of getting a Lebanese driver’s license to replace the one that the Savannah DMV took from me, and I had to go to a courthouse to get some paperwork done. Well, I got to see Lebanese lawyers in all their glory, wearing their traditional garb. It was so funny I had to share. I don’t know how on earth they can be taken seriously dressed like that. That might be narrow-minded of me or something, but I’m sure at least some of you agree with me.

The courthouse looked pretty nice though. The columns make it look kinda like that building from that one scene in The Matrix. You know, where Neo and Trinity have a alot of guns and shoot a lot of people.

That’s it for now. I’m off to do some SolidWorks tutorials.

The Face Your Pockets project has people empty the contents of their pockets onto a scanner and create an image by scanning them along with their face. It’s really neat, I think I’ll post my pictures once I get back to the US. I found someone who carries more pens than I do!

Via designboom.

Ingenious golden prize winner for the second MUJI Awards. Didn’t think the other winners were all that good though.

My last two posts were “quickies”. What’s a quicky? Well, jealous of the simplicity of my friend Adam’s tumblr, I found a plugin for Wordpress called “quickpost” that lets me do quick tumblr-style posts. But I wanted quickies to be small, quick posts that don’t attract too much attention, so I did a little bit of Wordpress magic so that quickies show up differently. Now they attract more attention than regular posts, but I’m pleased with the way they look. And, I’m tired.

So here’s to quickies. Take that tumblr! Wordpress is more flexible!

But Movable Type is looking good for some reason…

Recreating Movement is a program that takes video footage, analyzes it, and produces a "3D" images using several frames arragned in space. The outcome is nifty.

No Ideas But In Things is a "source of inspiration for interaction designers" that consists of pictures, animations, and diagrams of poorly designed interfaces. "Curated" by interaction designer Dan Saffer. I like that picture best.

My blog might go down this week. Seems like the files got messed up, duplicated, or something. Won’t act like I want it to.

Hang in there guys! Yes, all 4 of you. I’ll be back and posting soon!