Spin and Generate
Sometimes it's worth it to actually have the Flash plugin installed.
February 23, 2007
June 29, 2006
Web Media : A new Flash toy for all of you
June 10, 2006
Photography : Stereotypes
Eric Myer put together this fascinating page where you can select different halves of headshots to be paired with each other. The images are so tonally similar that often you can't tell that you've matched portions of headshots from people of different races. (and sometimes... well, you can.)
Web Media : Coffee Date UK
I forget exactly what I was looking for on the Internet that had me stumble into this site, but I was mightly surprised to find it when I did.
The concept:
We believe going for a coffee is a great way to meet somebody new. Just meet up at lunchtime, early evening or weekends and see if you get on over a cappuccino, latte or tea! Coffee Date allows you to view profiles of people in your area and make contact. It will even suggest good coffee houses that are near to the both of you.
They seem to have the execution down, too. So why don't we have this in NYC yet?
June 02, 2006
Web Media : Porn-a-likes
Blog ThePornSpot refers one-handed web surfers (where's that other hand? *hee*) to celebrity look-alike adult stars. The concept: why wait for a nip-slip? Just indulge your celebrity sex fantasy with a low-rent replacement model. Some are all-out porn stars (like Famke Janssen look-alike, Penthouse Pet of the Year and "Subway Tits Girl" Jamie Lynn) while others are merely amateur teen teasers (like Lindsay Lohan clone Heidi Honey):
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One of Lindsay's first high-deas and, frankly, a genius concept.
(also noted: if you, like myself, are a guy that will claim that you've NEVER EVER seen any of these girls before or that you don't have a huge image stash somewhere on your hard drive of a couple of these chicks, then you, like myself, are a big fat liar.)
May 18, 2006
Web Media : The Flash-Enabled Talking Tourguide
The designers of Portfolios.com aren't content to just let visitors read their product descriptions. Enter their site, and you'll immediately hear a talking tourguide welcome you to the site and begin to lead you around. Her presence (I believe her name is Alec... always good to remember names) persists on some, but not all, of the site's subpages.
Strangely, this is a rare feature for a website even though the technology required to support it has been widespread for years. It's a nice touch, especially considering the site's target audience - artsy types who understand technology but stumble when mentally sorting large amounts of information, including complex site navigation and detailed product menus.
(Wouldn't you think a girl who looks like that would have something other than a girly voice? I figure someone with that much makeup would be a little more throaty...)