In case you were wondering – this is how to open a book. For the first time.
From Nathan W. Bingham. Probably the Christian blogosphere’s best Nathan. Seriously. Check him out.
Author: Nathan Campbell
Nathan runs St Eutychus. He loves Jesus. His wife. His daughter. His son. His other daughter. His dog. Coffee. And the Internet. He is the pastor of City South Presbyterian Church, a church in Brisbane, a graduate of Queensland Theological College (M. Div) and the Queensland University of Technology (B. Journ). He spent a significant portion of his pre-ministry-as-a-full-time-job life working in Public Relations, and now loves promoting Jesus in Brisbane and online. He can't believe how great it is that people pay him to talk and think about Jesus. If you'd like to support his writing financially you can do that by giving to his church.
3D Fruit Ninja
Speaking of Izaac, when we caught up with them in Sydney he told me that a guy we went to school with invented and designed Fruit Ninja. The highly addictive iPhone fruit slashing game. It’s true. I googled it. Anyway, some guys made a 3D version. Which is, you know, the future.
It’s not the lame sort of 3D where you wear glasses. This is the real deal.
Well, no, this is the real deal.
25 years of Pixar
This one is mainly for Izaac – who writes Australia’s leading Pixar blog in his spare time. 25 years seems a long time.
Honest Logos: The truth behind the brands
There is often a dissonance between what a company wants its brand to be and what its brand actually is. Your logo is not your brand. Your brand is what people think of you when they see your logo…
These are some “corrections” of famous brands.
There are a few more here, where I found them.
iBlog
History is being made here people. History. This is my first post from an iPad. I just turned it on the side to get a bigger keyboard. Amazing. Without wanting to descend to far into the chasm of materialistic fanboyism, I reckon this is the most amazing piece of technology I’ve ever owned. Everything just works. It seamlessly links with other Apple stuff too. It seems that is part of Apple’s plans for world domination.
Low-fi Visualisations
Infographics and data visualisations are such powerful communication tools. And it turns out you don’t need a graphic design degree, or even necessarily a computer, to produce them…
Check these “State of the Internet” visualisations out…
For the purpose of this exercise I’m more interested in the style than the accuracy of the data (the numbers here don’t even add up).
They’re made using this infographic tool kit.
Love it. Thanks to Arthur for the link (via Facebook).
The Dr Seuss Gospel
There’s some space in this concept for this to actually be quite clever. I can’t tell if it’s made by an irreverent Christian or some comedy show.
Become a professional golfer in just 3,600,000 easy steps
Steps on an analog clock that is… this guy is trying to test out that theory popularised by Malcolm Gladwell that expertise takes 10,000 hours. And he’s trying it on golf. Here’s the recipe for expertise…
“The Dan Plan will take six hours a day, six days a week, for six years. He is keeping diligent records of his practice and progress. People who study expertise say no one has done quite what Dan is doing right now.”
That’s from this feature story on the man with the plan – Dan McLaughlin.
His website, thedanplan.com, is tracking his progress (1,400 hours so far).
Fascinating stuff.
Bacon Inhaler: like Ventolin, but not
Exercise induced bacon cravings are a thing of the past – now you can hit the puffer for your hit of bacon flavoured goodness. Though one suspects the people who buy this aren’t doing a whole lot of exercise.
The Back from the Dead Intruder
One can only hope this was produced for some sort of “make a parody of a YouTube hit with a Christian message” competition. And not because these people thought “hey, you know what the world needs – a Christian version of the Bed Intruder song”…
That’s the danger of parodies. It’s really hard to interpret them in context if none is provided. But enough people thought this was a good idea that they volunteered to be part of it…
Via Scotteriology.
Mac v PC – The Infographic
I’m a Mac. I was a PC. But then I got cooler and poorer, and I’ve had no regrets (in fact, a little parcel containing an iPad 2 should be jetting its way to me this week).
From a site called Hunch (where you can see it bigger). I don’t like the bit about being more likely to be a vegetarian.
Greasier by the dozen: Bacon roses
Nothing says “I love you” like a bouqet of bacon. It’s like Valenswine’s Day.
Amy sent me this link, check out how to make them on Instructables.
Bluegrass Mario Bros: The Cleverlys play the Mario Theme
Love this. Mostly because it’s banjo. Partly because it’s Mario.
See also The Cleverlys playing some Beyonce.
Thou shalt not listen to rock’n’roll
It’s almost a year since I discovered the wonders of Jacob Aranza’s Backwards Masking Unmasked. If you’ve missed the anti-rock paranoia of those heady days, here’s a “sermon” for you.