Mac OS X-native version of the OpenOffice.org office suite (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing programs). Features a Spotlight plugin, a double-click installer, drag & drop support… Fully open project released under the GNU General Public License, so updates are frequent and free for the taking. Can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as Microsoft Office. Requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en
Jens Meiert has compiled a solid list of validators, accessibility tools, SEO emulators and other resources for standards-conscious web developers all in one convenient list.
http://uitest.com/en/cat/analysis
“Once there was a typeface called Helvetica. It was extremely popular. Later came a software company called Microsoft…” Take the test, see how well you spot fakes from the real thing.
http://www.iliveonyourvisits.com/helvetica
The difference between a blogger and a journalist is that in many cases, bloggers may not have the benefit of training or resources to help them determine whether what they’re doing is legal.
This guide gives a basic roadmap to the legal issues one may confront as a blogger, and lets you know you have rights.
http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg
Another BRILLIANT optical illusion (via waxy)!
“The squares marked A and B are the same shade of gray.”
http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html
EXCELLENT optical illusion! Must see.
(via waxy)
“When you are fixating well, after a few cycles you will actually see a rotating green spot! If your gaze is really steady, the magenta patches will disappear, leaving only a rotating green spot!”
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col_rapidAfterimage/index.html
Dave Devries is an artist who makes great paintings based on kids’ drawings of monsters and superheros.
http://www.themonsterengine.com/art.html
Yugo Nakamura, after some time in ostensible hibernation, appeared at the OFFF2005 Festival of Digital Art and Electronic Music in Barcelona this March, in a formidable lineup with Neville Brody, Joshua Davis, Tomato, Tronic and Soda, among others. Nakamura introduced some of his latest developments and experiments in “various forms of interactive systems in digital and networked environments.” Check yugop.com to have your mind equilaterally blown.
http://www.yugop.com
“As an animated gif, the animation would be approximately 70K in size. As a flick animation we can save each frame in .jpg format and the combined file size of the twelve frames is only 36K (and it is more fun than an animated gif).”
http://www.stunicholls.myby.co.uk/menu/animation.html
Very impressive drawings of optical illusions, creating an impression of 3D scenes on the pavement.
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm
This plugin for iPhoto 4 and 5 provides a direct export interface to Flickr.com
http://www.speirs.org/flickrexport
A luscious showcase of 140 artists from around the globe “united for tolerance and solidarity”. The interface, artwork and artists’ sites themselves are spectacular.
http://worldwidedesigners07.free.fr
