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Bits & pieces

What's that traffic light on the new iTunes window? And, it's nice with that new icon but couldn't they have rethought the entire thing? iTunes feels like an unfitting name for something that does so many different things (you don't go to the "Music Store" to buy a book, do you?)

Pictos, the Icon Font

The normal practice among web developers for icons have always been to embed them in images and use CSS to display. We do this so much, we hardly think about it at all any more. Pictos, however, is a clever way of taking a step away from this. Instead of using images, you embed the Pictos font and use that instead.

Simplenote gets an update

My favorite note taking app, Simplenote, has just been updated — or perhaps upgraded is a better word. Along with a new more visually appealing graphical reform, we're seeing tons of new features and updates to the service itself.

Camera Phone Lenses

Fisheye, macro and wide angle lenses available for use with camera phones.

Your Lucky Day

High quality short about the chaos that a little lottery ticket can set about.

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Beautiful eco site

March 30th, 2009

I just stumbled upon Ecoki, which is an extremely beautiful eco site. I love the vivid layout and textures. It makes for a nice composition!

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The Invoice Machine

March 29th, 2009

Swedish Bombia Design has released The Invoice Machine, a web service for freelancers and business wanting to send invoices efficiently. The user interface looks crisp and easy to use.

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Arabic versions of Global brands

March 28th, 2009

It’s interesting to see the localized Arabic versions of some of the world’s most famous brands. Brand and packaging available.

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The quiet YouTube

March 25th, 2009

A little browser bookmarklet called Quietube has come out that effectively removes the clutter from YouTube videos.

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CSS Browser Selector

March 24th, 2009

CSS Browser Selector gives you the ability to write browser-specific CSS code in your documents.

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Make any website into an app

March 24th, 2009

Now you can make any web URL into an own Mac OS X application on your desktop using Fluid.

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Find Twitter tags

March 23rd, 2009

Tagal.us is a new service attempting to make it easier to find and define Twitter tags.

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We are the Visual Crooks

March 23rd, 2009

We’re here! Check out VisualCrooks.com if you haven’t already done so. Personally, I think it’s one of the best crew sites out there. I really like the prison concept, even though it is kind of self-explanatory. I’m proud my class did something to mess with the Hyper Island tradition of not doing a prison theme. London was a real blast (something that my crappy cell phone camera won’t be able to replicate) and Movida was a great place to host a flashy release party at (or what about 9 000 pounds for a bottle of bubbly?).

It was such a relief to get the class site up and going, and I could tell by their faces that I wasn’t the only one holding that opinion.

My role in the project has been — surprise — tech! I’ve been working with Stian and Åsmund on the back end, and helping out wherever I could. I wish we had time to put in more decorations in the cell, and some more audio. Can’t get it all, I guess!