The TAK! Design Blog

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dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:16:05 GMT

New Tech: HD Vision - the Future of Eyesight!!

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:51:03 GMT

Just when you thought you couldn't see properly… I love informercials they're so cheesy - it's like you've seen the best - now check this!!

To fill you in some more, I actually own the one below. Read on for more…

Welcome to the wonderful crazy world of the Magic Bullet!! (Get your credit cards out!)

Knight Rider GPS

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:53:17 GMT

You can now have KITT direct you to your destination with the Knight Rider GPS system. The device is actually voiced by William Daniels who played KITT in the series. Ace!

7 Inch Cinema Shindig

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:30:08 GMT

This Saturday (28th June) myself and Chris Keenan will be performing at the 7 Inch Cinema 5th Birthday Shindig. For any Birmingham based cats who have not been to a 7 Inch event before this is a great chance to see what they're all about. Expect fine music, obscure short films and tons of inspiration.

If you're coming down to especially peep me & Chris doing a Super 8 ambient soundtrack then try to come early; we're on around 7.30 / 8ish. (I'll be posting the set up on here next week.)

Firefox 3 Bookmarks Rant!

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:42:24 GMT

So I updated to Firefox 3 the other day and have been generally impressed with the subtle but sweet updates. It certainly feels faster on the Mac than it's slow-as-a-slug predecessor.

But today I discovered a major glitch in the upgrade… all my Firefox 2 bookmarks have disappeared!? What a cack handed mistake that is.

After a quick bit of research it seems it's a known bug for those who tried out the Firefox 3 beta for a while. There is a work around but it looks like a royal pain.

Luckily - my bookmarking is a bit shoddy at the best of times and I only recently moved back over to Firefox from Safari in my game of browser tennis — so the most useful bookmarks I do have are still safe.

Anyways - let that be a small warning — back-up your bookmarks first just in case.

Lego + Death Star = Awesomeness!

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:11:41 GMT

Go find out more over at Gizmodo

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you...

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:34:31 GMT

The Trons - self playing robot band

Nintendo wall stickers

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:17:37 GMT

Wow - these Nintendo themed wall stickers are amazing. I want!!

FireNes - Firefox plug-in

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:01:33 GMT

FireNes is a wicked little widget for Firefox that lets you play zillions of NES games right there in your browser. The plug-ing takes about 5 seconds to install (the site is in Spainish - click 'instalar FireNes') and then you'll have a sidebar jam packed with classic NES titles. All you need to do from there is pick the game and play. To set options and find out the keys, CTRL-click (right click for you PC losers).

Shame there's no full screen option - yet.

Juju's Delivery

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:16:21 GMT

The work of Julia Schonlau has put a big smile on my face today, and that’s just what I needed. Brilliant.

The Incredible Winking Car

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:54:05 GMT

Like the eyes at the end - ace!

The Mask of Emotion

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:42:55 GMT

Created by the Digital Media Design Dept at Hongik University in Korea. Via Make

Tron lightcycle chase in cardboard

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:56:20 GMT

Tron
by freres-hueon

Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:27:52 GMT

I spent the best part of a couple of hours working my way through this electronic music tree. (Virtually) every genre of electronic music is covered with samples as examples. Ever wondered what Gloomcore is? Look no further. What makes the guide is the entertaining commentary by Ishkur. For example...

Ghetto Tech
“When Ghetto Tech plays, it's as if the Heavens themselves are speaking. Ghetto Tech will be the natural law of the New World Order. God himself will come down, declare his kingdom on earth, and inscribe on two tablets for all the hoes to shake their multitudes of titties. And it will be good. To the farthest reaches of the earth Ghetto Tech will permeate, and teach us all about harmony, life, love, and slapping dicks against the mouths of many bitches. Oh yes. So it is written, so it will be done. Amen.”

(Edit: don't view in Safari - doesn't work)

Star Wars Urban Photography

vanessa.gorman@taktak.net (Vanessa Gorman) — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:34:05 GMT

French photographer, Cedric Delsaux, has created a series of photographs featuring Star Wars characters in urban settings. The shots are actually created by superimposing toys on to shots of Parisian architecture.

Fontstruct online font creator

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:06:46 GMT

Any type heads should head over to Fontshop and investigate their new online font creation software — Fontstruct. The application enables you to create fonts entirely online in a simple yet flexible environment. It gets better though — the range of elements to help you create the fonts is massive allowing for a huge degree of flexibility and scope to create truly unique typefaces. Read on to see some samples demonstrating what can be acheived. All the fonts created by users are free to download which is the icing on the cake. Link of the year for me so far.

I'm going to set our design team a challenge to create a font with this application and will post on Flim Flam very soon.

Again & Again

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:17:08 GMT

This must have taken quite some time to make... a whirlwind tour of the wonderful world of Leopard. Nice.

[Link from Pauly]

Capsule Toys

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:07:07 GMT

No not toys made by the Birmingham based Capsule girls who put on great events like Supersonic, but toys from Japanese vending machines. Pingmag have done a great round up of the scene showcasing some of the best and strangest on offer.

Scroll down the article to see the “Don’t eat these! They are poisonous mushrooms!” range of toys.

Vintage Logos

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:39:49 GMT

“A collection of vintage logos from a mid-70's edition of the book World of Logotypes”

Head over to this Flickr set to see some truly great and inspiring logo work. This book reminds me very much of the books by Yasaburo Kuwayama. It's funny to see so many logos in this collection which remind the mind of logos created fairly recently.

[Edit: Thanks for the keen eye Tiago]

R2D2 runnin' tings

dom.murphy@taktak.net (Dom Murphy) — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:18:31 GMT

R2 was alreay pretty cool... but he’s taken this to the 21st century!

I've kept the image quite cryptic so not to spoil the surprise ;)