w00kie's Transparent Screens slideshow on Flickr

w00kie's Transparent Screens slideshow on Flickr
Look at these pictures. The computers have "transparent" screens. This would be a cool trick to do at work with your background image. This is not photoshop, these are real desktop images!!!

Is your bike safe? NEISTAT BROTHERS show all

NEISTAT BROTHERS
http://neistat.com/pages/video_holding/bikethief_holding.htm

This video is all over the web. Over 102,000 people have already viewed this video and it was shown on news channels around the country. The Neistat Brothers show us five minutes of how easy it is to steal a bike in the middle of public places around New York. Watch it right away. It is awazing that no one ever said anything to these guys when they were stealing the bikes (the bikes were actually thier own). They used lots of different methods like bolt cutters, hacksaw and even an electric grinder.
The police came drove right by the "thief" once, and drove across the street to tell the cameraman that he can't use his camera, but never said anything about the "thief". It is scary how easy it was.

Personal Technology from The Wall Street Journal.

The Mossberg Solution -- Personal Technology from The Wall Street Journal.

Nike + iPod made the Wall Street Journal. Take a look for your self. I have seen these siets all over the net the last few days. Seems that everyone loves the Nike+ system. TIME rated Nike+ as thier "gadget of the week".

Nike + iPod Sport Kit

Nike + iPod Sport Kit review by PC Magazine

If you haven't heard about this new thing from apple and nike, you got to read about it. They introduced the Nike+ system. I can't wait to get my hands on one of these. You plug a small receiver into the bottom of your ipod nano and then add a small receiver to the bottom of your Nike+ shoes. Start running and your ipod records your calories burned, distance, pace and more. At the push of a button, a voice speaks to you telling you all of this information. And at another click you can play your preselected "powersong". This is for those tough times when you know you can push yourself through but just need the motivation.
The receiver set costs about $30 and you need to pay an extra $80-$100 for official Nike+ shoes, and/or $30 for the official Nike+ armband, plus some other official Nike+ apparel.

(all photos are from PC Magazine, See link at top of blog)

INTERspectacular

I just attended this online seminar from Adobe called "INTERspectacular". It wasn't quite what I expected, but it was still interesting nonetheless.

The company was started by two guys competing to redesign comedy central's old look. They put thier ideas against the board at comedy central and won. They needed a company, so they threw one together in about five minutes. They have grown quite a bit since then, but most of thier buisness is still Comedy Central. The seminar was interesting, however i wish that i had waited till next week when the recording becomes available because then i could have skipped the long boring parts. If you want to see any of the adobe eSeminars check out thier web site. Go Here to see the past recordings for free. Also check out the upcoming ones on thier web site. They are an hour long and they are free. That's pretty valuable training for a great price. I am attending the "Video Integration in Flash Pro 8 and Dreamweaver 8" next Tues. I will let everyone know how it goes then. There are tons of eSeminars about the Creative Suite and Studio 8. There is a link on the bottom of the Adobe.com webpage, or search for eSeminars.

Here's the List of Links:
Adobe Production Studio eSeminar Series
Macromedia (Adobe) Studio 8 eSeminar Series
Macromedia Flash Expert eSeminar Series
Adobe Creative Suite 2 eSeminar Series for Print Pros
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Expert eSeminar Series
Adobe Creative Suite 2 eSeminar Series for Graphic Designers
eLearning eSeminar Series

Those are the ones i found most interesting however there are many more!!! They have many different series on Breeze, Coldfusion, Flex, Marketing Solutions, Adobe 3D PDF, and more, plus they add more all the time. The root page with all of the series listed is here. They are all free, most of them are only an hour long, and they all involve proffessional instructors. (Many of these are on secure sites that you need a link in order to get in. Luckily adobe emailed me the links which is how i learned about these, but I think they are trying to keep them secret)

Thanks Adobe, This is the kind of service that earns you great rewards. Not only are your programs top notch, but you offer incredible help, service and instruction even after we buy your programs. I am glad that value us as customers, you have won my loyalty.

www.dontclick.it - The rules are simple, Don't Click

www.dontclick.it

You are not going to believe this site. It is a research institute trying to see if the internet would be better if you didn't have to click your way through it. You must check out this site. Take a look at all it has to offer, lots of interesting things. You have to see it to believe it. Go there now!!

P.S. - I couldn't resist clicking.

How to Begin Running - WikiHow

How to Begin Running - WikiHow

How-To of the day. Isn't it always amazing that pro runners can run so fast for so long, don't you wish that you could do that? I do, and i am going to start. Saw this on my Google Homepage and it got me motivated.

I am off to the gym!

"iPod Killer?" I think not.

New details emerge on Microsoft Argo/Zune player
Take a look at this lame attempt from Microsoft to attack the iPod market. According to Cnet, 22million American adults have ipods. Our friend Steve Jobs said that last Christmas over 14 million ipods were sold and that as of Quarter 4 of 2005 iPods claimed 83% of the mp3 player market. I don't think that iPods will be disappearing. Many companies have tried to attack the iPods before and failed. Creative in particular tried suing Apple last year claiming that apple stole their idea for organizing music on the mp3 players. (being able to search by artist, album, song, etc.) They lost the lawsuit big time (and tons of $$$$). Then they fought back making an ipod look alike (which did look incredibly like an ipod), but that failed as well. The truth is people just want iPods. They love iTunes, they love iPods, they love the accessories, they love the sleek look, they love the white earbuds, they love the size/storage capacity ratio, they love the firmware/software in the ipod, they love podcasts, they love music, and they love carrying around every song they own complete with album art and the best library organization on the planet, all in a 2 oz package in their pocket.

Microsoft thinks that they will be able to sell this ugly brown piece of junk to people because it works with their xbox. What they don't realize is that it won;t take long for apple to find a way to do the same thing, then people will keep buying ipods, because they can have the best of both worlds. Plus apple cares about its customers and will create products that customers want. For example, One big reason that iPod nanos became popular is because people can take them exercising now and it is 100% skip free and damage free. Apple responded to that desire by teaming up with Nike and launching "Nike+ iPod" (launches tomorrow, July 13th) which makes your nano now capable of talking back and forth with your shoes! We also know that Apple is not intimidated by Microsoft. Earlier this year they launched Mac vs. PC ads, all of which mock Microsofts attempt at an OS. Then, to make matters worse Apple launched the BETA Boot Camp for intel Macs allowing them to run Windows natively on their computer. Microsoft...Get the hints, Apple is a confident company, especially when it comes to their iPod, you cant scare them.

Good Luck with this one Microsoft! You are going to need all the help you can get.

TypeNow.net Cool Font Site

TypeNow.net Themed Fonts Download Free Movie and Music Fonts
OK- Take a look at these fonts! This site has tons of sweet fonts from video games, movies and TV stations. I don't know what the copyright info is for any other graphic designers, but for portfolio work and fun projects, this is the place to go. You can download the ESPN font or the ALIAS tv show font. There are tons. Be sure to check them out.

Check Out These Pictures

I just wanted to start by posting a picture that I took while I was in Mexico. I love Photography and so I will try to post many of my favorite photos here. You can also view my Flickr account here. This was taken down a narrow street in San Miguel, Cozumel (Mexico). Interesting aspect.

My First Post

Welcome to my blog! This is my first post ever. I don't have much to say right now, but give me a few weeks to get my blog going and there will be a lot more interesting things to read.