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Friday Flickr Feature - Polabears
This week I am featuring a Flickr group run by Chelsee (who usually writes the Friday Flickr Feature). Chelsee was hung up with work all week but will be back with another artists feature next Friday.
Fluid Update - Muxtape Coverflow Restored
Fluid users may have noticed that after the last Fluid update (0.9.2.1) browsing Muxtape with the thumbnail plugin was no longer working. Never fear, Fluid’s developer Todd Ditchndorf heard your cries and just released version 0.9.2.2 which includes a fix for Muxtape thumbnail browsing.
Muxtape thumbnails are correctly generated. Problem here was that Muxtape generates its [...]
Jim Prentice Has Disconnected
As Many Canadians (should) know Jim Prentice has been steadily pushing forward Bill C-61, also know as the Canadian DMCA. The bill is obviously not being received positively and a lot of people have questions. Jesse Brown from CBC radio managed to get 10 minutes to asked a few of these questions, and what follows [...]
Whip iTunes Back Into Shape
I will gladly admit that I am fairly anal when it comes to my music. I like it to be organized and complete. I switched machines a few times over the years and lost my entire library at least once. After that it was so disorganized I stopped tending to it out of frustration. Upon [...]
Print Worthy Word Clouds With Wordle
Worlde is a nifty little site that allows you to create word clouds from any text you provide. The more frequently a word appears the larger and more prominent it appears in your dandy little typographic composition.
Hahlo MenuExtra Using Fluid
Todd Ditchendorf (the developer of Fluid) put together an excellent screencast about creating a SSB for Hahlo that lives in your menu bar. MenuExtra SSB’s are one of the newer features of fluid and allow for a wide range of exciting new uses.
Check out Todd’s screencast below:
Browse Threadless Sales with Fluid
From time to time Threadless slashes the prices on their beautiful and witty t-shirts to prices as low as $10. I tend to hold out for these sales then buy a bunch at once. One of those sales is going on right now and I decided to take about 2 minutes to whip up a [...]
Work/Life
UPPERCASE has published a brand new book featuring talented Canadian Illustrators and Photographers. You can preview the book here and order a copy in UPPERCASE’s online store.
There will be a public exhibition for the new book this Thursday (June 5th). If your located in Calgary head down to Art Central between 5-9pm to celebrate [...]