Use Flickr? Get Piclens
February 1, 2008
Actually the title should read “Use Google Images, Flickr, Facebook or Friendster and want to make your viewing experience more enjoyable and altogether cooler? Then go and get a free copy of Piclens”.
But that was too big to fit in the title bar.
It’s actually kind of hard to explain what Piclens does. It simply transforms your browsing experience of most popular picture websites. Instead of seeing the pictures on the site you just see the pictures.
Here’s a snap of my screen when I’m browsing my photostream at Flickr.
Mouse over any picture and it enlarges just like that one of the boat. Double click it and your screen fills with the picture and a little running strip at the bottom showing thumbnails of the other pictures on the page. It’s just like one of those gorgeously designed Flash website - but without the website. It just sits on top of the website you are browsing.
Truly beautiful and totally awesome.
Go to Cooliris right now and install a copy in your browser. Currently only Firefox has the picture wall function but most popular browsers have the full screen slideshow effect.
Once it has installed, pop over to Flickr and hover over any of the pictures. When you see one you like, click the little “play” button…and prepare to be dazzled.
Basket Case
January 25, 2008
Originally uploaded by DJC7
Sometimes you can look at things a million times and really not see them.
I’ve walked along Kent beaches hundreds of times and now and again even taken the odd snapshot of the things I’ve seen. But I’ve never seen anything like the work of David Constable.
He’s using an awful lot of post processing to get a totally surreal HDR look and the result is some of the most eye catching photography I’ve seen in a long while.
Check out his portfolio. WELL worth it.
Mobile phone mouse
January 18, 2008
Take a look down at your desktop now (the real one not the computer desktop). Chances are there are a couple of things on it as well as your keyboard. I’m guessing there is a mouse and probably a mobile phone too. C’mon guys - this is the 21st century! Why are you still using both of those when you can combine them into 1.
Yep, as well as all the other features on your phone that you don’t use, you can now control a computer with it just like a mouse.
Italian goth band guitar game
January 11, 2008
OK it’s Friday. And on Friday we do silly things. And this is about the silliest I could come up with.
If you got a copy of Guitar Hero for Christmas then it’s likely you’ve had a lot of fun on it. It’s pretty unlikely you’ve already completed expert level. It’s even less likely you’ve videod yourself doing it and uploaded it to a YouTube like site.
Underwater digital camera mask
January 11, 2008
From the “only in California” category… Ever wished you could have a camera bolted to your head so that you can photograph anything you see at any time? No? Ever been diving/snorkeling/swimming and wanted to take a snap but couldn’t be bothered carrying an underwater camera with you? Ah, now you’re interested.
Yep those crazy guys from Liquid Image have managed to come up with a head worn digital camera/video camera that you can wear underwater.
