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Friday Smackdown: Telby Trubo

27 Jan, 2012 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN
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Decidedly pertinent as it was, he set forth, silvery landscaped before him and each step sending a minor chord of mischief through the white haze layered against the ground. On his back, the survivors, a small lot, best know for their gun arts and the ability to form bullets from these links.

Victorior – The imaginations of. This is the art of Wanchana Intrasombat of Thailand. He brings amamzing composition to these intricate character and scenes.
Three Little Pigs – The comic styling of one John Branyan and his version (perhaps the best) of the three little pigs.
Marathon run – A guide to marathon running… ya know, if you’re into that sort of pain and torture.
Robot – A short by Jim Henson from 1963, that saw the conflict between man and machine and how it will end.
CouponYum – Print and share coupons. Browse by category or search for money saving offers.
Countdown – You’ve got 24 hours to get $#!@ done… better get started.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – “A poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.” The film has won best animated short among other awards.

The Amazing Gravity Stools of Jólan van der Wiel (and His Incredible Magnet Machine)

26 Jan, 2012 by Josh Mings in DESIGN, ROCKIN'

After what I’ve just seen, I feel as if I could point my hand at a simmering pool of metal and shape it with the power of my mind. Dutch Designer Jólan van der Wiel is practically doing just that. He’s created a process (and a machine) to pull a metallic-formulated resin from a liquid state, curing it into the forms you see below within a half hour. You’ll have to see the process Jólan goes through to truly appreciate it. It’s the most beautiful, organic formations of a small furniture piece I’ve ever seen.

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Pirate Bay Introduces Physical 3D Printed Object Download

25 Jan, 2012 by Josh Mings in FAB, NEWS

Imagine a Record Executive going over to a 3D file sharing site downloading a pair of patent-protected headphones, laughing as he jiggles and listens to his DRM’ed music list. Ironic. You may think ‘big deal’ when you hear it, but thePirateBay.org, a site infamous for file-sharing and online piracy is making torrent-tearing waves with the announcement of ‘Physibles’ – a category for physical objects you can download and print. Is this a bad thing?

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Use This Gear Template Generator to Crank Your Creations

24 Jan, 2012 by Josh Mings in FAB, RESOURCES

Who loves wooden gears? We do! We do! Wooden hand high five all around for a tool that helps you create the gears and the templates to crank those creations. The Gear template generator from woodgears.ca is a magical web-based tool (probably) using little wooden mathematical gears on the back end to output a 2D downloadable file, that you can also print, slap on a piece of cardboard, plywood, acrylic or other material and cut out.

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Form-Z 7 Prepares to Launch Parametric Modeling Point Blank in Your Face

23 Jan, 2012 by Josh Mings in CAD, DESIGN

AutoDesSys is peeling back the flexible underbelly of form-Z 7 and stuffing in a slew of new features. Form-Z has been around a while. It’s always had great features for architectural modeling, but this new version brings even more to the freeform table. New features increase the options you have for dynamic modeling of roofs and stairs and also deliver an array other geometry shaping goodness, including direct modeling with new parametric features, updated deformation tools and new NURBS functionality that makes fixing up those forms a lot easier. Here’s a look.

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SolidWorks World KeyNote Speaker to Heat Things Up

23 Jan, 2012 by Josh Mings in CAD

Tony Fadell. You may have heard of him. At the very least, you’e seen, or let sweet sound emanate from the device he is know as the father of. Tony was Apple’s senior vice president of the iPod division as well as adviser to Steve Jobs. He’s now CEO of NEST, a company that reinventing the Thermostat, making it more intelligent and you more comfortable in your own abode while putting a lower impact on that electrical grid we can’t live without. He’s this year’s keynot speaker at SolidWorks World 2012.

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Friday Smackdown: Larttle Chops

20 Jan, 2012 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN

Vapor rolled from the jaw of the ice glazed face. There were literally hundreds spread throughout the forest floor. Some behind trees, other frozen mid-stride, and still others frolicking in the leaves, with all signs of mischief pointing to these links.

Mark Molnar – Concept art and illustration. Vehicles, characters, creatures and more are all in the mix.
Rescuetime – Where is your time going? What are you doing? Find out and get it under control.
Glacier fields – If ever you wanted to see big, fat photos of spectacular looking galcier fields, today is your day.
Onepager – Create a slick looking business website… on minutes.
Apocalypse Later, Surf Now – What would you do if the world were ending? Surf. This puts the end time epic in full cataclysmic perspective.
PressPausePlay – You give something to a human and they can make something with it. This excellent documentary explores art, creativity and how it has changed.
Dunhill Case – If you love fine, handcrafted goods and the sound of them being made, you will love this.

Use This Vertical Mouse to Avoid Massive Arm Deformation

17 Jan, 2012 by Josh Mings in TECH

Before you say anything… Yes, I know. We’re about 10 years behind on the news of this mouse, but since we won’t need to use a mouse to move bits around in the near future, we might as well show you what mouse you could have been using all these year. The Evoluent Vertical Mouse. Even thought your spine is curving into your desk, this odd looking mouse has been proven by medical doctors, therapists and ergonomists to “promote a neutral wrist and forearm posture” and just look at it… You can go from mousing about to smashing something 10x faster and with less chance of injury by using it.

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