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Friday Smackdown: Squirrel Disco Batter

08 May, 2009 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN
3D Human CAD Models

They’re about as tall as muffin tin and sound like eight monkeys drinking whiskey in a hailstorm. But ya know waht, they gave me these links and everything was just fine.

Glennz Concepts – it’s apparent that these are awesome illustrations. it’s also apparent I ate something with garlic.
Sweet Optimization – and free too. Defrag, Recover and Clean that clunky, slow computer with Piriform’s trio of speed.
List of Unusual Deaths – Not to dwell on the subject. I’d avoid watching your donkey try to eat figs though.
MagCloud – Wow. Publish your own magazine. Sell it for $50 to your mum.
Tastespotting – a site that has links and pictures of food, lots of pictures of food. One of a $14 Hotdog.
Star Wars Weekend – 13 fun posters for those people that freak out about cool Star Wars stuff. Also, they’re very clever.
Font Squirrel – cause every font needs a squirrel… or maybe cause every squirrel needs font. Thanks Al.
Ninja Squirrel – shhhh, whatch for it… watch for it… hand me a…. OH!! wha!! the!!

Bonus! Really annoying and useless full-page Flash
Mend the fence – Escher would be proud and then vomit. (link fixed)
bouncing blue balls – hmmm, mesmerizing.
Time beat – ok, maybe it’s kinda useful.

Friday Smackdown: Grainy Tumblebot

01 May, 2009 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN

He’ll eat’em all and then just leave the crumbs… That’s when it happens. The crumbs turn into a giant ‘crumb monster’ and chase the cats and butter everything. Only way I can stop it is to distract them with this set of links!

Mike Mitchell – Little skull people on hummings birds. Birds with jetpacks? Yes, that’s the way we like it.
Ultimate Guide for Using WordPress as a Portfolio – It’s ultimate allright and downright choc full of ultimateness for you to finally start that portfolio.
WindoSiLL – Great fun. A Flash game worth the free version download for it’s strangeness and fun factor alone.
Google Public Data Search – Search stuff like Population and unemployment rate.
Turn Humdrum Photos into Incredible Portraits – Sure it makes the person look surreal in their environment, but surreal is typically better than ugly.
$400 per hour? with Pretzels? – Got any better ideas? I’m up for it, if you are. meet ya at the park.
30 second bunnies – You may have seen these, but they’re new ones.

Bonus!
Momentile – it’s invite only and I have a bunch left… comment at the bottom and I’ll send you one.

Friday Smackdown: Ceramic Face Jacket

27 Mar, 2009 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN

Oh! That’s a feisty one. It’s as if my sense of choosing a properly ripened melon has gone numb from shock, horror and these indescribably cool links.

Philip Straub – The amazingly colorful and future imagination of this multi-talented artist.
Barcelona 1908 – Yes, your penchant for grainy video of old cityscapes will soon be quenched. Ah, the old country.
YouShouldHaveSeenThis.com – Greg Rutter’s Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re a Loser or Old or Something
Issuu.com – You Publish. Create a portfolio, a magazine, or a obsessively large book on the history of you and cornmeal.
The photographic dictionary – How would you define words through photos. hmmm. ponder. ponder.
Time management is Rubbish – This is how it’s done, if you wnat to get anything done and still be partially sane.
Pop Culture Charts – Because it’s important to know obscure data about sitcoms and trilogies.

Bonus!
FlickerMood – Type animation agian!!? yeah, but this one is really freakin’ super cool. The last one you ever need to see.
Labuat – You absolutely MUST wait for this to load and then enjoy. simply beautiful!

Friday Smackdown: Jowls of Fury

20 Mar, 2009 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN

I found it siftin’ through those leaves over there. Fearsome, don’t ya think? But also really cute and had these links attached to it’s hind quarters.

Alex Dragulescu – Seriously cool visualizations of information. Almost like throwing up very rigid, sometimes curly, objects.
5 Things to Build Your Personal Brand – Build what? Build you basically. Jump in and get some fibery brand-age.
12 Point for Your Design Contracts – if you’re a consultant or thinking about it, you’ll want a contract. This will help.
Electric Stimulus Face Dance – Hook your noggin up and flip the switch. Even more fun with three of your friends. Let’s dance.
Uncluttered Workspaces – Inspiring but at the same time you’re thinking nobody actually works there.
I Will Teach you to be Rich – A full chapter from the guy who does the blog by the same name. Does indeed look meaty.
Periodic Table of Typefaces – Why is this interesting to me? It’s geeky and would look great on the wall.

Bonus!Heavy Metal Monk – He will put the fear of God in you… in Italian. Definitely a contender for best gutturals in the 60+ category. dang.

Friday Smackdown: 20 Flavors of Wow

13 Mar, 2009 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN

I agree. It’s usually smaller mammals that shoot bolts of electricity from their eyeholes, but those stale fruit balls and these links have changed everything.

Adam Tredowski – Adam has the whole 3D, art and sci-fi thing down with his surrealistic perspective on structures. wow.
Evolution of Spy Gadgets – You’re sneaky. really sneaky. I mean I didn’t even see you over there, until you did that ninja move. Thanks Joe!
Top Ten Chuck Norris Shirts – Yes, he will do a round-house kick through your face, unless you have one of these babies on. 90% chance of PAIN.
Best Action Sequence EVER – And when I say ‘Best’ I mean, it’s easily the worst, most painful piece of footage ever filmed.
Go2Web20 – So you want the cool web 2.0 schtuff? This has got it in beautiful web 2.0
Lifeblob – A fun and inextricably social way of keeping track of all your antics with words photos and video. The way timelines should be.
ThruYou – What’s better than cool YouTube videos? YouTube videos mixed together to make something incredible.

Bonus!Brain Dump – I’m a big fan of mom blogs now. yes. This is good about to-do list. I’d add, knock the little 2 minute task off first, quick as you can. Then focus on two to accomplish each day.

Friday Smackdown: Long Tooth Dance Machine

06 Mar, 2009 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN

josh-keyes-paintingYou’ve got five days I reckon. After that, you can’t tell what the unintended results of too much lather will do to affect migration of wild yaks. I’d put down some crumbs and use these links.

Josh Keyes – You won’t see surreal cutaway art like this in the textbooks. Great detail and a touch of creepy.
42 Sources for Lego Inspiration – Cause sometime coming up some ideas can be harder than coming up with the space to put your next Lego creation.
11 ‘Modern’ Technologies – You mean I’ve been telling everyone lies about early flamethrower technology? for shame!
8 Ways to Kill Clutter in 5 minutes – Don’t interpret this as 8 ways to kill yourself in 5 minutes. That’s bad. Clean your room.
Posterous.com – Wondering what the cool new way to blog is? Posterous. It’s really cool and also really easy.
AJAX 101 – Good for getting through some of the basics… to eventually take over the world.

Bonus! - How to Be Jason Bourne – The cool parts, not where they off everyone you love. multiple passports and Swiss bank account for all.

Friday Smackdown: Beets of Terror

27 Feb, 2009 by Josh Mings in CAD

barlow-350As if those potatoes will peel themselves. Ok, so apparently they do, but it’s got to be the creepiest thing I’ve ever seen, besides that disco family of Sumatran rabbits and these links.

Wayne Barlow – Yes, speaking of creepy. Wayne wins for his creature art. A fleshy sac on the back of a 3-legged beast? of course!
Bulk Breakfast Burritos – There’s nothing quite as tasty, or cheap, as a bunch of breakfast food stuffed in a tortilla.
9 Tips for working under stress – I know you probably don’t get stressed out, but your buddy does and he needs some help.
Crisis of Credit – You know that economic thing going on right now? Here’s the very well done visual story that explains it.
Transparent Fish Head – Your Ichthyology lesson for the day. Fist pictures of this odd fish to be release.
Best Russian Wallpapers – If there’s anything that living in a former communist country inspires, it’s creating interesting wallpapers.
Best Table Tennis Move – For you to use during that big tournament you have this weekend or to entertain the children.

Friday Smackdown: RockCore Ravage

13 Feb, 2009 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN

future-shipsYou could probably make a mountain out of Kinkajous, but I imagine it would be a painful climb… unless you had these links.

Russ Schwenkler Illustration – Future 3D ships and vehicles?Can we get enough. Not when they look like this.
Shadows in Photoshop – Making Shadows, like being hit in the face, is easy and fun. This however is less painful.
How to build an Upside-down Fire – 1) hang upside down 2) light hair.. I kid, this is actually for real an upside down fire.
The Color – At first I thought this was lame, then after coloring 92 images I liked it. Pace yourself.
18 Everyday Hack for Cooking from Scratch – Yeah, you know it. SolidSmack even has you covered on cooking. We can’t let that brain shrivel up now.
10 Sci-fi devices nearing Reality – Welcomez to the Future! Enjoy your auto-healing, ivisi-robo, underwater, space-translator doohickey.
Grzegorz Jonkaztys – Mind-bending animation from Polish director [youtube link] wow.

Friday Smackdown: Sandy DeathTrap

06 Feb, 2009 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN

50-realistic-renderingsLook, it’s like a giant anthead trying to gnaw it’s way through a tar and gravel sandwich. It’ could probably use a bit more mustard, or perhaps these links.

50 Stunning 3D Renderings – How cool are renderings? Extra cool when they’re 3D. Thanks again to Rod Uding!!!
Anthony Sims Moon Roadster – Did ya see the Superbowl commercial? DVICE talks to Anthony about the Design.
50 Ways to Budget Travel – Seriously good info on saving cash and avoiding headaches when traveling.
HD Trailer Downloader – OOooo Nice. Download HD trailer till your computer storage explodes with this handy tool.
Amazon Games – They did it. Consolidated all those addictive downloadable games. GAME ON.
Zilok.com – Rent your stuff online. Hey, you’re not using it, so make some cash. Great for camera gear.
YourFonts – Turn your jacked up handwriting in a font for everyone to enjoy.

Friday Smackdown: Malfunction Eléctricos

14 Nov, 2008 by Josh Mings in SMACKDOWN

yofikus-3d-illustrationWell it might as well be tied down and torn in two. How else do you expect me to reattach it when the legs just keep poppin’ off with an unbridled fury of these here links.

youfikus portfolio – The name says it all. It’s yofik-errific 3D illustration with a bunch o’ color.
Toshiba TimeSculpture – If you watched this on the wall in the conference room while screaming – That would be fun.
UberView – For you socialites that comment on blogs, twitter and friendfeed, this may be the next cool thang.
Loopt – Get all cozy, socially via your web-enabled phone. I’ll join you soon.
One-Minute languages – Yes, language arts in one-minute.. piled together to help you learn how to mispronounce ロボット電気プラグ
Spoonflower – You know you’ve always wanted to print custom fabric. Now you can! Even fabric of your old shoe photos.
OpenGoo – If you happened to write an article about online project management, this cool program might show up right after it’s published.