The Good Life (a Vox.com remnant)

The Church of Lego

You just have to see it to believe it

clipped from www.amyhughes.org

How To Run Google Talk in Your Firefox Sidebar

Found this, quite by accident. I didn't realize there was a Google Gadget, but it makes sense that you can bookmark it and have it open in Firefox's sidebar. What a great idea!

clipped from labnol.blogspot.com Run Google Talk in Firefox Sidebar To add Google Talk to your Firefox sidebar, bookmark the following URL (right-click and choose Bookmark this link) talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/client Now goto Bookmarks menu, navigate to the above bookmark, right click and choose Properties. Tick the checkbox that says Load this bookmark in the sidebar.

CS3 Replacement Icons Round-up

I don't own Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) but I know there has been a lot of debate about the icons Adobe selected. I have no opinion. Still, I am sure when I get CS3, I will be considering these replacement icons. This list was inspired by this post on the photoshopsupport.com blog.

Brett's Work In Progress set

Adam Betts' set (which uses the style of the CS3 box art) for the Apple Dock (he has a few PS tutorials too)

The Window port of the above set by the-ace

Louie Mantia's set (similar to the above, but cool in a different way) who has other way cool icons

KoreGraphik has a set based on the official CS3 icons, but enhances them

Also:
Watercolor and Splatter Brushes (free) from BittBox (go there for great Illustrator tutes)

Blog of Adobe's John Knack

Creating a candle/match glow in PS (I needed this a week ago!)

Artsy: 10 Free Life-Lessons on Being a Professional Artist

Margaret has composed a nice list of motivators for artists who seem to be stuck in a rut. Well, I have no urge to be a professional artist, but I do want to get better at the little art I do. And I can admit, my butt was kicked by Lesson #2.

clipped from greywarenart.blogspot.com A Friendly Butt-Kicking from Your Favorite Blogging Artist 10 Free Life-Lessons on Being a Professional Artist: 1. Paint or draw every day. Even if the result is a horrible grey mess or a cat juxtaposed in an Old Master's painting, you've exercised the creative part of your brain. 2. Sketch everything everywhere. You want to know the definition of embarrassing? Some inlaw asking a professional artist if they can draw their pet, child, face, etc., and the artist replying "I can't draw without gridding/ tracing/ hours of prep work."

Artsy: Classic Cola - Flickr Image

I am thinking this would be a great image to make into a sketch or watercolor. It just BEGS for it!

clipped from www.flickr.com View solecism's map Taken in Wind Gap, Pennsylvania (See more photos here) 40°51' 11" N, 75°17' 34" W40.853126-75.29289 found this great crate of old-fashioned glass coke bottles in a flea market in pennsylvania this weekend.

Free Euphoric DJ mixes

DJ Slyone has several long mixshows on his site, all under the title "Euphorasm." There are 4 Volumes up so far, all around 74 minutes long. Worth a listen if you like trancey type dance music.

clipped from www.djslyone.co.uk Euphorasm Vol. 4 This latest mix is a kind of distillation of a memorable 3-hour set I played last month, consisting almost entirely of newly obtained tunes, with a couple of greats from the last few months thrown in.  I had more than I could possibly cram into 80 minutes - a testament to the sheer quality and originality of the music that's out there at the moment.

EzyUnZip - Free Zip Tool for Pocket PCs

Found this on http://www.hpcfactor.com/, and for anyone with a Pocket PC or SmartPhone, this will be handy to have.

clipped from www.cnetx.com The free ZIP extraction utility for Windows Mobile, Pocket PC and HPC devices Welcome to ezyUnZIP, the free ZIP extraction utility for Windows Mobile powered Pocket PC devices and Handheld PC devices running Windows CE.