Inventive Print ad

Pretty neat.
http://www.cpluv.com/www/feeditem/1572/

Nice brushes for Photoshop

Free to use commercially, big enough for print.

http://designfruit.com/jasongaylor/blog/?p=18

Motion graphics reel goodness

http://www.geraldmarksoto.com/

Haven’t seen anything in a while as nice as this. A bit long, but there’s some definately nice stuff in there.

Illustration blog

I find this place pretty handy to see what’s going on in the world.

http://drawn.ca/

The awesomeness of nature

I don’t know if anyone else is fascinated by nature, but i sure do like this site.

http://www.forests-forever.com/

New Apple towers

http://www.apple.com/au/macpro/

Mac towers are out too, also looking very swanky. The twin processor with dualcores is going to be very nice for rendering (4 threads! Woohoo!)

The Nikon D80 is out

Looks like one swanky piece of kit.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond80/

Not Too Late to Reverse Global Warming

An MIT/Technology Review article. The technology exists to decrease the future impact of CO2 emissions and can implement them now, all that is standing in the way is governments and big business (and in most cases, both!).

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17055&ch=biztech

What is Kombucha?

We just launched this very small micro-site - a new bottled drink from Lipton.
It has a very limited launch so have fun trying to find a bottle of it anywhere!

Anyway, there’s a small cash prize if you fancy guessing the taste…

http://www.kombucha.com.au/

Guy Goma. He just keeps getting bigger!

Best tv cock-up of the year looks like it might get made into a movie. Maybe a bit of overcommercialisation? Shame, because there is no replacement for the real thing.

If you haven’t seen it before watch how Guy Goma (who is visiting the BBC for a job interview as a computer technician) is mistaken for an internet expert (Guy Kewney) and interviewed live on TV. His face as he is introduced is priceless.

Google Earth Flight Sim

This great Flash game lets you fly a plane around cities like London and Sydney using imagery from Google Earth.

It’s only a beta so it’s pretty basic but definitely worth a go.

http://www.isoma.net/games/goggles.html

Online and in-game advertising is getting big money behind it…

Source: The Australian, Aug 3 2006 [LINK]

Old media operators and buyers are heading online to target the growing number of consumers moving from traditional media, to the internet and eventually to online gaming. The launch of the Xbox 360 and PS3 is seen as an important catalyst in kickstarting this new channel. Influential big spending consumers (of the 18 - 34 year old male demographic) are seeing big companies with big money putting R&D and advertising dollars into this new medium.

Heineken ad

The newest ad for Heineken, with that “transforming” effect everyone sees to love.

http://www.sydneyfilm.com.au/Baker/JB7_PastExperience_high.htm

Most influential Flash site of the decade

http://www.thefwa.com/flash10/

Keep an eye on the FWA and Adobe’s 10th Anniversary of Flash, a series of polls to see what is the most influential flash site of the decade!

Nike Swing Portrait.

http://www.nike.com/nikegolf/swingportrait/

Definitely up in my all time top 10 sites. Beautiful, elegent, functional, simple. … and great use of technology.
Nike use a 4000fps camera to shoot Tiger Woods. A great case of less is more …& no need for OTT marketing BS.
This is what broadband is all about

BBC launch online mystery adventure

http://www.bbc.co.uk/jamiekane/

A fictional pop star dies…
The beeb have created a series of websites, virtual messenger etc for you to uncover the mystery. Billed as part game, part drama, part mystery…

Not started it yet, but I’ll have a look when I get back from holiday