Clipmarks | Torley's clips

Fun with obscure/little-used Unicode characters

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:25:46 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Did you know there's a whole ALTERNATE, full-width Roman set of characters in the mix? Ｃａｎｙｏｕｓｅｅ？

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☏

☛

☤

☳

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ℐ

℣

℞

⅍

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Watermelon car

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:25:01 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: So well done. Thanx to Cory Ondrejka and some others for sending this to me. HAD to clip it for posterity. Or something like it.

Clip Source: www.offbeatearth.com

Tags: watermelon, fruit, car, automobile, tasty, food, green, red, pink, stripes

All I really need to know I learned from Philip K. Dick

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:26:24 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Are you a Dick-head too? Click through for the full list of what I've learned.

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

* It never happened. Or did it?
* Androids used for slave labor have issues.
* Real animals make us feel better about ourselves.
* It's easier to believe a lie than dismiss the truth.

Tags: philip, dick, blade, runner, android, sheep, reality, fiction, wonder, question

Flickr says "Your 'beautiful wife' should not be moving"

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:25:59 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Thee most cryptic part of their new Video FAQ.

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

Some ground rules to get started:

Only “safe” and “moderate” video content is permitted. Your “beautiful wife” should not be moving. (Read more about content filters.)
Only upload videos you have created yourself.

Sliide

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:17:45 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: A new style of music.

Clip Source: web.mac.com

On Internet arguments: haha, so true!

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:25:51 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: The part about "name-calling" cracked me up, it's authentic.

Clip Source: www.paulgraham.com

DH0. Name-calling.

This is the lowest form of disagreement, and probably also the most common. We've all seen comments like this:

u r a fag!!!!!!!!!!

But it's important to realize that more articulate name-calling has just as little weight. A comment like

The author is a self-important dilettante.

is really nothing more than a pretentious version of "u r a fag."

M dot Strange on the making of We Are the Strange

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:47:06 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Insightful + exciting. Just watched this flick with my wife... so much going on!

Clip Source: www.blackmagic-design.com

M dot and Chaylon used Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects 7 to create 1920x1080 Blackmagic 10 bit uncompressed movie files. In post, the final movies were exported as standard definition (SD) movies to be off-line edited on an Apple G4 and a Mac Pro using Final Cut Pro 5. The online assembly was also done using After Effects.

Clip Source: www.maxon.net

We are the Strange is an interesting combination of stop-motion, 8-bit game-style graphics and full CG done in CINEMA 4D, all melded into an original look that Mr. Strange has dubbed Str8nime.

Clip Source: 209.85.173.104

Get rid of all the "noise" in your

life... Don't spend time with people who don't

inspire you or can't help your filmmaking in any way...

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Before we enter the rabbit hole with creator MdotStrange, here are some handy links:

Let’s talk about 8-bit for a second. There are quite a few music, art, toy and comic projects with an 8-bit video game theme. Why do you think it is that classic 8-bit games inspire so many artist as compared to modern games?

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cooler if it was 3D and darker?”

This paragraph summarizes why I make video tutorials

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:37:38 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Well, not *entirely*. But it's very apt and true — don't just tell, SHOW too! And of course I value many mediums of communication like the colors of the rainbow, but I started doing vidtuts outta frustration of describing things which were hard to put into words.

Clip Source: www.smashingmagazine.com

The best thing about Photoshop video-tutorials is that they allow you to observe professionals just as if you were standing nearby or look over their shoulders. You can see step-by-step how buttons, collages or even paintings are created. Instead of reading through books describing what needs to be selected, activated and clicked, you can simply imitate mouse clicks knowing exactly that you are actually doing the right thing.

YouTube Feature Tells Video Creators When and Where a Clip Is Being Watched

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:32:33 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: I could use more metrics.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

With the Insight information, video creators can dig into the specifics of a video’s performance and find, for example, that it peaks on Fridays in winter months, or it has taken several weeks to get traction — information that can help better promote their work. The information, presented as a color-coded map and a graph of a video’s popularity, is accessible through a link from a video creator’s account page on YouTube. The company will update the data once a day.

Torley uses the Logitech PC120 to record video tutorials

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:19:23 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Cheap 'n' cheerful @ less than 15 bux! Special thanx to Mark Barrett for telling me what model it is, I originally got it included with an Orbit MP webcam (since given away) and it has *surprisingly* good recording quality, rich bass and not hollow like many headsets are. Too bad they feel kinda awkward on me, but I really like 'em otherwise.

Clip Source: www.tigerdirect.com

Logitech PC120 Chat Headset
You can hear the difference, but you can’t feel it! Logitech’s new Model 120 PC headset offers superior audio quality along with a comfortable, lightweight design that makes you think you’re getting sound signals directly from your brain. Perfect for online chatting and Internet game play, the stylish new Logitech 120 PC headset is great for PC-to-PC calling, watching movies, or just listening to your favorite tunes. And it sports an adjustable, noise-canceling microphone that eliminates most unwanted background noise to allow you to listen to clear, clean sound. Of course, the Logitech Model 120 PC headset is a great match for Logitech web cams. For a difference in sound that you can hear but won’t feel, order the affordable Logitech Model 120 PC headset. Logitech – the sensible choice.

Jeroen's awesome Flash player

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:05:06 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Good if you need to embed movies & music! I particularly like how easy it is to use this "wizard" to tweak settings and create a customized version. I used it here: http://torley.com/piano

Clip Source: www.jeroenwijering.com

1: Select an example setup

2: Tweak the available flashvars

3: Check the preview and copy the code

Real life "MISSING IMAGE" shirt

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:15:02 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Brilliant art project by Aram Bartholl.

Now, when will it be easier to export clothes in SL to physical fabrics?

Clip Source: datenform.de

Missing Image is a piece of clothing that transfers a graphic error from the virtual
world of Second Life into the physical sphere in the form of a long-sleeve shirt. Second Life users can individualize their avatars any way they like with clothing that they buy or design themselves. To do this, several layers of textures are “wrapped” around the avatar’s body or 3D objects designed especially for this purpose are applied to it.

Photoshop guru Russell Brown teams up with xTrain

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:57:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I wish I had known about this earlier... insofar as video tutorial gurus go, Dr. Brown is great in the same way Babe Ruth is a fine baseball player. Such style + substance!

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

Clip Source: www.creativepro.com

xTrain.com, a leader in online video training for media, arts, and design, is pleased to announce today that the company has been selected as the exclusive distributor of Adobe’s Senior Creative Director Russell Brown’s “The Russell Brown Show” – an ongoing series of some of the best tutorials available on the Internet for learning Adobe Photoshop. Over the next few months, xTrain will host more than 90 free “Russell Brown Shows” on xTrain.com covering various topics on Adobe Photoshop.

“We’re honored that Russell Brown has singled-out xTrain to distribute his Adobe Photoshop tutorials to students that want to learn all there is to learn about Photoshop. Russell Brown has amazing insight on what's new within Adobe Photoshop and he is creating original and entertaining training for every tutorial,” said Jeremy Vest, xTrain’s president. “Russell is one of the best Photoshop teachers on the planet and his insider knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is second to none.”

Beautiful interview with Michio Kaku

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:38:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I admire this man!

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

There is a contradiction in Professor Michio Kaku's appearance, as if he had been drawn by a composite artist, based on the memories of an unreliable witness. It is to do with the smoothness of his skin being at odds with the silver hair that flows down to his shoulders. The latter reflects his age, 61; the former suggests he is a teenager.

That answer would have been true to form. Prof Kaku has a gift for communicating complex scientific ideas in a way that lay people can understand. He argues, moreover, that good physics should be simple, so simple that it can be understood as an image. I'll let him explain. 'A good physicist is driven by a childlike fascination and imagination. If we find ourselves getting jaded or bored we have to try to recapture that childishness. Einstein used to do that. He could be quite childish. He wanted to get access to that feeling of wonderment.

groBoto - unique 3D graphics software

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:35:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mathematical beauty. Anyone reading this used this?

Clip Source: www.groboto.com

3D Software for Artists,

Designers &

Explorers

Clip Source: www.groboto.com