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23 June 2008
9:45am

Make Your Own Fonts

"FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks." Free to use.

20 June 2008
9:35am

Watch The Rings Rotate

Stare at the blue star and move your head towards and away from the screen.

More illusions here:

19 June 2008
8:10am

Procrastination

Good animation of a common condition. Took me a while to get round to posting this...

14 June 2008
3:35pm

Improve Your Typing Skills

Online typing tutor.

14 June 2008
3:29pm

Animator vs Animation

Updated version of a clever animation that appeared here earlier.

14 June 2008
3:23pm

Funny Home Security Ad

Cat and dog foil home invaders.

13 May 2008
8:54pm

Internet Congestion Map

Global Internet traffic increases daily and may soon hit a road block. Find out where traffic is congested. The lower the number, the greater the congestion.

13 May 2008
8:43pm

Cities at Night, Viewed from Space

Images of cities taken at night from the International Space Station. The narration is a bit wooden but the images are strangely beautiful.

2 May 2008
7:52am

Dangerous Walk

El Caminito del Rey (The King's Walk) in Andalusia is a metre-wide pathway built above a gorge in the first years of the 20th century. It's now fallen into disrepair but intrepid travellers still risk it. If you're scared of heights, you'll find this disturbing.

23 April 2008
7:59am

Alphabet Zoo

The kids will love this cleverly produced animation. Grown-ups should like it, too.

16 April 2008
8:12am

Clever Pop-up ABC Book

Created by graphic and book designer, Marion Bataille.

16 April 2008
8:09am

Someone is Watching...

...your cursor.

9 April 2008
2:15pm

Self-tying Shoelaces

Watch this kid tie his shoelaces without using his hands. A clever trick created, I think, by David Blaine.

7 April 2008
10:53am

Rube Goldberg Contraption

If you're a fan of Rube Goldberg/Heath Robinson inventions, you'll enjoy this one. It uses commom household objects in an elaborate chain of reactions.

7 April 2008
10:50am

Elephant Painting

An elephant rescued from cruelty in Burma displays his painting prowess in Thailand.

3 April 2008
5:39pm

Can You Name All The Elements?

This one is for science nerds: Name all 103 elements of the periodic table in 15 minutes.

3 April 2008
4:53pm

Ride That Tiger

Watch the artist-inventor ride his mechanical tiger.