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Was researching a while ago for a whiteboard style app and came across Andy Woodruff’s implementation for bezier curves.

http://www.cartogrammar.com/blog/actionscript-curves-update/

Online 3d has always been mired by long loading times or unresponsive interface. The thing that caught me was how the author of this site, Masayuki Kido, has taken that apparent limitation and used it to his advantage by combining low poly models with a beautiful cut out style. The illustrations, character designs and witty dialog are are wonderful too, leaving me wanting for more after exploring all the sections. Of course, expect nothing less from the winner of the FWA Site of the year 2008.

Check it out at http://ecodazoo.com/

The site is in japanese but that shouldn’t harm your experience a bit. Click through the 10 questions and have your robot generated, then watch it move around and fight with other robots. The algorithm that moves them and animate the legs is intriguing, and the interface looks clean and polished, typical japanese design.

http://www.verbatim.jp/senshuken/

Created by IMG SRC/Non-Grid, Kaibutsu, and Masayuki Kido

What a pleasant surprise, the whole book online:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17005215/Manifold-Time-by-Stephen-Baxter-full-book

Currently reading Phase Space, and Flood is waiting in line on my shelf. Enjoying hard sci-fi.

4 beautiful shorts for annecy 2009 openings each day. Gobelins did it again, enjoy

Guillaume Marceau has made an interesting attempt at visualizing 33 programming languages in terms of code terseness and speed.

The Computer Language Benchmarks Game is a collection of 429 programs, consisting of 13 benchmark reimplemented across 33 programming languages. It is a fantastic resource if you are trying to compare programming languages quantitatively.

http://gmarceau.qc.ca/blog/2009/05/speed-size-and-dependability-of.html

Came across this little tool that generates custom loading icons. You basically select the background and foreground colors and choose a template for the shape, and it generates an animated .gif.

Useful when you just need one quick. http://www.ajaxload.info/

Came across this 2 sites by Carlos Ulloa showcasing real time 3D in flash:

http://www.helloenjoy.com/ greets the viewer with an interesting transition from plain 2D words into a few 3D reflective text blocks floating in a white environment. After panning around them for awhile, the viewer soon notices that the cursor changes when hovering on each letter, and discovers in delight that those are not just floating 3D objects looking pretty, they actually demonstrate an interactive physics engine. Try them out yourself.

http://www.carlosulloa.com/ looks normal, until you decide to give the controls a try. Go ahead and be surprised.

Quoting Sanid who gathered this collection of typographic portraits at abduzeedo:

Typography is not just about choosing a nice typeface, actually it’s much more than that, it’s how we arrange the types in the layout choosing the right size, weight and type of font to transmit the message in the easiest and more understandable way. Now, imagine some designers take that to a next step, mixing typography with portraits.

Thanks to Kian An for the link.

Imagine fluffy bunnies in SBO with rifles and pistols, and speaking japanese. yeah only the japs can do that

http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2009/03/oh-my-god/