La Perouse National Park - The image above is from one of the WW2 old bunkers which are on the outskirts of the rifle range at La Perouse in Sydney. I was on holiday this week and my son suggested we visit there with his cousin. I have been visiting here off and on since I arrived in Sydney some 20 odd years ago as it is one of the few National Park areas that hasn't been upgraded to protect government from libel suits. Sure there are a few more grills bolted over tunnels and some doors have been concreted up but generally, as you can see from the image, it still has that wonderful sense of decrepitude. I was mentioning this to one of my friends later in the week and was told there were plans to redevelop the area and gentrify it ... not sure how I feel about this.
Google Cloud Print - Last week I signed up for this free service which allows you to print to your home printer from just about anywhere and also allows you to share the printer with others like your family. I'm hoping my son will make some good use of this at school this year. Google Cloud Print
The Five Obstructions - this came up when I was discussing Melancholia which I'd seen recently. Although not a huge Von Trier fan he has, I think, produced some outstanding successes along with failures. But at least he's taking risks. My all time favourite Lars von Trier film is The Five Obstructions which is based on one of Von Trier's all time favourites The Perfect Human (1967). It is amazing to watch as Trier challenges The Perfect Human director Jorgan Leth to remake it 5 times but each time with an obstruction devised by Von Trie. For example remake it in Cuba with no shot longer than 12 frames, or making it in the worst place on earth without showing the location etc it's amazing. But while it's interesting seeing the parts on You Tube you seeing the whole film is a must especially watching how the dialogue between Trier and Leth reinvigorates Leth's love of film-making.
Photogram's by Haholy-Nagy - Paul Wilson who is also working with me on TAM came across these two wonderful original photograms in the Collings Collection at the Powerhouse Museum. They are both greeting cards with a constructivist design from 1937 and 1938 respectively. You can see them here on the Museum's Blog.
Video of multitouch Wav Player works using AIR app - This is a module designed to play Wav files, show graphical waveform representations, and display embedded XMP or user entered metadata. Multiple touch players can be displayed on stage and each touch object can be manipulated using the TAP, DRAG, SCALE and ROTATE multitouch gestures and standard PLAY, STOP, BACK, FORWARD and PAUSE touch buttons. All multitouch gestures can be activated and deactivated using the module XML settings. The Wav Player is an AIR only application. see more
Wireframe your website - I thought this was a pretty nifty alternative to setting up your wire frames using software. These are physical stencil sets produced by UI Stencils which allow you to trace your wire frames directly onto paper to work with them. see article
15+ Project Management and Collaboration Tools for Graphic and Web Design. Teambox , Basecamp , Activecollab , 5pm , DeskAway , Wridea free online brainstorming tool , ZOHO projects free for first project , Central Desktop free first 25Mb
See more at see article12,772,528 stock images & illustrations - 128,367 contributors many free or cheap bit. see @ Dreamstime
Blackboard courseware Blackboard classroom software has changed its billing structure to make it possible for schools to share their courseware without having to pay fees for members of the public who audit the course or download its materials. see Cory Doctorow's article here
ProPublica’s TimelineSetter - the investigative journalism news site ProPublica has made the timeline setting code available for others to use, enabling journalists to build interactive timelines from a spreadsheet. see here. I thought this may also be of use for Museum professionals? Another non coding option is Dipity see here.
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