SEPTEMBER 2009

WEDNESDAY, September 30th, 2009
Take the Arial vs Helvetica quiz? How is YOUR eye?

50 examples of the "Droste effect"

27 cool seamless pattern websites

How a Malawian teenager harnessed the power of the wind. * read of the week

Four things everyone needs to know about sharks

Who we were. An American snapshot in animated .gifs


TUESDAY, September 29th, 2009
What flavor of Doritos are these?

Obama wants more school hours, less summer

The differences between Helvetica and Arial

Transparency news - Current news via infographics

The cardboard and glue artist


Monday, September 28th, 2009
Foundation stone from Spain placed at new Dali Museum site

Through the gyre... the Texas sized plastic trash floatilla

Decoding Jackson Pollock

Fully collapsible folding bike

Monster cereals blog


Friday, September 25th, 2009
Would you drink filtered toilet water?

Ten sites to learn something new each day in ten minutes

Is this the light bulb of the future?

Superheroes in not-so-super shape

40+ cool robot illustrations

About meditation in the classroom


Thursday, September 24th 2009
Dust storm in Australia

40 more cool logos for inspiration

China could run on wind power exclusively by 2030

California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link

Illustrator Kristian Hammerstad


Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Coolbuzz.org. Simply cool things

50 beautiful logo design examples

The best sounds for getting work done

Awkward family photos.com

Meeting India's tree planting guru.


Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Pigeon outclasses technology in South Africa

Eco skyscrapers and sustainable towers

The difference between art and design

20 free vintage design Photoshop brushes

41 image and icon search engines for designers


Monday, September 21st, 2009
A guide to drawing

Seven ways to get Windows 7 for cheap (or free!)

Two-hundred fifty FREE stock photography sites

Forty-nine FREE resources for vector graphics (Ilustrator, Corel, Photoshop

Seventy-two inspirational typographic logo designs


Thursday, September 17th, 2009
30 awesome web design and graphic design blogs

Some cool optical illusions

How to design a one page portfolio in Photoshop

Do-it-yourself iPod phone dock

Breakthough nano technology will increase solar power efficiency


Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Getting real about the high cost of cheap food.

Drum circles emerging as an effective therapy method

No kill cat shelter facing hard times

More marketers using social networking to reach customers

Stunning image of a single molecule. Stop for a second and take in what you're
actually looking at. Amazing.


Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Which high school students are more likely to graduate college?

In US, some students buy -- not try -- to excel at school

With $150, new ipod?... new shoes?... or take photos of outer space for yourself

Steampunk futuristic homes, cities and factories

SVEC Open House is this evening at 6:30pm. Orange drink and cookies?


Monday, September 14th, 2009
Messy Guys Make Millions Selling Green Cleaning Products

How to back up all of your stuff -- for free.

44 killer and free texture websites

60 totally free rusted metal textures

Clean water laws are neglected, at a cost to health


Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Europe moves closer to banning blue fin tuna trade

Black and white photography

Weird crater creatures in Papua New Guinea

Why bartering is making a comeback

10,000 teens were asked "Do you use Twitter?"


Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
60 High quality Photoshop .psd files

New hi resolution photos from Mars

50 unique tutorials about traditional drawing

40 inspired website background techniques

The asymmetry of life

US colleges are failing in graduation rates


Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Full text of Obama's education speech. THIS is what people are pulling their
kids out of school for? Amazing.

An artist with multiple personalities who paints in multiple styles

Brewster Kahl builds a free digital library

100 things your kids may never know about

Strellson digital magazine. Cool interface. With Yello interview!

99 creative portfolio designs


Friday, September 4th, 2009
100 digital artists from Asia. Sweetness...

Back to school: 15 essential web tools for students

36 trendy and current fonts for your designs

Chico California is a happening place... for crazies! (Check out the Thursday
10:09am report)

National Geographic's "Green Guide". Excellent resource


Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Angriest, baby slappin' grandpa in the world! (w mug shot)

We're all mutants... YES!

50 fantasy Photoshop tutorials

Imagine a bright, nerdy future in which shopping malls and movie theaters are
equipped with branded Star Trek or Hannah Montana quests.

The UNO electric unicycle


Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Incredible animal prosthetics

45 sites for students to submit artwork online

Empty Florida homes may return to nature

250+ light effect brushes for Photoshop

The teen brain: more mature, more reckless


Tuesday,September 1st, 2009
Pepsi vs Coca Cola logo wars through the decades

16 Adobe Photoshop tutorials to boost your creativity.

Swimming Caribbean pigs!

Where the average consumers paycheck goes

Better choices through "augmented reality?"
Good Reads