10 Aug
2009

DIY homemade 3D etch-a-sketch: All kinds of awsome

Via Gizmodo and Make, this is all kinds of awesome.  etchUsing what looks like my first home console (played 8 variations of Pong) creted a retro and awesome 3-d etch-a-sketch. the knobs on the left and right are your standard etch-a-sketch fare, it’s the middle where the magic happens. Speaking of magic, old school cellophane  glasses render your creation in 3-D.  I want this.

From the site:

Sketch-3D is an interactive, integrated software /hardware system that enables users to create their own anaglyphic 3D drawings. By using a ubiquitous interface metaphor (the “Etch-A-Sketch “), Sketch-3D allows anyone to participate in generating stereoscopic imagery in a way that is simple and engaging. In addition to the personal experience, Sketch-3D can be scaled to work with any output device from large scale projection to plasma displays to an integrated LCD. This versatility allows for Sketch-3D to be tailored to fit a wide array of installation environments.

[this and again]

4 Aug
2009

Some folks just don’t get it.

touBehold, Walmart’s Terms of use for Twitter. All 3,379 words of it. Fail. Social media is about being part of the conversation, not controlling it. People will Tweet about Walmart all by themselves. Throwing up an absurd TOS (for a service they don’t even own,) isn’t going to stop them. Worse, you’ve just highlighted how little you know about social media. On a positive note you did get a lot of press. That’s good, right? Oh yeah….

3 Aug
2009

Something Cool: Slickmap

Level of cool: KindaSlickMap

Where: http://astuteo.com/slickmap/demo/

What: A CSS-based sitemap.

Why: This allows you to create a detailed, nested sitemap using only ULs and LIs. this means fast load times, easy updating and SEO optimization. Kinda cool.

Yeah but: Fails in IE. In their defense just about everything else fails in IE6… sigh

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