This Instructables homemade CNC machine tutorial shows how even a very complicated machine can be broken down into steps that even savvy amateurs can create. The great aspect about one of these is you can add your desired etching item. It could be a dremel as in the case of the tutorial or even a hot iron and work on something organic. The uses for one of these are endless.
Andrew Berkowitz wrote a great article discussing the design changes made to Teamsnap. He guides us through five versions of the website each time telling us what was improved while also discussing what needed to be changed for the next version. It would be great if more websites showed their design evolution.
Another great article about the redesign of Expression Engine by Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain. He also goes through many versions but the difference is he talks about this from a designer / client perspective. Giving insight into the give-and-take approach to design.
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Wetpaint has launched Please Touch; a program allowing anyone to paint online in a group environment. The canvas happens to be the side of a building which might led more individuals to paint a graffiti style. I think it would be awesome to pick different environments to paint in. It would be great to see more online group painting / art collaboration programs.
Source: Mashable.com
These great water drop photographs look almost like plastic. High speed exposure added with a great knowledge of photography has produced these interesting photos.
These are some really creative small battery lights made to look like five famous lamp designs. At $26, these would be a very cool item to have near your keyboard.
Source:Inhabitat.com
What happens when a group of creative painters and flash designers come together? You get something like this. They call it a “zoomquilt” and it is very cool.
Pixelmator is a Mac OSX image editor built by two brothers; Saulius Dailide and Aidas Dailide. Along with three other gentlemen, they seem to have built a good photoshop competitor. One big advantage is pixelmator uses your video card’s GPU to calculate image processing which allows your CPU to calculate other stuff. With with increased video memory you can expect “real-time responsiveness” on many operations. The biggest deal is the cost. They expect initial selling price to be $59. I for one will welcome this as great competition for over priced photoshop.