August 8th, 2005
Online Wanderings
- Virals via. Ad-Rag:
- We Hear Scared People to raise money for Childline, the helpline for children in UK. Inspired by The Sixth Sense, shot by Lee and Dan, produced by Quiet Storm (everything was done mostly for free).
- Stella Artois ‘Film Live’ by Lowe London and the report with solution. I know this wasn’t really a viral but it’s seemed to have reached the same status.
- Lynx Lips
- Flash Games:
- Grow. Figure out the best path. Then there is v3 which is a little more difficult. Some other nice games there too.
- Avoid The Cursor
- Mighty Mouse by Apple. Beautiful and innovative industrial design as usual and then there is arstechnica taking it apart. Some yummy high-quality close-ups included.
- Eerie Sounds of Saturn’s Radio Emissions
- First Image On The Web
- Blind Teen Gamer Oliterates Foes
- A Rocket to Nowhere via. Anil Dash
- King David’s Palace Is Found? via. Anil Dash and I agree with Anil on this one… the last line of the article nails it.
- People Steal. Created by copy writer Michael Milardo and art director Bart Batchelor at TBWA/Vancouver. via. Ad-Rag
- Massive spyware-based identity theft ring uncovered
- New Doom Trailer!
- Google Logo Maker
- The World’s Ugliest Dog
- How To Hold a Mouse (the computer variety)
- Web design & Cultural Identity. Is there any such thing as an ‘American’ or ‘European’ web design?
- Server Found After 4 Years. This seems to be an authentic report though several other urban legends of similar incidents are circulating. Check out the spoof by IBM on the subject.