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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Fredo's Fridays 42

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FEATURE


TIN EYE
IMAGE SEARCH ENGINE

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This nice little service lets you upload an image and search results pull back data relevant to your image. Esta bien nice.

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VIDEO


EMILY IS NOT REAL
3D GAMING

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Advancements in the gaming industry have allowed for more realistic rendering in gaming software. Check the vid yo.

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SHORT LOVE STORY
STOP MOTION

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"This is a segment of a yet unfinished Stop motion and 2D animation work."

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BABY CAR LOGOS
BRANDING

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What if Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Jaguar had infants?

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Fredo's Fridays 41

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FEATURE


THE SLEEPWALKER
CHRIS CUNNINGSCAM

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So when I first saw this I thought immediately, another Chris Cunningham project, but lo and behold, it's actually some Japanese film maker's work. Strong edits nonetheless.


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VIDEO


ABSOLUT KANYE
TAKE THE PILLS

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As some of you may know, I don't own a television so I am not exposed to today's commercials, but I found this Kanye ad online with Absolut. The marketability of this guy intrigues me.

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CUT CHEMIST
FIRST BIG BREAK

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So the first 360 degree video is released. Now only a matter of time before all the other imitators come out with one too.

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ANIMAL LOGIC
REEL

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Animal Logic releases their latest TVC Reel. It's off the meat rack!

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OLYMPIC MONKEY
BBC

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Fun Monkey video I spotted on the BBC site for the Olympics. Has been produced by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the guys behind the Gorillaz.

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FLASH SITES



SCION UNITED
FLASH VIDEO

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I thought this was cool for like 10 seconds then realized you can't kill the video so it became really annoying. Interesting nonetheless.

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Thursday, August 07, 2008

Fredo's Fridays 40

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FEATURE


SNOWL
BROWSER + IM = :)

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An experiment from Mozilla that allows you to chat and surf the web all contained in your browser without having to minimize/ALT+Tab/jumpy-jumpy.


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THE SOCIAL


TWITTER FONE
TWEET BY PHONE

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You can now send messages to your twitter account using voice. They allow you to register your phone number and call in to voice your tweet. The service then converts your recording to text and posts it on your twitter account. Dayum... What's next?.. teleportation?

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FLASH SITES



SPECTRA VISUAL NEWS
NEWS TWIRLY THINGY

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I'm not exactly sure how this works fully, but it looks pretty damn cool despite not being able to convince myself... sorta.

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RE-MISSION
DRUG ADHERENCE

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A video game designed towards adherence for young cancer patients. Reports showed that this target age group yielded lower rates of adherence before the game was played... hmm.

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DEATH OF AN ICON?
SHAKE IT

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Philly local, Jason Santa Maria's nice post on the imminent death of the iconic use of the Polaroid graphic to represent images on and offline.

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ADOBE FLASH PLAYER 10
BETA

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For those that missed the beta release back in early July, here's a great page to catch up on all the new great features of this beta release. All videos!

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UNITED VISUAL ARTISTS
VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT

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"United Visual Artists are a British-based collective whose current practice spans permanent architectural installation, live performance and responsive installation."

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