Ulamonge blog - [internet, design, pop culture, news, life]: April 2004

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Novazaki is a new portuguese webzine (in portuguese) that wants to be a wall for great design works, and that features some articles about cinema (they are featuring one article about Donnie Darko, which we featured here not so long ago), music and the internet.

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What a loooooooonnnnnggggg domain name - www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com

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The personal site of Eric Serra, a great composer of soundtracks and music for movies is simply great. It uses Macromedia Flash to bring us an innovative experience, with an unusual navigational menu, based in colors.

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Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Here's Dot-Pod! Share your iPod music over the Internet

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Adobe Illustrator users can check out some plugins for that program here

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Groupsounds is a dynamic online community built to encourage the interaction between independent musicians on both a personal and artistic level. So, musicians, let's give Groupsounds a big push by increasing the number of their members. So, join yourself. The membership is free, you get a free blog and get to talk with like-minded people about music, your own music and everything else.

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Thursday, April 22, 2004

Don't think... Just click - and take a look at the Lomographic Society International - much more than a photograph... a sense of reality, and of belonging to that reality. The site of the Lomographic Society is in its third version and continues to keep a clean and very usable interface

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Keep updated on all the business and technology news of Japan, by reading J@pan Inc., a very good publication about everything business related in Japan. Many interesting articles and some valuable information

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Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Looking for that special sound for a specific assignment, or to include in your website? Well, you can use Find Sounds, a search engine that allows you to search the web for sounds. It even lets you choose the file formats (AIFF, AU, WAVE), the number of channels, the minimum resolution, minimum sample rate and the maximum file size.

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How to make a TRON costume. [I really don't remember anyone in TRON having a belly quite like that in the movie]

Check out TRON dvd at Amazon.com

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Sunday, April 18, 2004

Watch the Adventures of Jerry Seinfeld with Superman. What a great idea for an ad. And well done, too!

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Thursday, April 15, 2004

For young and aspiring designers Nike has launched, with Designmai, a competition with an exhibition in Berlin. Prizes range from 5.000 euros, to 3.000 and 2.000 euros. So, visit fast the Play Award site and get all the information about the event

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Funny and clever idea for a site of pure Propaganda based on stickers. Some street intervention over at Bullshit

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Paintings and other works by Adi Mahalu, from Israel. Recently he has launched 9 new works in his website

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We all played with Lego one time or another, but I never saw a friend of mine do this - Special LEGO-version of Volvo XC90 unveiled at New York Auto Show. Awesome!

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Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Terror movie fans - Have you seen the latest remake of the great cult movie by George A. Romero? Check out the site of Dawn of the Dead.

You can buy Night of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead over at Amazon

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Turn on the Groovetube and turn your television into a disco light show. A good site if you're interested in this kind of things. The 70's are back!!!

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Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Check out the Universal Pictures site. The big player of the movie industry has a well conceived site with lots of information on upcoming movies, its television branch (including pay-per-view) and home video and DVD releases. All this information is easy to find and the site is fun to navigate

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A student site from Sweden that was considered Site of the Day by Macromedia - Crew 8

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Sites like this reminds us all to not believe one single image we see nowadays. Great works in Photoshop (from "someone with too much time on their hands") - check it out for yourself

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Monday, April 12, 2004

The great and intimate photography work from Nina Mouritzen. Nina was born in Denmark and has a great eye to capture things that relate to us. She finds special moments in everyday life

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The new ad campaign from Burger King has a cool website - Subservient Chicken. Try it yourself

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Thursday, April 08, 2004

FC Porto is in The Champions League semi-finals and will be against Deportivo Coruña, after beating Olympique Lyon 4-2 on aggregate. The other teams in the semi-finals are Monaco and Chelsea, who will play against each other

News: Maniche double eases Porto through

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Wednesday, April 07, 2004

Search player Google is getting into the e-mail game. The company is testing Gmail, a free, ad-supported Web-based e-mail service that leverages the company's dominance in search.

News: Google gets Email

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The popularity of the iPod taken to great heights

News: Shiny, Cool, Easy to Steal

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Design Transit, the design and communications studio with a mission

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The photographic works of Eric Murphy. More great photography

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News version of The Design Nation website out now

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Introducing Neen, an international art movement. Go and check it out and perhaps, you too can become a Neenstar. And, for all the gossip and news about Neen, just visit Neentoday

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All the details from the Victoria [British Columbia, Canada] fashion scene can be found at Fashion House. The site has just experienced a makeover and now has a cleaner look that makes the information easier to read. This site was designed by Brianna Wettlaufer, from Stain Design

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Monday, April 05, 2004

Why not try the Big Orange Button? Things will happen. All done with Macromedia Flash. From Orange Uk, a big telecommunications operator

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Let's remember the ones who made a difference. Kurt Cobain was one of those people. 10 years have past since his death

News: Kurt Cobain, 10 years later

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Have you seen those pictures on walls? Street art for your enjoyment

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Is it really kidnap? "The drinker", a sculpture work from Banksy was stolen from a central London street. How odd!

News: But is it kidnap?

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Thursday, April 01, 2004

Youarebeautiful is presenting a great collective artistic experience for some well known names of the design world. "This is an outlet" brings 41 artists from 12 countries together. Check it out

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Knowledge is everything. Why not take a look at The Best Brands in the World. An huge collection of brands from all over the world, for brand lovers

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One more stock photography site, full of interesting and useful works for designers, journalists and whoever needs stock photography - Selfstock. The site is easy to navigate and has an appealing feeling. You can also download some Free wallpapers or send some ecards to a friend

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The new site of a new portuguese band (who sings in their mother language - portuguese). They have beautiful melodies, and their second single is awesome. Called "A Carta" ("The Letter") is an introspective song with some beautiful chords and lyrics. Their name is Toranja. The site has a black background, is made in Flash (you need version 7 of the Flash Player, from Macromedia, to see it) and has an annoying illustration who is repeatdely jumping in their home page

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