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Gah-sensei says...

Thomas in Germany reminded me of a very cool plug-in for Mac OSX called Mondrianum from Lithoglyph. Mondrianum is a plug-in that makes it easy to save your Kuler themes and search all Kuler themes right inside PowerPoint or Keynote or any other app on your Mac. Once the free plug-in is installed it acts like a built-in, system-wide color picker, available in any Mac application that supports this feature. This plug-in absolutely made my week — totally awesome! (What's Kuler? I talked about it here a few days ago.)

Above: After you install the plug-in you'll notice a new option on the upper right of your color inspector. As long as you have an internet connection you can search the entire Kuler community of public themes. In the screenshot above, I searched all the color themes that I created in Kuler from photographs by searching for my user name — you can search by user name or idea, concept, season, whatever...

Above: Here I am saving the theme to the system-wide color picker so that I can have access to it even when not online. It is easy to created themes in Kuler and then save them to Mac so you can access them anytime.

Above: Here is the color scheme now from within iWork. You can rename the colors or theme at this time as well.

       
Click here to download:
A_very_cool_and_simple_way_to_.zip (228 KB)

Above: You can search by any keyword you like or by a user's name if you happen to fancy someone's particular themes.

If you are using Kuler, then you must have the Mondrianum plug-in. Amazingly simple and powerful. I assume there is something this easy for the PC as well? If so, can you please let me know of any plug-in for the PC that will integrate Kuler with your system color picker? I will post the link here.

Mondrianum
http://www.lithoglyph.com/mondrianum/


i.want.world says...


mavizen electric motorcycle photo

 

Why did you stop? Well, I was recompiling my kernel and got a segfault... Mavizen has decided to offer a new electric bike based on the previous winner of the TTXGP so that other teams can have a solid foundation to build on for next year. The TTX02 is based on the KTM RC8 with a Agni powerplant.

via TreeHugger on 11/7/09

Filed under: bike, green, sustainability

sachin says...

                     
Click here to download:
Steve_Jobs_is_CEO_of_the_decad.zip (1130 KB)

Even with my 13+ year obsession with Apple and Steve Jobs, I'm seeing many of these photos for the first time.

Congratulations, Steve. You've had a major impact on computing, design, and my life.


Alex says...

Lisztomania (Classixx Version) by Phoenix  
(download)

Filed under: musicmonday

Noelle says...

Art is power. The Digital Community School makes a good argument to show that if art can overcome us with emotion, we can use art make a positive impact on our communities. The post gives a five great tips:

1. Host an art fundraiser.
2. Donate a family portrait session.
3. Volunteer to shoot a holiday program.
4. Write a story.
5. Hold a workshop.

As we enter the holiday season, these are some great ideas to think about. Aside from monetary offerings, what can we offer our communities?

Check out the full post to see all five tips explained.

Tickle your brain with more art inspriation.


Gah-sensei says...

We notices faces just about more than anything else, especially the eyes. Beauty is highly subjective (obviously), but there is a lot of evidence that we are more drawn to faces with greater than average symmetry. There is also something called Baby Face Bias where we see people (or things like the VW Beetle) as more "honest and innocence" if they have large eyes, round features, small nose, high forehead, etc. The Attractiveness Bias says we see "attractive" people as being more healthy, intelligent (think JFK v Nixon debate). What is attractive may depend on things like hip-to-waist ratos, face symmetry and other things that communicate "health." In any event, faces -- especially massive 4-story images of a face -- get attention. On a rainy day in Namba, Osaka.


JennKim says...

Filed under: image

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etherbrian says...

Hat tip to Mr. Straffin.