The Settlers of Catan ported to Microsoft Surface #
[via:Chris Helenius]
Quix – quick commands for the web in a single, compatible bookmarklet
No browser extensions required.
[via:Merlin Mann]
Google Suggest: Disobedient birds and god’s mysterious love
Why not try the other way around? Explore the healing powers of parakeets and ask god if he’s into scat.
Google does return these suggestions at the time of writing. You know, this drains my hope for humanity much like Yahoo Answers and some Michael Jackson fans.
[via:Fuck Yeah 4Chan]
Porn bookmark collections put people off upgrading to Firefox 3
“In May, [Mozilla made] one last attempt at persuading [Firefox 2 users] to move up to Firefox 3 [...] Those who declined were invited to fill out a questionnaire. [...] The number one reason for not upgrading was the new location bar, and the fact that it delved into people’s bookmark collections to suggest sites as they typed.”
[via:Slashdot]
There are a few nicely trippy ones. Great improvement over previous Windows default artwork.
[via:Hacker News]
Ubiquity for Firefox: short commands for “instant mashups”
See also: Ubiquity on the Mozilla Wiki, Vimeo link to the video.
[via:Scoble]
Melbourne carpark way-finding-system plays with perspective
“In Melbourne I [German designer Axel Peemöller] developed a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark while working for Emery Studio. The distored letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards.”
[via:UI and us]