kirabug’s idea files

• Kentucky Fried Chicken infiltrates the UN. Good to see our security is in excellent shape.
• 80 photo manipulations to ignite your creativity
• Why you can’t stop playing Bejeweled, an interesting article in the ways that games like Bejeweled keep you engaged.
• Microsoft ditches Family Guy special…. for being Family Guy. So, um, M$ wasn’t paying attention before?
• Off the face of the earth, the story of a group of Holocaust survivors in the Ukraine who hid in caves for three years to escape the Nazis. This one is a good read.
• An interview with Mark Holmes, Pixar Graphics guru.
• When you think tech support, you should think…. Florence Hendersen?!?
• Just in time for NaNoWriMo, Every ruler who ever lived, back to 1700
• What direction should your ceiling fan be running for winter? (In the “signs I am getting old” category…)
• If air travel worked like health care, then I REALLY wouldn’t fly.
• Lose/lose is a true no-win situation in gaming. Makes you think about the consequences of being the aggressor.
• Five second test helps you test other peoples’ web designs… and each test takes maybe 30 seconds because you’re only allowed to see the web design for 5 seconds. Great to help out developers, also handy to test your own pages.

Little Wheel

OK, that’s enough for tonight.

Awesome!.

Got a new sketch app for my iPhone, giving it a whirl. Needs zoom and a way to add captions, but pretty cool otherwise. Might allow me to get ideas out faster. (click to enbiggen.)

Noteboek from Evelien Lohbeck on Vimeo.

Via Jared Spool.

Thing the Lesser: The Hero Factory.

Thanks to the folks at AppleGeeks for pointing that one out.

Thing the Greater: Digger is now free. If you ignored my previous suggestion that you read it, now you have a chance to rectify that error.

Thanks to the folks at Snarkoleptics for that revelation.

Patricia Waller apparently has yarn, wool, and a warped sense of humor.

Eric’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea: steampunk star wars

Chewbacca’s my favorite.