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typographic synthesizer makes fonts like music

filed under: design | interactive | strange and unusual

Meek FM Typographic Synthesizer

This unconventional design tool provides a unique way to create new typefaces. Working somewhat like an analog music synthesizer, knobs and button pushes influence the shape of your font characters…

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posted: February 22nd, 2008 2 comments author: technabob

reveal watches tell time a little bit at a time

filed under: design | timepieces

Reveal Watches by Daniel Will Harris

The funky-cool Reveal Watch by pioneering typographer/designer Daniel Will-Harris tells the time by gradually revealing the digits hidden behind a set of partially opaque discs.

As each minute and hour passes, the previous number gradually fades away, revealing the next number in the sequence…

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posted: September 17th, 2007 1 comment author: technabob

make your own atari 2600 game

filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games

Lunar Lander Label

Actually, you can only make your own fake Atari 2600 box art with this fun online image generator, but it’s still fun.

You can create your own goofy labels over at Label Maker 2600. The site lets you upload your own image, a game title, as well as your colors and copyright notice. Post a comment and share your funny creations with us!..

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posted: August 10th, 2007 1 comment author: technabob

wacom bamboo touch tablet revealed

filed under: computing | digital imaging

Wacom Bamboo

Graphics tablet maker Wacom has announced their latest touch tablet, designed for the consumer and small business market.

The Wacom Bamboo will retail for under $150 when it’s released later this Spring, and features a wide variety of features for both creative and functional uses. The small (appx…

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posted: May 15th, 2007 post a comment author: technabob

fake wii channel: wii bday

filed under: design | just plain fun | video games

Wii Bday by Paul Pape

Wondering what Nintendo might fill up all of those available channel slots with on the Wii? Artist-designer Paul Pape has come up with this interesting vision for a new channel, the Wii Bday Channel…

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posted: April 13th, 2007 1 comment author: technabob

buggy saints row: the musical

filed under: just plain fun | video games

For anyone who’s played the game Saints Row for the Xbox 360, you know it’s riddled with graphical glitches and hiccups. Now some dude by the name of Cabel has put together a fun little musical ditty that mashes up these glitches with an off-off-off-Broadway musical…

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posted: February 6th, 2007 1 comment author: technabob

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