Semplice Pixelfonts, a set of free pixelfonts, useful in Flash animations and applications.
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Reflection.js is an easy to implement javascript to add the wet floor/reflection look to images without Photoshop. (via whatdoiknow.org)
Great article on trying to replace “no” with “why,” could benefit the designer and the client by opening a dialog where there wasn’t one in the first place. “No” is still handy at times, but saying “why” can help you get to the bottom of the problem and formulate a better solution. Read more here.
It looks like with Boot Camp, Apple just jumped into the gaming market. The Unofficial Apple Weblog has a post about how the author installed World of Warcraft on his 17″ iMac Core Duo, and no surprises here, it runs better than on a normal PC. This brings up an interesting point, while we’ve heard that Apple’s hardware is clearly out-performing its counterparts designed to run Windows XP, are game enthusiasts going to make the leap to Apple’s hardware?
Mac users can now buy the “PC Only” titles that they couldn’t in the past, and more importantly, Apple can compete with other high-end PC makers, such as Alienware, which was recently snapped up by Dell, within the gaming market. The market is saturated with low cost PCs, but I believe there is some room for one more in the high-end market. Apple’s name is synomous with high-quality products, looks like the competition has someone else to worry about.
More on Intel-Mac/Windows XP game performance at TUAW.com
In a previous post, I highlighted some places to check out for adding the worn look to projects. How about doing this the old fashioned way, creating your own worn look with some low-tech tools and a little creativity. Check out the tutorial here.
