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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: a collection

coda — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:33:26 +0000

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, the anime music video produced by Daft Punk and directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi:

Daft Bodies (male version, Simpsons version):

Daft Hands (6x speed version):

Dwarfed Punk:

Groovy Dancing Girl:

Also don't miss The Daft Punk's Console by najle.com.

Were they even thinking?

coda — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:03:13 +0000

There's good design. There's bad design. Then there's the "holy crap! what the hell were they thinking?" kind.

Listed on netdiver's Best of the Year 2004 page, AmoebaCorp: Graphic Design and Visual Communications Company in Toronto. I only clicked on their listing because I've always liked the name. Say it with me, "amoeba"..."amoeba"..."a-m-o-e-b-a-a-a-a"... ok! Moving on...

Unique, innovative, stellar concept and craftmanship - is not how I would categorize them. I've never encountered a website with such a frustrating and pointless site-wide navigation system. You'll probably check it out now. It will resize and reposition your web browser window. That might annoy you. After making a silly decision on their splash screen - you choose the Flash option (yes, Flash 7) because it's more prominent and "rock and roll" - it will launch in a popup window. That might annoy you. The popup window might be blocked by your browser. That will annoy you.

So you're finally in the site? Great - let's play a game!
Before we start, I suggest you disable the sound in the top right corner by clicking on the N. It doesn't really disable the sound, it just gets rid of the music. I guarantee, after the novelty of those bleeps and distorted frog croaks wears off, it will drive you insane.

+10 points if you can figure out how the navigation works; -10 points if you develop a headache trying. +10 points if you can navigate to the "contact" page on first attempt; -10 points if you land up somewhere else or get stuck in some other section for over a minute.

In retrospect, this example is probably better classified as a "were they even thinking?" kind of design.

Maybe I’ll dance the funky chicken on my 75th wedding anniversary

coda — Fri, 08 Nov 2002 15:28:14 +0000

To anyone that has ever pissed me off in the past, or will in the future: this is for you.

Resfest starts on Monday. Maybe I'll go. Maybe I won't. Maybe I'll marry, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll have children, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll divorce at 40, maybe I'll dance the funky chicken on my 75th wedding anniversary.

I dunno hey! Maybe.

Pie

coda — Mon, 30 Sep 2002 03:34:12 +0000

One last link before I retire, with less than 5 hours before work starts. pie. pie. pie. pie. pie. pie. pie. pie. pie.

mProjector v1 has now been released!

coda — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 17:51:17 +0000

This is very exciting. I have been involved with this project in some form or another over the past 2 years and it has finally reached a high point. Check out binarynoise.com for all the details and to download a free trial.mProjector plays Flash movies "windowlessly", directly on Windows desktops, and even antialiases player edges (on alpha capable operating systems).

Also send a shout out to Neb, the programming genius behind this amazing app, and Craig who designed all the corp. id and website material. Great job guys.