An aggregation of design inspiration, geekery, rants, foos, and running (although most of the running is done offline). Long live the interweb!Tumblr (3.0; @iconolith)http://iconolith.tumblr.com/<p>RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/TishShute">TishShute</a> Win 4 #AR game developers? Unity <a href="http://unity3d.com/">http://unity3d.com/</a> AND UNREAL ENGINE 3 <a href="http://www.udk.com/">http://www.udk.com/</a> FREE (@<a href="http://twitter.com/epredator">epredator</a>) #virtualworlds</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235474223http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235474223Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:32:17 -0900<a href="http://www.udk.com/">UDK - Unreal Development Kit - Epic Games</a>: <p>UDK is Unreal Engine 3 – the complete professional development framework.</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235468145http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235468145Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:24:41 -0900<a href="http://unity3d.com/#freeunity">UNITY: Game Development Tool</a>: <p>Unity is a multiplatform game development tool, designed from the start to ease creation. A fully integrated professional application, Unity just happens to contain the most powerful engine this side…</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235468142http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235468142Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:24:40 -0900<p>yay! it’s snowing.</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235286743http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235286743Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:37:21 -0900<a href="http://blackbunneh.tumblr.com/post/232693056">Photo</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by iconolith <br/> Um, excuse me, I’d like to know where you got those split-toed boots, pls.</blockquote> <img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krlfbaR50U1qzpdjwo1_500.jpg"/></p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235281456http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235281456Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:30:16 -0900<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CoudalFreshSignals/~3/uNJpqejzhXI/fear_of_flying.php">Fear of Flying App</a>: <p>Been much better lately, but maybe Richard Branson can completely alleviate my fear of flying <a href="http://www.cmdglobal.com/database/V/Virgin_Atlantic/Flying_without_fear">with this new iPhone app</a>.</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235281448http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/235281448Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:30:15 -0900<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/05/shoes-made-out-of-br.html">Shoes made out of bread</a>: <p><img alt="dzn_Bread-Shoes-by-RE-Praspaliauskas-14.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/dzn_Bread-Shoes-by-RE-Praspaliauskas-14.jpg" width="450" height="484" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"/> A Lithuanian designer team has made a series of edible, wearable bread shoes that can be purchased on their site. They seem like they’d be comfy house slippers. <a href="http://www.dadadastudio.eu/shop/?i=41">Bread Shoes</a> via <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/05/bread-shoes-by-re-praspaliauskas/">Dezeen</a><br style="clear:both"/><br style="clear:both"/><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=206b017984bd41fc2b30fd0f30a15233&p=1"></a></p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234835731http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234835731Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:16:58 -0900<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/05/artist-makes-hand-cu.html">Hand-cut paper street maps of world cities</a>: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=20865610"><img alt="map2.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/05/map2.jpg" width="640" height="398" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"/></a> <p> Artist Karen O’Leary of North Carolina cuts paper by hand to create these stunning street maps of world cities. Above, her rendition of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=20865610">New York City</a>. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/studiokmo">Here’s her Etsy</a> store. Blog…</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234835725http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234835725Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:16:58 -0900<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksoceyOsd51qz4juzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Karen O’leary’s Amazing cut paper maps</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234703579http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234703579Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:23:24 -0900mapsart<p>To the person(s) in my office leaving your used plastic cutlery in the sink in the hope that someone will wash it for you … fat chance</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234305488http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234305488Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:49:55 -0900<a href="http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/U0q9o0szQ9o/artist-makes-hand-cu.html">Hand-cut paper street maps of world cities</a>: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=20865610"><img alt="map2.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/05/map2.jpg" width="640" height="398" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"/></a> <p> Artist Karen O’Leary of North Carolina cuts paper by hand to create these stunning street maps of world cities. Above, her rendition of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=20865610">New York City</a>. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/studiokmo">Here’s her Etsy</a> store. Blog…</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234150183http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234150183Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:29:42 -0900<a href="http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/bh69cQEWc50/shoes-made-out-of-br.html">Shoes made out of bread</a>: <p><img alt="dzn_Bread-Shoes-by-RE-Praspaliauskas-14.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/dzn_Bread-Shoes-by-RE-Praspaliauskas-14.jpg" width="450" height="484" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"/> A Lithuanian designer team has made a series of edible, wearable bread shoes that can be purchased on their site. They seem like they’d be comfy house slippers. <a href="http://www.dadadastudio.eu/shop/?i=41">Bread Shoes</a> via <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/05/bread-shoes-by-re-praspaliauskas/">Dezeen</a><br style="clear:both"/><br style="clear:both"/><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=206b017984bd41fc2b30fd0f30a15233&p=1"></a></p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234150186http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234150186Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:29:42 -0900<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/two-guys-who-travel.html">Two guys who travel the US making free and awesome commercials for small businesses</a>: <blockquote>Shared by iconolith <br/> I would definitely watch more commercials if they were all this awesome - seriously.</blockquote> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q-RLqLx1iYI&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br/><p>I love this commercial for a mobile home liquidator produced by <a href="http://ilovelocalcommercials.com/">I Love Local…</a></p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234150180http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234150180Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:29:42 -0900<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/picocool/recent/~3/swQS7b2BGgI/">A tiny home tour: living in 96 square feet</a>: <p><img src="http://picocool.com/images/uploads/img_3521.jpg"/><br/><br/>“Jay Shafer builds and designs small houses ranging in size from 65 to 837 square feet for his Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. He’s also spent the past decade living in his tiny creations. <br/><br/>In…</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234150177http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/234150177Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:29:41 -0900<a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/02/the-ails-of-typographic-anti-aliasing">The Ails Of Typographic Anti-Aliasing</a>: <p>Technical explanation of the ins and outs of anti-aliasing and type</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233458531http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233458531Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:29:00 -0900<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/science-fiction-as-a.html">Science fiction as a predictor of the present</a>: <p>Tin House, a literary magazine, asked me to introduce the current science fiction issue with an overview of the field. I wrote them an essay called “Radical Presentism,” about the way that science…</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233309760http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233309760Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:41:54 -0900<a href="http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/RBjLRQaHjyg/latest-nerd-merit-ba.html">Latest Nerd Merit Badge: "Full Stack Web Developer"</a>: <img src="http://www.boingboing.net/200911031236.jpg" height="240" width="242" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="200911031236"/> John Young says: <blockquote>Randy Schmidt and I just released our sixth Nerd Merit Badge: FULL STACK WEB DEVELOPER. <p>This is the merit badge for folks that can turn a pile of loose electrons into a…</p> </blockquote>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233241668http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233241668Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:19:05 -0900<a href="http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mDl9EQzP3f8/science-fiction-as-a.html">Science fiction as a predictor of the present</a>: <p>Tin House, a literary magazine, asked me to introduce the current science fiction issue with an overview of the field. I wrote them an essay called “Radical Presentism,” about the way that science…</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233241673http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233241673Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:19:05 -0900<a href="http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Y02B1zQ6tZI/history-of-the-img-t.html">History of the IMG tag</a>: Mark Pilgrim traces the history of the humble IMG tag and the heated discussion that ensued when graphics were added to the web: <blockquote> I’d like to propose a new, optional HTML tag: <p> IMG </p> <p> Required…</p> </blockquote>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233241666http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233241666Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:19:05 -0900<a href="http://mikehawthorne.blogspot.com/2009/11/game-changer-pt-ii.html">The "game changer" PT. II</a>: <p>Before reading this, you may want to catch up on part one of <a href="http://mikehawthorne.blogspot.com/2009/09/game-changer.html">The “game changer”</a><br/><br/>“You don’t want to read about it fool, you want to feel it…”<br/> Brother Ali<br/><br/>Years ago I attended the prestigious…</p>http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233241644http://iconolith.tumblr.com/post/233241644Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:19:03 -0900