URL faux pas

My sister, who is studying graphic design in the Yukon, just sent me this list of URL choices that should have been vetted a little more thoroughly before being decided upon by the marketing team. Now, I like URLs without underscores and dashes because they are harder to remember, but a few well-placed dashes may have saved them from being so disastrously misread. Pretty hilarious, but I wouldn’t want to be the one responsible!

1. Who Represents is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is www.whorepresents.com

2. Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at www.therapistfinder.com

5. And don’t forget the Mole Station Native Nursery in New South Wales, www.molestationnursery.com

6. If you’re looking for IP computer software, there’s always www.ipanywhere.com

7. And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky Web site, www.speedofart.com

Past and Future Web

When I saw this TED video of a Seadragon demonstration (below), I was reminded of this future/fantasy video on “Googlezon” that was circulating a few years back. I thought I would post them both a kind of proof that truth is stranger than fiction.

So what do you think? Will Google lead to a trivialization of the universe? I’m not sure if Google will be the only party to blame… Have you seen Twitter, Jaiku, and Pownce?

Wow, friggin awesome! I want to see a construct done with artwork (paintings) only… BTW, if you want to try this technology out on your own computer, you can do that here.

Monster Using Color in Web Design List

Article: Find the Perfect Colors for Your Website

This is an excellent resource that deserves to be in every web designer’s del.cio.us. The links are organized under articles and tools, and one of my favorite never-before-discovered tools is the 100 Random Colors tool. The Palette Generator is pretty cool too.

See for yourself!

Seven figures for a domain name?? – IPhone.com has been acquired by Apple

All I can say is…wow. Trully incredible. Why didn’t they secure this when the iphone went into development? Here is the original blog post from domain tools on digg:

I can confirm Apple has bought IPhone.com from Michael Kovatch. Michael would not disclose the sale prices but he said it was well worth it to sell. I know this was at…

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Sandbox theme competition

I haven’t been paying much attention to WordPress lately, (or really much of anything online, it’s all been about “Wow! A new vacuum cleaner!” and “Why won’t that cat stop peeing on the carpet?”) but this just caught my eye and it looks like a really cool competition.

The Sandbox theme is a semantic, xhtml based theme that generates classes based on content. The folks that designed it have sponsored a competition for designers to create their own themes based on Sandbox using only CSS and images. This is a bit like what Zen Theme is attempting to do for Drupal (make themeing possible using CSS only) but it still needs the bugs worked out (which I might help do except I’m cleaning up cat pee).

I really don’t think that I will have time to participate, but as much as I love the current theme for Pixel Surfers, I have been wanting to create my own theme for some time. I will definitely be using Sandbox when I do so!