BrainFuel

Check out the Atlanta Botanical Garden web site, chock full of neat design and lots of color.

My friend Gary asked me an interesting question last night and I thought I’d post it here and you can respond and tell me how you would answer.

So the question: If you could choose to have one super power, what would you choose; either the ability to be invisible (when you want) or the ability to fly (when you want).

What would you choose?

And a follow up question: Would you use your power to fight crime?

Hit the comments button to leave a comment.

While I don’t personally care much for the “grunge” style of design I can’t help but appreciate what Switch Interactive did with this site.

Without a major cause such as a war, or a major pivotal social movement, most of us twenty-something, American suburbanites have had to find meaning in a different place than generations past. We too need a claim to fame and a battle to call our own. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) our times have not allowed for such glorious occasions. So being that we are a crafty bunch, we decided create our own war and the enemy is none other than the force of gravity. And so spawned “Extreme Sports”, and companies like Rossignol gained a whole new snowboard market and they happen to have a sweet site with lots of hidden goodies. By the way, my name is Don, official Tornado code warrior, and this is my first Brainfuel post.

Check this out: “1,800 publicly-available ebooks from the University of Virginia Library’s Etext Center, including classic British and American fiction, major authors, children’s literature, American history, Shakespeare, African-American documents, the Bible, and much more.”

Chances are, you’ve seen a few Wendy’s commercials starring its homey, likable founder Dave Thomas. But did you realize there were over 800 of them made over a decade? Since he died in 2002, Wendy’s corporate created a site that showcases the man’s dedication and inspiration.

According to a school essay from 15-year old Dave: when he was 8, he dreamed of owning the best restaraunt in the world, serving great tasting hamburgers. Corporate baloney or a man’s actual goal?

Check out the neat icons and excellent type treatments on the Mail Frontier web site.

Hang a right at the third frond, second house on the left.

Thanks to Metafilter, we get to see a sheik and his oil money create an island suburb with it’s own enticing flash site.

On reflection, this has some of the most usable navigation ever seen on an all-flash site. Notice how, as you click deeper into the site, each level slides in as a breadcrumb navigation on the top of the screen. You can click anywhere you just came from, and you always know exactly “where you are” on the site.