CommArts Article: Hollywood and

Behr makes paint and they’ve got a nifty Flash tool that people can use to pick paint colors. I see it differently. It’s a great resource for picking complimentary colors for any web site design! Need more, they have a couple of other tools.

Stupid slogans are prevelent in our culture. We recently suggested a slogan to a client and they came back with this instead: “Quality Products at Budget Friendly Prices.” Instead, we suggested “Really Nice Stuff from a Sweat Shop in China.”

Tutorial: How to design a logo of colors This tutorial is about how to join letters to make a logo type. It’s pretty basic, but nonetheless a good read and somewhat entertaining.

Kadium launches Macromedia – The Story An interactive story of Macromedia’s 10 year company history, built with Flash MX technology. Kadium produced a dozen video interviews with company leaders that incorporate into the piece… found them through djshadow.com.

Honda Accord Cog ad (QuickTime) Watch this TV ad first, then read this article about the ad. Some comments: Everything is real and there isn’t anything fake about this ad. It took 606 shots to get it right. Budget was 6 million and it took months to make! Symphony!

Recently I’ve been tasked with helping to maintain two swimming pools: my fiancee’s and her mother’s. In AZ it’s a nice luxury. During my research on the matter I came across a guy who set up his pool care system with Linux. Pretty amazing and bit too technical for me.