Search Flickr by color

This is really amazing: http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/. Click on up to 10 colors to search for Flickr Creative Commons images by color.

Go Rate Chelley's Video!

http://www.schooltube.com/video/12450/Find-It-All

Apple Insomnia Film Festival

Do it. Win it. Now.

http://www.apple.com/education/insomnia

Solve this iPhone game, win $$$$$

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/20/1945232&from=rss

Another Photoshop Brush site

http://www.brusheezy.com/brushes

Thanks to Tricia Orsi, another former student, for sending me this one.

Villa Maria visit night and class visit days

Villa Maria College is holding a Fall visit night next Wednesday, October 22 from 5-7 pm, in case anyone is interested in checking out their school. They do have a new animation program which may be of interest to some of you. Flash/3D/Motion Graphics. Looks like it could be cool.

Also, class visit days are scheduled for Nov. 17 - 20. You can sit in on classes / studios, meet current students and faculty, etc. I would exempt you from BOCES that day if you wish to visit, as long as you make arrangements with me ahead of time.

The Eyeballing Game

Here's a cool game to check and see how accurate you really are when you try to "eyeball" things. My best score so far is a 2.69. Beat it. :-) Another great find courtesy of Ze Frank.

Free Photoshop Brush sets

Steve Garbus from last year's class sent me this link to free Photoshop brush sets. Might be helpful when creating artwork:

http://www.noupe.com/photoshop/1000-free-high-resolution-photoshop-brush-sets.html

Another good site for photos for projects

This site http://www.geograph.org.uk contains over 1 million photos taken of the British Isles. You might think it would be just landscapes, but I did a few searches for various items and turned up some good images. When you have found an image you like, click on the "Interested in reusing this image?" link under the image. This will give you access to a high res version to download, as well as instructions on how to credit the image, if required.

1 in 10 iPod users Could Go Deaf

Turn it down, sonny!

Studica Skills Contest Site

Check out this site for student contests in all of our skill areas: video, animation, web design, graphic design: http://www.studica.com/skills/.

Here is a shortcut to the list of current contests: http://www.studica.com/skills/competition_list.cfm.

These are changing all the time, so check back whenever you are looking for project ideas. This is a great resource for you to practice your skills...

"Beautification" software

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/fashion/09skin.html?_r=3&8dpc=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

Parents will soon be able to control "system prefs" for teen drivers

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/09/ford-will-offer-spec.html

12 Year Old McDonald's Hamburger

Since we have discussed the Supersize me burger experiment in reference to the change project, I thought some of you would find this interesting:

http://www.slashfood.com/2008/10/06/mickey-ds-meat-masterfully-mummified-burgers-banish-bacteria-b/

Here is the actual blog post from the woman who supposedly has the burger:
http://bestwellnessconsultant.com/search.aspx?q=mcdonalds&sc=t&dt=3m&al=none

Multimedia Contest (Video, Flash, etc.)

Matt M. found this contest. It would make a great project...

http://globalsolutions.org/multimedia_contest_2008

Duck, Think Outside the Flock

Another great Flash find from one of my all-time favorite bloggers, Ze Frank:

http://www.notdoppler.com/duck-thinkoutsidetheflock.php