Misc. Links of Interest

Written November 26. 2004, at 23:16 GMT.

• Don Knuth's lecture videos Tons of almost 20 year old video recordings of him doing lectures on computer science and mathematics. Excellent replacement for late-night TV.

• The Sneeze: The Man Behind the FedEx Logo - great interview with designer Lindon Leader. The logo is a superb design. I'd never noticed the hidden "arrow" before.

• Veerle's Blog: Layer Comps in Photoshop CS. In a nutshell: "Layer Comps" allow you to save a bunch of different layer rearrangements (opcaity, stacking order, blending options, effects, etc.) within a single photoshop PSD file. A great feature that I'd never heard about.

• This folded paper dragon is just lovely. Download and watch the video, and then download the dragon pattern, print it out, cut and fold, and voilá! There's a cute little baby dragon that watches your every move as you walk around the room. I have one sitting on-top of my computer at work.

  The dragon is provided by Grand Illusions a website and on-line gadget store that sells all sorts of wonderful "magic" stuff from all around the world. The site is chock full of interesting information and extremely fun to browse. Most important of all (for them) it makes me want to buy buy buy their stuff!

So, what are you doing on a Friday evening?

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