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I finally got a Chumby!! For all of you that don’t know, Chumbys are a little nerf football type of gadget with a touchscreen, wi-fi, internet appliance that plays flash lite 3 apps exclusively.  I can’t wait to start developing stuff for this thing.  Its completely open source and welcomes software and hardware developers to help build on it.  I never thought I’d be so excited about a glorified alarm clock.  Pick up one or check it out @ chumby.com

Special thanks to my girl for getting it for me!!

“Go deep not wide” is the moral of the story in an article recently written by Amy Hillman. Great insight for first timers and veterans planning on usability studies in their organization no matter what the size.

PLASMA PONG is a variation of PONG that utilizes real-time fluid dynamics to drive the game environment.

Players have several new abilities that add fun twists to the classic game. In the game you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area. All these abilities have fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball, making Plasma Pong a fast-paced and exciting game.

Download PLASMA PONG
An interview with the game developer here

For all you photographers that happen to have a laptop, camera, and no bag. Of course I just bought a bag and not this cool

I was lucky to come across one amazing designer, Tokujin Yoshioka.  Working in the furniture industry, a great chair design would definately catch my eye, but as an artist, one of his works especially caught my attention.  Its called Honey-Pop, a paper chair with hundreds of small honeycomb shapes that provide structural support, but once sat on, begin to mold to the individuals frame until the product has totally transformed from a large paper stump to a visible chair with arm and back support.  Absolutely incredible…

Tokujin Yoshioka