W3C have a new logo:
Eric Meyer wasn’t late to create an HTML5/CSS3 version:
http://meyerweb.com/eric/html-xhtml/html5logo/
(logo will be displayed very well inside Opera, Firefox, Safari, Chrome…)
Also interesting to take a look at this HTML5 logo generator, made by Daniel, with the <canvas> html element:
http://people.opera.com/danield/html5/html5logo/
(for best design/functionality experience, open in Opera 11.)
:-)
One of the most interesting versions of “Smooth Criminal” that I have ever heard. Better than Apocalyptica! :)
(Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic playing Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson for two cellos solo. Arranged by Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic.)
(right-click to download the wallpaper and select “save link as…/save target as…”)
This one wasn’t approved for SimpleDesktops, but I kinda like it, so here it is, released for free! :-)
The wallpaper is in PNG24 file format (created/optimized/exported using Adobe Fireworks, so it’s mere 30 kB in size!) and it is large enough to fit on any screen (2560×1600 px). Also worth mentioning that Ani helped me a lot making this one! :)
[Shot made with Pentax S50; click image for larger size.]
A quick sun ray just went through the snowy clouds over Sofia… and allowed me to make this shot. :-)
[UPDATE @ 11:45] Just discovered I never showed in my blog the phases of the solar eclipse in 2006. Then I realized, my blog was started in 2007… So, a quick update (and going back into the past):
It was the year 2006. I was shooting with a Pentax again (but the model was S40). It was a bright sunny day, so I had to use some sort of a filter — I used an old 3.5″/1.44M diskette. :)
Here is the series of shots taken:
1. Place: 42°41’N 23°18’E (Sofia)
2. Date: 2006/March/29 @ 13:00 EET – 14:30 EET
3. Eclipse was with a maximum of 76%, and for background I used clouds that were lit by the sun… (in some parts of Bulgaria the eclipse was then up to 100%, which means, full eclipse, sun is invisible).
(click illustration for larger size)
Meta info:
Software: Adobe Fireworks CS5
Time: ~ 2 h
Idea/completed: 2011/Jan/01 @ ~19:15
[Daily Design 2011-001 [TL#063]]
Just an experiment with light and colors, inspired by Mac Tylor… And yes, Daily Design is back! :)))
2010 ends. And so ends (for now, at least) the Daily Design series. :)
Did I fail or did I win?
— I failed, because I did not manage to create/publish 365 daily designs, as I have promised to myself nearly a year ago. Instead of 365, I managed to create ~ 60 works.
— But I also succeeded, because I now master Fireworks much better, and I understand better the concepts of combining color, light and shadow. I experiment more.
Finally — why I am doing it? For pure fun. (Ani said it much better in today’s 50th episode of Friday Bunny.)
So Happy New Year and cheers! C’ya soon in 2011!
(I can open a bottle of wine and say “Cheers!” because I don’t have Dipsophobia…;-)
Meta info:
Software: Adobe Fireworks CS5
Time: ~ 1.5 h
Idea/completed: 2010/Dec/31 @ ~18:00
I was inspired by this dribbble shot by Tymn Armstrong (here’s my re-bound). And not that I am not using Fireworks every day for Web work even now, but I plan to use it even more in 2011! This is one of the Web apps that became indispensable in my daily Web work.
PS And… err, maybe I also wanted to make some cool-looking Denim texture… ;)
Meta info:
Software: Adobe Fireworks CS5
Time: ~ 1h
Current version completed: 2010/Dec/15:40
A bit of an experiment with light and perspective…
/* Or maybe you could say that I would like to find the key with which to unlock some things for me in 2011. I hope I’ll find it… ;) */
UPDATE (2010/Dec/27): One more variant… :)
You can click the images for even larger sizes!