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For Christmas '08, my wife got me a nice shaving kit which included a Gillette Mach 3 razor. (featured here) I used it for a year, and was about to buy another pack of M3s when I realized how freaking expensive they were. I decided to give a Double Edge razor a shot. My per razor cost went from $2.25 to ¢10 (¢25 if I splurge and get the really nice ones.) The dirty little secret that Gillette doesn't want you to know: disposable cartridges with multiple blades do not necessarily give you a better shave. They're simply a matter of convenience, but that convenience comes at a price. If you'd rather not do the DE razor, go with something like a trac II, Atra, or Sensor... anything else is just more expensive, not better. Eventually, using the DE is just second nature.
I used that for a few months and decided to give a straight raozr a shot. Some say it's the closest shave you'll ever have, but I'm not quite there yet. I haven't got the nerve to go against the grain. One thing though... it feels kind of bad ass to shave with a straight. It takes me probably an extra 5-10 minutes to shave this way than it would with a regular razor, but it's worth it. No more wasting of plastic cartridges... and my use of DE razors is greatly reduced.
For this shot, I used a cross processing technique. Here's the tutorial I used. It's specific to GIMP. Mr. Sharp referred me to one for photoshop... I couldn't quite get it to work, which I think is the result of not having 'effect layers' in gimp. I probably could have adapted it to work in GIMP, but the other one seems to work on a similar premise, and required no translation on my part.
I also did the orton effect, in conjunction with the "smart sharpen" (see previous) The smart sharpen is quite a few steps, but worth it.
Question for those that might know: this cross processing technique is very similar to what I've seen for lomo effect. The end result is somewhat similar too. Makes sense because the distinctive use that lomos became famous for was because the film was developed with a cross process technique. So, my question is, what distinguishes digital lomo edits from other types of cross processing?
The project that has kept me spinning since May. Site and book preview: Modernes Webdesign. Gestaltungsprinzipien, Webstandards, Praxis.
Walmart, a company that knows how to do the brick & mortar, just doesn't seem to get the online shopping experience. My first impression of this site is that it's for some third-party vendor, not for one of the country's leading retailers. It's childish, not well organized, and would someone please tell me why giant advertisements for other companies are demanding attention on Walmart's front page?
Apparently Walmart just updated their logo, which sits above the new tagline of "Save money. Live better." I guess Walmart took their own advice and went with the cheapest logo rework possible, since this new look they've got is about as professional as a sign using Comic Sans as a typeface.
The only thing that's even decent on this page is the large rotating section with 3 different pieces of content. Each of the numbered buttons slowly fills solid to let you know there's some sort of progress between this slideshow-like portion of the page. Otherwise, you might as well shop at Amazon if you're looking to order something online.
Visit the site: walmart.com
I've created the webdesign (and frontend coding) for allround ICT-company Deactro, the company I work for.
The dashboard gives quick acces to the major-content of the website. Besides there are a few news-content-windows.
Free tileable, high quality background images in size 512 x 1024px. Ideal for desktop wallpapers, graphic design, twitter, myspace and other purposes. If using for Twitter make sure you select the "tile background" checkbox when uploading.
Here's the link to download this image:
backgrounds.mysitemyway.com/free-background-image/29/webs...
Carbonmade hosts portfolios - web designers, photographers, illustrators, anything.
This homepage is interesting. Most of the homepage focuses on reasons and calls to action to get people register. It shows off 4 key numbers (number of portfolios, projects, images and videos) to prove to a prospective member that Carbonmade is a serious player.
The reversed out text (ie white on block colour) in the menu, the righthand-side boxes... actually pretty much everywhere makes it more of an effort to read. If I was them I'd at least test a version of the site without reversed text to see if it led to increased conversions.
Dig the site and mostly dig the homepage.
For more of this sort of stuff, read Digital Strategy on Twitter.