April 2009
Monthly Archive
120 Crayon Names and Color Codes
Matt 28 Apr 2009 | : Web Design
Did you know that there are 120 different crayon colors? Some crayons have fun names like Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown and Purple Mountains’ Majesty while others just have names like Salmon and Blush. For those times when you need some color inspiration while designing a web page, check out colourlovers.com crayon chart which provides all 120 crayon names along with Hex and RGB codes for easy web input. Here are my favorites from the list followed by their hex color code:
- Sunglow [FFCF48]
- Electric Lime [1DF914]
- Midnight Blue [1A4876]
- Vivid Violet [8F509D]
- Red [EE204D]
View the full list here.
The Making of the PlayStation
Matt 25 Apr 2009 | : Video Games
Edge-online.com has a great article on the making of the PlayStation. Originally the PlayStation was to be a CD-ROM system developed under a partnership by both Nintendo and Sony. Because of a contract dispute between the two companies, Sony went on to develop the PlayStation alone in 1994 while Nintendo went their seperate ways with the SNES.
Read the full story @ Edge-online.
Lego Rock Band Due Out Later This Year
Matt 23 Apr 2009 | : Lego, Video Games
As a fan of both Lego and Rock Band, this is exciting news. Lego and Rock Band are working together to come out with a video game this holiday season on PS3, 360, Wii and DS. Lego Rock Band will use all the existing Rock Band and Guitar Hero peripherals although a premium guitar you could build out of Legos wouldn’t be a bad idea and would probably sell well. Lego Rock Band will be more family focused and will include songs like:
- Blur: “Song 2″
- Carl Douglas: “Kung Fu Fighting”
- Europe: “The Final Countdown”
- Good Charlotte: “Boys and Girls”
- Pink: “So What”
More @ Joystiq.
Tip to Adjust: Daylight Savings Time Clock
Matt 20 Apr 2009 | : Inventions
No one enjoys going around their home and setting all the clocks twice a year but we must do it to keep our schedules. A new clock designed by NAVA makes setting daylight savings time a lot easier by simply tipping the clock to set it exactly one hour forward or on hour back back. I’m sure a hanging version of the clock is in the works.
More @ Yanko Designs.
Sink That Makes Washing Hands Fun Again
Matt 18 Apr 2009 | : Architecture
Inspired by the Abisko National Park in Sweden, the Abisko Washbasin is one sink that would make teaching children to wash their hands a much more entertaining experience. The water comes out of the faucet where you catch it to wash your hands but once it lands in the sink its path down the slide will relax you with the soothing sound of a waterfall. Once the water has made its way down the slide thanks to gravity, it freefalls once more only this time into a drain on the floor that resembles a heating duct.
