Monday, January 31, 2011

Freestyle Swim by Kara Joyce, Fantastic Strike!


Kara Lynn Joyce must be the very great swimmer that I loved most. I've been practicing freestyle swim for months, Joyce's video instruction helped me a lot. Her feet kicks and arm stikes are so perfect in pool, you can easily figure out her muscle streak and and basic skill, not to mention the smoothness of swimming.

Anyone want to do the Freestyle Swim, Turn to Joyce!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

See the Famous Burning Monk in Shocking Color

In 1963 a Vietnamese Buddhist monk named Lâm Van Tuc burned himself to death on a busy Saigon road in protest of the persecution of Buddhists by South Vietnam's Ngô Ðình Di?m administration. Malcolm Browne's photo and journalist David Halberstam's account of the event circulated the world, winning both of them a Pulitzer Prize.



Halberstam wrote:
"I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think... As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him."
If anything could make the image more horrific, it would be color. Redditor mygrapefruit recently posted a shockingly bright colorization of the iconic image.



How'd he do it?
"[I used] Photoshop CS 5, and tablet. Used Brush Tool with mode set to Colour, entered quick mode (Q) sometimes to make finer selections eg. the fire which I then used Gradient Map on. [Took] approx 4 hrs."

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The Evolution of Apple, First Pictures of the Apple iBoard released

Development of the iPhone began with Apple CEO Steve Jobs' direction that Apple engineers investigate touchscreens. Apple created the device during a secretive and unprecedented collaboration with AT&T Mobility—Cingular Wireless at the time—at an estimated development cost of US$150 million over thirty months.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Really Cool And Creative Error 404 Pages


Having a good Error 404 page is perhaps as important as having great contents. Sometimes it may not be your fault visitors landed on error pages, but being able to communicate and direct them back to the home page is as good as a second chance to re-engage a visitor. Error 404 page helps you does that.

If you don’t have a Error 404 page on your website or blog, you should probably start thinking of creating one. We’ve previously showcased you 50 Nice And Creative Error 404 Pages, but the Internet is full of creative webmasters. Here’s another 60 Really Cool and Creative Error 404 Pages you should check out. 3 for the start, full list after jump.