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Dust Art

Posted on August 27th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Art, Craft, Sketching, Weird Stuff.

Yes you read that right – This beautifully painted artwork was done on the back of a car.

Scott Wade using a very different canvas Automobile Windows covered in dust and road grime.
He creates them using fingers, paint brushes, chewed popsicle sticks, and more.

I love trying to sketch and these sketches/drawing/paintings by Scott Wade are amazing. This type of art is unbelievable for the amount of time put into this, and that once the rain comes or these people take their car to the wash these works of are gone forever.

Technorati Tags: skeching, art, design, dust, painting

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Great Stock Photos – FREE!

Posted on June 29th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Art, Computing, Craft, Freeware, Photography, Photoshop, Uncategorized, Web Service.

Everyone needs some stock photos on their website or presentation or even school report. Well A Digital Dreamer has some very nice high resolution photo files that can be used. They ask to link to them if possible. They have 12 different albums with over 400 photos ranging from 1200 x 900 to 1600 x 1200. And yes these really are ROYALTY FREE. Some of the albums they have are as follows: Photographic Textures, Animals and Insects, Technology Stock, Landscapes and Scenery Stock, Flowers Stock, Trees and Plants Stock Photography, Cloud Stock and more…..

These would can be used as a great resource for your desktop wallpaper, backdrops in presentations, or as some graphics for websites.

Enjoy as I did – I used the one of the technology shots on the cover of my Hipster PDA.

Tags: FREE, STOCK, PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTO, STOCK+PHOTO, SCREENSAVER, DESKTOP, WALLPAPER, FREEWARE

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The Unfolder Wallet Organizer

Posted on June 21st, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Craft, Gadgets, GTD, Hack, Journaling.

This is the UnFolder Organizer Wallet - I spotted this little organizer that seems to keep it all contained. The unorganizer wallet is for those frustrated with conventional organizers. The unfolder’s organizer section formalizes and tames the haphazard, paper flurry of loose, losable notes. The Wallet section hold twice the usual wallet’s contents in half the space. The Creator called it the unfolder because it unfold one’s life and unfold one’ destiny.

The author states that the unfolder works because you write your note first, then you figure out where to put it in the organizer. This is accomplished because the unfolder has only one place to write: a page full of small blank stickies. Then you can move it to one of the several blank pages depending on what you need to make this note. Such as @work, @home etc… The unfolder has six blank plastic pages to store your notes on. Or you can move them as you don’t need them to your other notebook to keep them for long term storage.

The top image show the unfolder open to the wallet section. It has room for several credit cards, pen loop, and lanyard for keeping a key or two and a change pocket. The second image show the plastic pages that store your notes and you can put a few more credit cards.

This image on the right shows the wallet being held open with a toothpick. This really is a nicely designed wallet organizer.

More info can be found here.

Technocrati Tags: Wallet, Organizer, GTD, HipsterPDA, Analog, PDA HPDA

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Another Cool Video – Spray Paint Art

Posted on May 13th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Anything Else, Art, Craft, Sketching.

When I went to Las Vegas last year I got to see a spray paint artist very much like this person. Extremely good and fun to watch. He was located in Downtown on Freemont street selling his paintings.

Tags: Art, Spray Paint, Las Vegas

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Purple Hipster – Homemade HipsterPDA

Posted on May 13th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Craft, Hack, Uncategorized.

What a nice handmade HipsterPDA. It has a nice Purple Front cover and beautiful Pink covering inside. There is even a pocket for receipts and things on the inside front cover. There is even a nice clip to attach a pen. Then to keep it closed there are 3 loops to slide a pencil or pen into. Very nice design and serves its purpose quite well. Another idea making the HipsterPDA easier and colorful.

Tags: 3×5, analog, Hacks, HipsterPDA, MAKE

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Free Note Paper – Nice Design

Posted on May 11th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Craft, GTD, Hack, Journaling, Web Service.

notepaper Here is a link to where you can get nicely designed note paper. This will aid you in taking better note. The paper is customized with your name and the current month is put into the upper right column. I use this when working with a new client. I use the box in the upper right to list things to do my Action Items for this page.

The Bottom Half is where I jot my notes etc. and the top left of the page I use this for my recap of the meeting – my summary of the notes and thing to highlight. I find this very useful and can be printed Full size or use your printer driver to print it 2 to a page for Half Size planners.

Tags: analog, DIYPlanner, GTD, Hacks, Lifehack, notetaking, paper

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Altoids Tins and their Various Uses!

Posted on March 23rd, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Anything Else, Craft, GTD, Hack.

I stumbled upon this site detailing the use of an Altoid Tin for a 72 Hour Survival Kit. Pretty interesting what can be put into this with a little thought. I have Hear about others using Altoids Tins for various other uses. (Battery Pack for IPOD), Purse Survival Kit, Pin Hole Cameras. Some of the uses are quite interesting.

Here are a few of the photos I found on the Flickr Group:

Altoids BlueTooth HeadSet