The legality of graffiti should be decided based on how good it is. Here, for example, are some that should be completely legal and acceptable.

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It’s well-known for articles about scenery, history, and the most distant corners of the world, and National Geographic magazine has been recognized for its book-like quality and its standard of photography.

The magazine began to feature color photography in the early 20th century, when this technology was still rare.

In 2006, National Geographic began an international photography competition with over eighteen countries participating.

I’m going to show you some of my favourite entries in this year’s Nat Geo Photography Contest:

I was in the front car of the short subway between Pudong and the Bund, and was treated to the wonderful spectacle of an oncoming train in the tunnel’s changing light show. I put my camera up to the window and shot as fast as possible to get this image. (Photo and caption by Gail von Bergen Ryan)

When the wave conditions are right a wave appears, infrequently, as a result of the splash back off the cliff connecting with an incoming wave. This causes the incoming wave to pop up, creating fan-like shapes. On this particular day, over the two hours I spent on the rocks, this wave only appeared once. This is that shot. (Photo and caption by Aaron Feinberg)

Curious gulls on Sanibel Island, Florida. Meet my friend, “Gull-i-Bel”!!! (Photo and caption by Richard Rush)

Taken at Kwena Croc Farm in South Africa (Photo and caption by Wayne Holloway)

David Hanson crosses a fallen log beneath soaring trees and a lingering fog in Washington’s Olympic National Park. (Photo and caption by Michael Hanson)

So hopefully when I go to Thailand on Monday (7th December) I’ll be able to take a bunch of photos that can rival these (ha!).

I’ll post the good ones when I get back.

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I’m back and will be writing my blog once again with all the crap that I find interesting on the interweb.

In a related note, you probably know how typing a search in Google now gives a list of suggestions as you type.
Well typing “i like” produces some interesting suggestions, particularly the top two:

This also reminds me of a great web Twitter application — twistori — it basically aggregates all of the Twitter posts (in real time) that contain a particular word, like ‘love’ ‘hate’ ‘wish’ and stuff and just scrolls through them. I love just sitting and watching this — it sucks you in. Brilliant.

And they use helvetica as their typeface — I think it’s love.

Since I last updated the blog, I bought another t-shirt:

So that’s what’s new with me.

And this blog officially hasn’t sunk into the depts of the past, as many blogs tend to do after a few months. Woo! I’m ahead.

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But I have found some time to make a like of some really awesomely-designed websites.

I am constantly sifting my way through design blogs reading about good design, usability (also doing this at uni this semester) and some sites for inspiration. Here are some I liked.

Mutant Labs

They’re a group who do web & flash design and iPhone app development. Very cool vectors.

bfish.book

A flash web design portfolio site.

The NY Moon

Cool-looking typography design, interesting premise: “The New York Moon is an internet-based publication adhered to the lunar phases of the real waxing, waning moon. It is collection of experimental, reflective, and imaginative projects that unfold in any medium.”

Radium Labs

Brilliant vector-based design for an internet marketing agency, SEO and that kind of thing.

Hamish MacPherson

A portfolio site for a web designer / programmer. Cool grungy-look.

SOASdesign

Cool illustrations on this one.

atebits

atebits make really cool apps, and their website shows how cool they are.

I’ll get back to writing proper posts once uni’s done for the semester. I swear!

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There is a lot of cool nerd-related design-y stuff on the internet at the moment.

A geek love poem on a t-shirt … does It get any better?

Signs You’re Becoming A Design Geek …

From The Crestock Blog.

• You giggle whenever you use the colours F0CCED, EFF0FF and 44DDDD
• You’re in the sun and you look around for a Drop Shadow to sit under.
• Seing someone use Lens Flare or Comic Sans adversely affects your blood-pressure
• You maintain a grid system for your refrigerator magnets.
• You sit at work for eight hours straight just looking at your monitor, waiting for a spark of inspiration that doesn’t come.
• You’re up ’til 5am because you came up with the best idea ever while brushing your teeth.
• You know Lorem Ipsum by heart.
• Your kid knows Lorem Ipsum by heart.
• The preschool teacher complains your child won’t colour inside or outside the lines – only indicate colours on a separate sheet.
• Activating your entire font collection makes your computer crash – and you’re running OSX.
• You deliberately butcher your perfectly cross browser compatible site in IE by placing a “Too Cool for IE” banner on it.
• You prefer a Layer Style of 50% Opacity (or less) on your wife’s Satin.
• You spend $200 on a font for your personal website because “it’s the only one where the lower-case g is just right…”
• Looking at a menu makes you go “hmmm, ITC Baskerville italic” rather than “mmmm, lunch!”
• And when you finally order, you go for Layer Based Slices with Grain Texture…
• You use words about fonts you dislike that other normal people reserve for fascist dictators and serial killers.
• Apple+Z is the first thing that goes through your mind if you drop and break something.
• You refer to colleagues as Strict, Transitional, Loose and the Future Unemployed.
• You refer to your privates as “the Magic Wand”.
• You actually understand this post and pass it on to your friends.

“Due to an extremely high number of orders recently placed, please allow 7–9 weeks for us to fulfill your order.”

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The Webdesigner Depot recently published an article with a number of wallpapers with their ideas of what separates art and design. They are all very typographic, which I love. Here’s my favourite one:

You can download the whole set of these wallpapers (there’s 5 different ones) from the Webdesigner Depot blog post, ‘The Difference Between Art and Design’.

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That sudden rash you’ve developed can mean only one thing: you’ve just arrived at the portfolio of Jared Christensen — web designer, illustrator, ShamWow enthusiast & insufferable Photoshop jokester.

A Level 7 Elvish Photoshop Mage with +10 Dropshadow Power

Have a visit of his page, it’s great.

www.jaredigital.com

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I came across this showcase of a photographer called Edward Burtynsky — very interesting photos. Here are some quotes about his work:

“Burtynsky’s images are intriguing in many ways. He captures the price we pay for our industrialized planet and yet somehow makes it beautiful.” — The Photo Argus

“Burtynsky calls his images ‘a second look at the scale of what we call progress,’ and hopes that [they] acquaint viewers with the ramifications of our lifestyle.” - Washington Post

And here’s the intro on his homepage:

“Nature transformed through industry is a predominant theme in my work. I set course to intersect with a contemporary view of the great ages of man; from stone, to minerals, oil, transportation, silicon, and so on. To make these ideas visible I search for subjects that are rich in detail and scale yet open in their meaning. Recycling yards, mine tailings, quarries and refineries are all places that are outside of our normal experience, yet we partake of their output on a daily basis.”

So here are some of his works.

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Here’s the website: cargocollective.com/learnsomethingeveryday.

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Image by Paco Calvino

This image is really cool. I was looking at ‘8 Mind-Boggling Optical Illusions’ while browsing the Digg new bookmarks, and this picture of a wormhole was on it.

I think it’s very cool. That is all.

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