Sunday, August 30, 2009

The Worldâs Most Beautiful River

Source: http://cubeme.com/blog/2009/08/18/the-world%E2%80%99s-most-beautiful-river/

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The Caño Cristales river is in the La Macarena National and Ecological Reserve Park in Colombia. The river has been referred to as the “river of five colours”, “the river that ran away to paradise,” and “the most beautiful river in the world.”

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During Colombia's wet season, the water flows fast and deep, obscuring the bottom of the river and denying the mosses and algae that call the river home the sun that they need. And during the dry season there is not enough water to support the dazzling array of life in the river. But during a brief span between the wet and dry seasons, when the water level is just right, the many varieties of algae and moss bloom in a dazzling display of colours. Blotches of amarillo, blue, green, black, and red–and a thousand shades in between–coat the river.

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Link Via [Neatorama]

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What's more effective AND lower cost than multi-million-dollar TV ads? - http://bit.ly/lvuG0 (secret wink to those who thought "everything")

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B2B Ad Pages Slide 30% in 1H09

Source: http://feeds.marketingcharts.com/~r/marketingcharts/~3/jfoWnOK__3c/

Through the first half of 2009, ad pages in B2B publications slipped 30.2% compared with the same period in 2008, according to American Business Media's Business Information Network. For June, ad pages were down 32.8% from the same month last year. Year-to-date, total ad revenues have dropped 26.5%, to $3.7 billion, reports Media Buyer Planner. American [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingcharts/~4/jfoWnOK__3c" height="1" width="1"/>

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FontCapture Turns Your Handwriting into a Font [Handwriting]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/a-0GNLq3VKo/fontcapture-turns-your-handwriting-into-a-font

If you've got a few minutes, stylish script, and a scanner, FontCapture can turn your handwriting into a font. That keeps all your mad-scientist notes on the computer, yet still gives them that essential lab bench grit.

Go to FontCapture and download their font template. Once downloaded, print it off and carefully fill in the single-sheet grid. You don't need to fill in every slot for FontCapture to create your font. If you don't use letters like ó, ò, or ñ in your daily writing, feel free to skip over them.

Once you've filled out the template, you upload it to Fontcapture and it processes your handwriting into a font for personal use. That's all there is to it, but it's a pretty neat way of giving an image or document a consistent look, but a look you crafted yourself. FontCapture is a free service and requires no signup.



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Bokeh Filter Turns Blurry Lights Into Distinct Shapes [Photography]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/urwPkOg9FOU/bokeh-filter-turns-blurry-lights-into-distinct-shapes

Bokeh, which is the out-of-focus light distortion in the background of a photo, is more and more seen as an aesthetic element of photography. This lens brings it more attention by shaping those blurs into stars, hearts, and more.

The Bokeh Filter is a physical lens that attaches to any mainstream DSLR and blocks out small pieces of light to create the desired patterns. Changing the cool blurry streetlights behind your ladyfriend into hearts? Cheesetastic. But used subtly (that would mean using no shapes that are also found in a box of Lucky Charms), this could bring a really cool element to some photos. And hell, if you're going for outright cheese, might as well do it naturally and not in the edit room, right? [Bokeh Filter via Geekologie]




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