Assorted ramblings from the midweek crisis avoidance centre.Tumblr (3.0; @midweekcrisis)http://www.midweekcrisis.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvd5r0OoZ1qz4an9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Whoop! CDSM’s first Thinqi app has hit the app store. The i40 eLearning app. (only accessible to Hyundai dealership staff, but still exciting to get the first one out there)</p>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/18153802396http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/18153802396Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:27:27 +0000appsThinqicdsm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9ezmBLrp1qas1mto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9ezmBLrp1qas1mto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9ezmBLrp1qas1mto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9ezmBLrp1qas1mto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.bookspaperscissors.com/post/16354568742/samuel-wade" class="tumblr_blog">bookspaperscissors</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://samuelwade.blogspot.com/">Samuel Wade</a></p></blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16361929945http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16361929945Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:16:29 +0000<a href="http://bartaz.github.com/impress.js/#/overview">Prezi-like Presentations with Open Web Standards</a>: <p>If you like <a href="http://prezi.com">Prezi</a>, and you like web standards (ok, so it’s a small audience) you’ll love this. Impress.js uses js and CSS3 transforms to create exciting presentations.</p> <p>It’s really impressive. You need a decent modern browser (read hardware acceleration) to get the best out of it, but it’s worth it.</p>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16239189245http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16239189245Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:09:31 +0000jscss3coolweb design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxztiyBZgx1r8sig7o1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://topicunrelated.tumblr.com/post/16058542936/one-of-the-best-explanations-of-sopa-ive-seen" class="tumblr_blog">topicunrelated</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>One of the best explanations of SOPA I’ve seen yet.</p> <p><a href="http://theoatmeal.com/sopa"></a><a href="http://theoatmeal.com/sopa"><a href="http://theoatmeal.com/sopa">http://theoatmeal.com/sopa</a></a></p></blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16166169951http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16166169951Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:42:33 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxoss1bfOK1rn2fvxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxoss1bfOK1rn2fvxo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxoss1bfOK1rn2fvxo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxoss1bfOK1rn2fvxo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxoss1bfOK1rn2fvxo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>wow!</p> <p><a href="http://just-art.tumblr.com/post/16134648839" class="tumblr_blog">just-art</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em><strong>Lips</strong></em> by <a href="http://stuntkid.deviantart.com/">Jason Levesque<br/><br/></a>Artist: <a href="http://blog.stuntkid.com/?page_id=220">blog</a> || <a href="http://stuntkid.deviantart.com/">deviantART</a> || <a href="http://thestuntkid.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a></p></blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16166115320http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16166115320Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:38:44 +0000artIllustration<a href="http://nerdplusart.com/why-is-there-flash-in-the-html5-version-of-cut-the-rope">HTML5 gets game</a>: <p>This is really impressive. Cut the Rope, the hit iPhone game get’s remade in HTML5. Some gripes about having Flash audio as a fallback, but meh. You gotta do what you gotta do. This bodes well for web gaming.</p>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16165974533http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16165974533Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:28:27 +0000html5webdeveopmentjsgames<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxzcsl4KSB1qg4kx9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxzcsl4KSB1qg4kx9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahillustrativeart.tumblr.com/post/16079221450/kevin-wada" class="tumblr_blog">fuckyeahillustrativeart</a>:</p> <blockquote><div> <p><a href="http://kevinwada.com/">Kevin Wada</a> </p> </div></blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16165926384http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16165926384Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:24:51 +0000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwzvjmysrv1qzwdngo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwzvjmysrv1qzwdngo2_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwzvjmysrv1qzwdngo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://amyvernon.tumblr.com/post/16116397621/wookie-the-chew-dying-from-the-cute">amyvernon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Wookie the Chew.</p> <p>DYING FROM THE CUTE.</p> </blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16165858890http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16165858890Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:19:57 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvt5ohOchv1qcs4tto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gatherersgarden.tumblr.com/post/13848737833/and-this-is-also-from-my-moleskine-all-nice-and">gatherersgarden</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>and this is also from my moleskine all nice and scanned and edited now</p> </blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16165738497http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16165738497Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:11:00 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxzcc5lxNg1qg4kx9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxzcc5lxNg1qg4kx9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahillustrativeart.tumblr.com/post/16051490191/elizabeth-beals" class="tumblr_blog">fuckyeahillustrativeart</a>:</p> <blockquote><div> <p><a href="http://elizabethbeals.com/home.html">Elizabeth Beals</a></p> </div></blockquote> <p>This is beautiful stuff. Love the art deco-iness</p>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16064370409http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16064370409Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:06:23 +0000artillustration<p>Amazing meeting to kick off the Welsh Learning Platform project today at Torfaen. Really feeling the hwyl!</p>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16064310340http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16064310340Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:04:25 +0000tumblic<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpthgmMfS1qcio0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpthgmMfS1qcio0jo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Aaaaargh!</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nathansummers.tumblr.com/post/15802158477/in-1961-leonid-rogozov-27-was-the-only-surgeon">nathansummers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>In 1961, Leonid Rogozov, 27, was the only surgeon in the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. During the expedition, he felt severe pain in the stomach and had a high fever. Rogozov examined himself and discovered that his appendix was inflamed and could burst at any time. With a local anesthesia, he operated himself to remove the appendix. An engineer and a meteorologist assisted surgery.</p> </blockquote> <p>Like a boss</p> </blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16004420184http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16004420184Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:41:03 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvigeAmCd1qkbk1qo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvigeAmCd1qkbk1qo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvigeAmCd1qkbk1qo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvigeAmCd1qkbk1qo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dirtygulle.tumblr.com/post/15928742705/jenecio">dirtygulle</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>jenecio</p> </blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16004316258http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16004316258Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:35:51 +0000<a href="http://unintelligablepatter.tumblr.com/post/14560483456/employee-of-the-month-mr-masons-mad-he-found">Unintelligable Patter: Employee of the MonthMr Mason’s mad, he found Satan in his Tesco...</a>: <p><a href="http://unintelligablepatter.tumblr.com/post/14560483456/employee-of-the-month-mr-masons-mad-he-found" class="tumblr_blog">unintelligablepatter</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Employee of the Month</strong><br/><br/>Mr Mason’s mad, he found Satan in his Tesco shopping bag,<br/>The Prince of Darkness by the milk and lemonade,<br/>Watch out Beelzebub, that bag will bio-degrade,<br/>Bio-degrade, like a slow motion hand-grenade.<br/><br/>They don’t give you club-card points for that,<br/>Not for horns and…</p></blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16004252159http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/16004252159Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:32:35 +0000<a href="http://www.formfiftyfive.com/2012/01/guy-laramee/">Amazing Book Sculptures</a>: <p>Wow</p>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15663904635http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15663904635Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:00:05 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkwqpfCXA1qz5ttno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://emergentfutures.tumblr.com/post/15614821643/introducing-the-makerbot-replicator-tm-the" class="tumblr_blog">emergentfutures</a>:</p> <blockquote><h2 class="title"> </h2><p>Introducing The MakerBot Replicator™</p> <p><span>The MakerBot Replicator™ is the ultimate personal 3D printer, with MakerBot Dualstrusion™ (2-color printing) and a bigger printing footprint, giving you the superpower to print things</span></p> <p>See the press Release at <a href="http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2012/01/09/introducing-the-makerbot-replicator/">Makerbot</a></p> <p><em><strong><span>Paul Higgins: me want one but will probably have to wait.</span></strong></em></p></blockquote> <p>Mind blowing that this sort of tech is available for domestic use. Should usher in a whole new generation of garden shed inventors.</p>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15624015636http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15624015636Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:24:51 +0000techtechnology3d printing<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxi35wytM21qz5ttno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://emergentfutures.tumblr.com/post/15622160260/in-car-internet-to-become-norm-in-survey-about" class="tumblr_blog">emergentfutures</a>:</p> <blockquote><h1> </h1><p><strong>In-car internet ‘to become norm’ in survey about future</strong></p> <p><span>“More than a third (37%) of the 200 car executives believe “infotainment” in cars is nearly as important as car safety.”</span></p> <p><span>Full Story: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16413809">BBC</a></span></p></blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15622657817http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15622657817Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:43:03 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxl8tiLjKn1qbltjyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxl8tiLjKn1qbltjyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxl8tiLjKn1qbltjyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://architizer.tumblr.com/post/15619974743/rethinking-the-radiator-liberates-the-heater-from">architizer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/37142/rethinking-the-radiator/" target="_self">Rethinking the Radiator</a> liberates the heater from the wall and re-imagines it as a campfire.</p> </blockquote>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15622653290http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15622653290Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:42:54 +0000<p>Found a couple of jquery plugins I’m looking forward to trying out.</p> <p><a href="http://fittextjs.com/">FitText</a> can be used to expand a header element to the width of it’s containing element. For when you need big bold headers with neat edges.</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/louisremi/jquery.transition.js">Jquery.transition.js</a> is a plugin that allows you to create CSS3 anims that’ll fall back to jquery loops on older browsers. Means we can take advantage of hardware accelleration in newer browsers without leaving the old ones behind.</p>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15567843273http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/15567843273Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:22:00 +0000jqueryweb designjsplugins<p>Young jobseekers told to work without pay or lose unemployment benefits <a href="http://t.co/bnbsI2wS">http://t.co/bnbsI2wS</a> via @guardian - what a scam!</p>http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/12952807464http://www.midweekcrisis.com/post/12952807464Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:52:46 +0000