new iPOD Shuffle

So little. And yet so much.

The new iPod shuffle is jaw-droppingly small. It’s half the size of the previous generation. Yet there’s room for so much more. With 4GB of storage, it now holds up to 1,000 songs,¹ and lets you enjoy multiple playlists, too. Learn more

It speaks for itself.

Introducing VoiceOver,² the feature that gives iPod shuffle a voice. With the press of a button, it tells you what song is playing and who’s performing it. It can even tell you the names of your playlists, giving you a new way to navigate your music. Learn more

AD Campaign Inspiration

A very creative concept by Rediffusion DYR, Bangalore, India.

Made so simple, but creative. It's an inspiration for an every designer.

Enjoy.

what a very clever artistic design.. i found this in my most favorite website.. a designer who has a different kind of skill of designing.. great concepts and idea which you will really love to visit all his work.. NDesign Studio, is one of my favorite inspirations of designing, web and illustrations..

Check his website: http://www.ndesign-studio.com

Try it for yourself.. and you'll see..

enjoy.. \m/ rock on..

URBANDUB will be in CEBU, SINULOG 2009

Obviously, I am really a big fan of URBANDUB ever since they started.
Well, just so letting everyone know.. they're gonna have a concert in Cebu this coming Sinulog 2009 and sponsored by Nokia.. , sad to say that I can't come, pretty bad.. isn't it? Nah, they're be some other time when I got home.. and that's for sure..

Anyways.. have fun to those who gonna watch URBANDUB.. \m/ rock on..

URBANDUB

URBANDUB, the new trend of music.

I called them, "new trend of music", for they have these unique and a different kind of music. I love the way they tweak the instruments as well as the arrangements.. they have the style that will put me on a different world of music. They are really amazing.. great songs and lyrics.. which you will love them more.. Urbandub, you're the best. \m/

Textures In Modern Web Design

This article comes from smashingmagazine.com which it really helps us designers to come over with and read.

If you look around at well-designed websites in CSS galleries or any other source of design inspiration, you’ll see that texture is extremely common in modern Web design. One of the reasons it’s so popular is because of its versatility. Textures can be used in countless different ways and in a wide variety of design styles. As you look around, you’ll see how textures can be used in so many different ways by Web designers.

Textures in Web design can be very subtle, so that the visitor hardly notices, or they can be a focal point of the design. In some cases, textures are used to emphasize certain parts of the design. Because of the versatility of textures, they can be used in combination with many other design elements, such as typography, lighting and colors.

When examining exemplary Web designs that employ textures, you’ll notice that textures are used in background images, headers, footers, sidebars, content areas and even fonts. Although texture is sometimes associated with a grunge style of design, its reach extends far beyond just grungy websites. Texture adds dimension to virtually any style of design, if applied properly. In this post, we’ll look at 50 examples of websites that use textures in different ways.

One of the reasons texture is so useful to designers and so popular is because adding it to a design can bequick and easy with a program like Photoshop. Later in this article, we’ll look at some of the different techniques you can use to apply texture to your own work.

Gallery: Texture in Modern Web Design

When it comes to textures in modern Web design, background images are probably the most common area of use. As you’ll see in the examples below, a textured background image can easily be a significant feature in a design. There are countless options for using textures in this way, and many designers are using creativity here to create stunning results.

These are the websites:

Edit Studios

Jobs on the Wall

GoodBytes

Grace Church of Alexandria

Jason Bradbury

Doejo 

Design Sponge 

Here’s Life Mission Africa 

Bart-Jan Verhoef 

Church on the Rock

Design Commission

Creative Nights

Fall for Tennessee

Carbonica

Sollievo

Gareth Dickey

Bright Creative

NK’MIP Resort

Design Reviver

Moustache Me

Acceptance

Sienna Online

Electric Pulp

Rocket Club

Wandering Goat Coffee Company

TheManInTheSea

The Resume Girl

Thuiven

Napa Bar and Kitchen

Rob Goodlatte

Branded07

Adventure Trekking

Matt Dempsey

Von Dutch

Alpine Meadows

Blue Moon

Astuteo

Helmy Bern

The Ernest Hemingway Collection

Henry Jones

Denver Seminary

College Park Church

Drew Dellinger

Squarespace

Inca Un Calator

Aten Design Group

If you’re looking for free textures to use in your own work, some of the best resources are:

Smashing Magazine (13 big, free collections)

stock.xchng

Texture King

Grunge Textures

Dr. Web Textures

Urban Dirty

Free 3ds Textures

CG Textures

Use Photoshop brushes

500+ Photoshop Brushes for Creating Textures

300+ Vintage Style Textures and Photoshop Brushes

Watercolor Roundup: 200+ Beautiful Brushes and Textures

200+ Free Grunge Photoshop Brushes

Lost and Taken

The New 17-inch MacBook Pro

The longest-lasting Mac notebook battery ever and one of my dream mac i will soon to buy..

The battery in the new 17-inch MacBook Pro lasts up to 8 hours on a single charge¹ and can be recharged up to 1000 times² — compared with only 200 to 300 times for typical notebooks. To do this, Apple engineers custom-designed lithium-polymer cells to create the largest possible battery, then they went even further: They built the battery right into the computer, eliminating the space-consuming mechanisms and housings that standard removable batteries require. The result is a battery that’s 40 percent bigger than the previous generation and offers up to 8 hours of wireless productivity on a single charge — all in a notebook that’s less than an inch thin, weighs just 6.6 pounds,³ and remains the same price as the previous-generation model.

But building a battery that lasts up to 8 hours is only part of the story. Giving it a lifespan of up to 1000 recharges required breakthroughs in battery technology. Apple electro-chemists developed advanced chemistry that maintains the battery’s charging capabilities longer than ever. And while most notebooks wear down their batteries by charging them at a constant rate, the 17-inch MacBook Pro takes a different approach. Using an Apple-developed technology called Adaptive Charging, a microchip on the battery constantly communicates with the computer to determine the optimal way to charge its cells, adjusting the current up and down depending on a variety of conditions. Combined, these advancements offer a dramatic improvement in battery lifespan: more than three times the lifespan of typical notebook batteries — up to five years. Learn more and watch a video