OUYA! A great idea...

Open Source console gaming? With free or nearly free games?? And a development scheme that will allow more "unconnected" developers into the arena?!? This sounds great...stay tuned for more  movement on this front, but why not crack the console world's cartel?

FREE BOOKS!

Well...sorta. You're going to need an e-reader device or computer, but check out the FREE titles available on this site alone (there are many such sites with public-domain and royalty/free use clause titles.

Back when I was a teen....

Atari! Ahhh the sound of blips and bleeps as matched up to the visuals of 8 to 32 color video! Nothing could bring a kid home from school quicker than the lure of playing "arcade games" at home and saving the quarter. Check out this neat online Atari Web emulator (I'm pretty sure its higher qual than the original).

Macaroni Art

"Don't play wit' yer food eh!"
Or maybe its OK?  Pasta art in the 21st century! Check out this neat site to make macaroni art without wasting food, and help fight hunger in the process. Also Available for iPad!

the story
the fun

Free Music Download

Who wouldn't like some FREE MP3's...and 100% legal promotional stuff at that! From FATT (Fitz and the Tantrums) for a limited time only a free EP download! If you caught their KILLER show at Summerfest last year, you know what a great live band they are, and this EP features three live tracks and one studio remix.

Check out the secret "STASH" page here (navbar above) for the details. Free and 100% legal.

STUDENT DESIGN SHOW 2012

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD... the Student Design Show at the Racine Campus of Gateway Technical College will be going on this year. I am chairing the show this go-round, and (man alive) I am busy with all of the things going on with work, home, show and the like.

Please stop by for our reception on April 24th (6 – 8 pm, Campus Library). There will be snacks and (hopefully) a lot of people!

I am also trolling for anyone who works in Graphic Design, Advertising, Marketing, P.R., or the like. We are looking for Judges for this years show, and you are exactly who we need.
Please drop me a line.

You can find out  more about the show by going to the Gateway Home Page:
http://www.gtc.edu
and looking for the image to click upon.
Additionally, you can go directly to the show information site:
http://www.gtc.edu/student-design-show

"CHEAT SHEETS" for web folk

To the garden variety teacher, cheat sheets are a bad thing... a very bad thing. But in the world of programming, languages, and scripts, they are a very good thing. As this blog says: "No matter how good  programmer you are, you can't memorize everything. It often happens to spend more time searching for a particular library, tag or declaration, than implementing it on our code."

I personally am NOT a programmer or coder. I am a retro-fitted designer (as is common with the art-directors of the late 80's and early 90's). This is a great collection of cheat sheets for folks like me as well as the hard-core I.T. guy.

RICE MILK FOR THE MASSES

In various discussions over time, it has come to my attention that a huge number of people cannot drink dairy milk. Whether lactose-intolerance, true allergy, or a variety of other contributing factors that have come to light, many folks cannot have milk any more.

Like many, I have also used (and many friends continue to use) products like Silk (a soybean milk that works well overall--is very popular due to the removal of some of the soy flavor that usually lingers in lower-priced brands). There are still some that cannot use soy-milks due to sensitivities (phyto-estrogens, and for some it reduces the absorption of other meds). 

In all honesty, I personally still indulge in the occasional milk product, and usually deal with the 'consequences' over time. But for day-to-day use, I usually consume rice milk. There is an inexpensive, lesser-name brand product sold  through Woodman's that we have used for years. It isn't something that tastes particularly great on its own, but works over cereal in the morning after being chilled thoroughly.

I have recently discovered, through other's blogs and sites, the ABSOLUTE EASE of making rice milk at home, for PENNIES on the dollar at that. There are two recipes that I modify slightly, and a video from a YOUTUBE contributor that can help you through it all.

vegan reader recipe 1

rice flour recipe  and rice recipe 2

I add vanilla, a bit of cinnamon, and about a third of the honey or half of the rice/agave syrup sweetener they use in these.

40 ONLINE GENERATORS FOR WEB DESIGNERS (and WEB DESIGN STUDENTS)

TRIPWIRE has assembled a collection of some of the slickest, most useful "generators" for web. Online Generators can make creating cool stuff take minutes instead of hours. CHECK IT OUT.

DESIGNUS COOLUS

Super cool design ideas (mostly product design) to inspire you. Check it.