The not so good quality graphics, the catchy jingles, the cheesy lines are what made 90's toy commercial so entertaining to watch.

It’s hard to believe how well the advertising worked back then, never failing to influence us during our birthday/holiday wish lists. I remember watching so many of these commercials back in the day when I was in middle school still watching cartoons. What am I talking about I still like cartoons.

Now let's take a trip down memory lane and relive some special moments that you might have forgotten about.


They make a lot of noise those Sniggle Sticks


I haven't been to a Toys 'R Us in such a long time.


Really!


Man he can talk fast


This jingle will get stuck in your head. Come on everybody Skip It!


Go Go Power Rangers!


Sock'em Boopers!


Battle Trolls


This is just wrong. Who wanted one of these

The Secret Handshake is the electronic pop rock music project of Luis Dubuc, from Dallas Texas. This self-taught musician writes everything for this band in his room - alone with just his Wurlitzer piano and Apple computer. With one listen you can tell this band stands out from other emo tinged electronic music - The Secret Handshake's got heart and soul. His songs are very catchy and simplistic in sound.

The Secret Handshake has release a new CD "My Name Up in Lights". It has the sound in which it makes this band standout. This is a definitely a summer listener while chillin or taking a mid afternoon drive. So go out and support and purchase The Secret Handshakes new CD.

iphone Like Cellphone
Designer, Bence Bogar, releases a concept phone which he claims is the “perfect phone in the world”, which means he claims his concept phone is better than iPhone. The concept phone has 2.8″, 5.0-MP digital camera, 512MB Ram, micro SD (T-flash) expansion slot, WIFI support, built-in Bluetooth technology, and built-in GPS features. Will Steve Jobs buy Bence Bogar’s concept phone idea?





Nokia 888

The Nokia 888 concept design by Tamer Nakisci can be changed to any form. You can change its shape according to your needs during the day but don’t have to carry it in your pocket or on your wrist; take it anywhere and in any form.

This cellphone concept can be rolled, bent, placed on your clothes like a clip and more. It uses liquid battery, speech recognition, flexible touch screen, and a touch sensitive body cover which lets it understand and adjust to the environment.

As well as the shape, the color of the Nokia 888 Mobile Phone may also be changed.

The idea behind the design of Nokia 888 is thatthe perfect form does not exist. Form follows you so they create the perfect form for each function.

Meet the iSaw, the world's first USB powered chainsaw. Yes, you read that right. Lamenting that "current materials used on bodies of chainsaws are too heavy for office use" the vanguards of innovation over at www.usbchainsaw.com figured out how to get a USB 2.0 port to power sharp chains for all your office-based wood cutting needs.

This would be a great present for yourself. Let's just say it would keep your coworkers in order.

Accoring to the USB die-hards over at EverythingUSB.com the "chainsaw possibly opens a whole new category of USB weaponry tools." And warms the heart of geeky lumberjacks everywhere.


I.SAW IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER $59.95 + SHIPPING

Andrew Bird is an American musician. He was born in Illinois and resides in the Chicago area. Bird is a singer-songwriter, a violinist and, since 2004, a guitarist. He also is an accomplished whistler.

His early work, which echoed gypsy jazz and traditional folk, has led into his current sound, which mixes rock with more broad compositions. His years of solo song-craft have now enabled him to produce a sound that is uniquely his own.

The instrumentation is bracingly inventive, but never for mere shenanigans or showmanship. The songs are each a perfectly formed vignette. And he's a world class whistler; not the loud summoning blast, but the supple and nuanced vibrato-laced melodicism of a master. There is no shortage of utterly riveting songs here. They work their magic on their own believable terms, without a hint of cloying nostalgia or riff-fueled seduction. - David Greenberger

Currently Andrew Bird has a new CD out called Noble Beast and he is also currently on tour. If you want to see if he is playing in your area check out his site: Andrewbird.net. The new CD is such that of some soothing jazzy folk sound.

I recently acquired a piece of art work done by Chad Mize for my birthday. (Thanks Monique your the best). I was very please with the creativity of the art work and the platform on which it was placed. So I wanted to share his work with others by writing a blog to show support where it was definitely deserved.

Chad Mize and Phillip Clark own a company called Blue Lucy which is a collaboration of creativity of both artist. On the Blue Lucy site you will be able to view both Chad's and Phillips work. I highly recommend checking out both artist. They are very talented individuals. They also have different options available on there site for downloads, web work, clothing, and there blog as well as animation.

Chad thanks for the awesome piece of artwork and for putting it up on your blog.




“Damion” by Chad Mize – Comission for Monique to give to her boyfriend for his birthday. Happy Birthday, Damion and thanks Monique!

Starting out a Website has never been easier with the help of others providing great ideas and tips and tutorials to make it easier for you the beginner. These sites have blog posts, tutorials, tips, tricks, articles, freebies, and more for all of you aspiring web designers.

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/


http://www.w3schools.com/


http://www.cssnewbie.com/



http://webdosanddonts.com/



http://www.tutorial9.net/


http://colorburned.com/

There are many ways that people show and generate their creativity. One way of showing your creativity is through photography. So how would you go about showcasing your work or your business in which you enjoy. Here are a couple of different photography websites that might kick start your ideas for your photography website. If anyone knows any other great photography websites let me know and leave a comment.

Timothy Allen
Timothy Allen’s website is a WordPress powered blog, slightly corporate in nature as it’s put together in conjunction with the BBC. The design is very effective, there is a fast moving slideshow at the top of the front page, and below that, a moving strip of thumbnails that are links to the latest articles. The latest article is published underneath, and at the bottom five short columns display links to articles on Photography, Travel, Video, Tutorials and My Musings. The front page is designed to wow the visitor and provide easy to follow links to all the interesting content within the website.

Paolo Boccardi
A big photo on the front page, easy to navigate links (I really like the little windows that pop up when you mouseover the links) and then horizontal photo galleries. Lovely!







Chase Jarvis
Chase Jarvis is famous amongst photographers for his blog, but his website is a masterpiece of web design. The viewer is greeted by a large, dramatic, slideshow on the front page, and an easy to navigate menu. The portfolio pages are spectacular, and the flash based design looks great.




Timothy HoganThis website expands to a full screen to show off the photographer’s photos. Although I would have to say that the load time is a little slow.








Mitchell Kanashkevich
A beautiful website, the reader is in no doubt that the website belongs to a travel photographer. Navigation is clear and simple and the photo galleries are stunning. The photographer has a small collection of his best photos. This is very important, because the quality of a portfolio is often judged by the weakest shot.




Isabelle Ribeiro Photography
There’s a lot to like about this website; a strong, simple front page slideshow, beautifully presented photo galleries, and a blog!

Strengthening its line up of portable 1.8” hard drives for external storage markets, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced its 250 Gigabyte (GB) 1.8 inch hard disk drive, the Spinpoint N3U which incorporates a native USB controller on its printed circuit board. This optimized design results in a smaller foot print, less power consumption and optimized performance, which is ideal for portable external storage devices. The Spinpoint N3U stores up to 125 Gigabytes per platter for a total 250GB data storage capacity.

“The new high-capacity 1.8” 250GB drive enhances Samsung’s product offerings and is ideal for consumers who require a small form factor, high capacity data storage,“ said Choel-Hee Lee, vice president of marketing Storage System Division, Samsung Electronics. “It is easy to carry around and it is designed to withstand a free fall drop of up to 50 centimeters and be resistant to a maximum shock incident of up to 1500G.”

Samsung now ships industry leading areal density levels for all of its hard disk form factor products with up to 1.5 Terabyte for 3.5” drives, 500GB for 2.5” drives and 250GB for 1.8” drives. The Spinpoint N3U comes in 120-, 160-, 200- and 250-GB capacities, the disk rotation speed is 3600rpm, and it supports a USB 2.0 interface. The drives are equipped with an 8MB cache memory. Initial shipments to OEMs are scheduled from mid-July with a MSRP at $199.00.