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this is future.
Sep 24 2010
“So much wrong in just one little .png…” Loony Tunes - Brand New

“So much wrong in just one little .png…” Loony Tunes - Brand New

typography logo apple fail

Jul 15 2010
Offshore Oil Strike board game from BP (1970) Each player has “Hazard” cards to deal with; here are some of the risks BP thought to include:—”Accident. Rig shuts down while replacement of key personnel takes place. Miss one turn.”—”Fire breaks out. Pay $2,500,000 for repairs.”—”Hit High-Pressure Gas—Rig Damaged. Specialists called in.”—”Blow-Out! Rig Damaged. Repairs cost $2,000,000”—”Drill pipe breaks. Pay $500,000 for replacement.”—”Strike High Pressure Gas. Platform Destroyed.” —”Blow-Out! Rig Damaged. Oil Slick Clean-Up costs. Pay $1,000,000.”

Offshore Oil Strike board game from BP (1970)

Each player has “Hazard” cards to deal with; here are some of the risks BP thought to include:
—”Accident. Rig shuts down while replacement of key personnel takes place. Miss one turn.”
—”Fire breaks out. Pay $2,500,000 for repairs.”
—”Hit High-Pressure Gas—Rig Damaged. Specialists called in.”
—”Blow-Out! Rig Damaged. Repairs cost $2,000,000”
—”Drill pipe breaks. Pay $500,000 for replacement.”
—”Strike High Pressure Gas. Platform Destroyed.” 
—”Blow-Out! Rig Damaged. Oil Slick Clean-Up costs. Pay $1,000,000.”

games bp fail boardgame fun

Jun 05 2010
BP logo gets a makeover

BP logo gets a makeover

redesign bp fail environment pollution oil

Mar 19 2010
jacob: I think this is like the 3rd time I’ve had my mind blown by discovering this feature in Photoshop, only to have my heart broken seconds later once I realize it actually copies this: color="#a8aa92"

jacob:

I think this is like the 3rd time I’ve had my mind blown by discovering this feature in Photoshop, only to have my heart broken seconds later once I realize it actually copies this: color="#a8aa92"

photoshop web design adobe fail

reblogged from jacob, posted by jacob
Feb 06 2010

This Is Hilarious, You Should Watch It of the Day: “Some people ask ‘hey, why do you have a Wynonna Judd poster in your store?’ And to them I say: ‘have you forgot the name of the store?’”

Ugly Furniture.

[whythatsdelightful.]

video furniture design fail fun

reblogged from thedailywhat, posted by thedailywhat
Feb 04 2010
Buy This: “Gun Comb” from 25togo. What could possibly go right?

Buy This: “Gun Comb” from 25togo.

What could possibly go right?

fun design hair industrial design gun fail

reblogged from thedailywhat, posted by thedailywhat
Jan 31 2010
Image on the left was the original promotional copy. The image on the right is what Apple is now showing off. (via Official: No Flash On iPad – Hulu Seen In Tears)

Image on the left was the original promotional copy. The image on the right is what Apple is now showing off. (via Official: No Flash On iPad – Hulu Seen In Tears)

apple ipad adobe fail

Jan 17 2010
What Does China Censor Online?

What Does China Censor Online?

china censorship web google fail

Jan 15 2010
Why so serious? :)

Why so serious? :)

jack nicholson celebrity movie batman joker fun fail

reblogged from baubauhaus, posted by baubauhaus
Jan 08 2010

The many sliders of Photoshop CS4

Preferences > Memory Usage

Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast

Filters

Blur (note the rendering of the thumb arrow)

Layer Blending

Layer Style

Threshold

Color Balance

Things to keep in mind:

  1. These can be found in just Photoshop; I can’t imagine what I’d find elsewhere in the suite. Actually, fine, here’s the first one I found in Illustrator CS5:
  3. The most common out of all these seems to be second one, Brightness Adjustment.
  4. They’re all ugly. The only near-acceptable one is the Layer Style slider.
  5. None of these looks like the standard OS X slider:

Don’t mind the special function ones like Layer Blending, however blur takes the piss I mean you can see they even faked the runner under it probably because the UI drawing code used there doesn’t support alpha transparency, fucking amature hour if you ask me.

photoshop geek adobe fail ui design

reblogged from adobegripes, posted by mrgan