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"With swaths of the country blanketed by snow, there has been growing speculation that 2009 will be a white Christmas for many. But how common really is snow on 25 December in the UK?" - M F from Bookmarklet

guys, you gotta watch this - will bring a BIG smile to your face. I assure you - Zee.

There's no contest IMO. Shorecrest's one-take video is amazing but Shorewood doing a one-take _in reverse_ is crazy awesome. - Andrew C

If your anything like me i use Photoshop near enough every day weather I’m cropping images or designing a poster for a client, i’m always on the hunt for new Photoshop tutorials in order to help expand my knowledge and to learn new Photoshop techniques. This is a compilation of 100 best photoshop tutorials from 2009. The collection of tutorials feature text effects, illustration, web designs, photo effects and much more every aspect of Photoshop every designer should look into learning showcased all within one post. The Creative Nerds team also run another blog called Design Chair which features the best Photoshop tutorials, illustrator tutorials and resources for designers worth checking out if you have some spare all want to search for a specific design tutorial. - "MackRulZ" from Bookmarklet

Sweet Thks! - S.D.Allen from email

Earlier this year Google asked UK users1 to nominate locations for the Street View Trike to photograph, and these democratically-chosen locations have now been added to Street View as well. More than 35,000 votes were cast, and today we’re taking a quick tour of the winners." - M F from Bookmarklet

via VentureBeat http://ff.im/-cpwBh - LouCypher from Bookmarklet

Cool gadget! - TrafficBug

"Photofont? is an exciting new font technology that allows you to create and use multi-color type with transparency. Photofonts are files with the extension .phf. They are bitmap fonts that can be of any size, use up to 16 million colors and alpha transparency. Photofont ID is our plugin for Adobe InDesign CS3 and CS4 for Mac and Windows that allows you to use photofonts inside of InDesign to set headlines in color, textures and photos. The photofont file format specification is publicly available. It is based on open standards such as XML and PNG. You can create and edit photofonts using our professional bitmap font editor BitFonter for Mac OS X and Windows." - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

"The Volkswagen Microbus is a classic - even to those of us born after its time. Arguably unlike the newly remade Beetle, this remake of a VW classic is remarkably true to the original on the outside - but on the inside it is a bio-diesel hybrid stuffed full of high tech gadgetry and eco-friendly innovations." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

The color palette is shrinking. It could affect the foundation of design for everything from websites to fashion. The fate of businesses and billions of dollars ride on choosing the right one. We’ll take a look at how color is becoming the next limited resource. - Praveen Vasudev from Bookmarklet

i never thought this would affect design. but it makes sense now! - Praveen Vasudev

#iphone #android #mobile - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

"Ring is a vibrating alarm designed for people who hate the loud blaring sounds of a typical alarm. The charging cradle is where you set what time you want each ring to go off. The ring fits over the tip of your finger and when that opportune time arrives, it vibrates. Putting the ring back on the dock shuts off the alarm." - Müjdat Korkmaz from Bookmarklet

LOL @Micah - rowlikeagirl

Another great one, Zee! - TrafficBug

"A diagonal pedestrian crossing has opened at the intersection of London's Oxford and Regent Streets, inspired by the Shibuya crossing in Tokyo" - M F from Bookmarklet

Haha, Mark. I'll remember to video every day to and from work, might make some money! - Charlotte M

Notational Velocity is a Mac note-taking app which I think could have been on the list. - TrafficBug

Good (and short) podcast with Mike Kavis on BPM tool selection - Sandy Kemsley

"An interactive online map allowing people to compare crime figures across England and Wales has been launched. In January, all 43 police forces launched website crime maps and the new site pulls this information together." - M F from Bookmarklet

slow to load but useful data - winckel

Gotta watch out for that swine flu on your keyboard! - Joshua Schnell from Bookmarklet

cool - veli bahceci

http://www.selcukyilmaz.com/blog... - sy

the G and the thinner sticks on F plus a smaller triangle in A... i hope those were all - Sardar Mohkim Khan

the lower G also has a beard. :) - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

"Olli Erkkilä created this custom concept bike as his graduation project from the Institute of Design in Lahti. [via Core77]" - Rachel Lea Fox from Bookmarklet

Bike is interesting but i like the song on video, more. - aasatekin

I've been playing at GameKnot for about 6 years. - John Dupuis

Let's exchange FICS nicks: mine is doubleletter - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

"This year’s Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany has brought with it several new electric car concepts that demonstrate the range of expression cars that do not run on gas can display." - A.T. from Bookmarklet