Katelyn M. Thompson’s Blog

I bought a pair of fingerless gloves for when I am out caching and using my phone. Unfortunately my hands still get really cold. I haven’t really been looking for anything, but I came across these cool gloves from Muji which use a conductive material woven in the index and thumb fingers.

For those of you who are handy with a needle, there’s always the DIY option. All you need is some conductive thread, a needle, and scissors.

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A really cool set of letters from Marc Böttler.

He uses perspective and depth to turn these rectangular wooden blocks into letters. Check out the K a little closer to see what I mean. (The left half of the letter goes from the ground up while the right side sits entirely on the ground).

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This poster by Ork Posters of the Boston neighborhoods is pretty cool! I always get confused as to what is actually a part of Boston and what isn’t. This is helpful and interesting to look at all at the same time!

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I never really played Chess. I have a hard time strategizing, so it’s not really the game for me. I also had a hard time remember which pieces were which and what they could do. That’s why I really like checkers! Every piece moves diagonally forward 1 square (or jump), but if you have another piece on top of the other, it can move backwards.

That’s why I had a glimmer of hope for my chess playing when I saw Alessia Mazzarella’s chess set. She uses the shape of the pieces to illustrate the moves that it can make.

Now if only this chess set could help me to solve this Geocaching Puzzle: Check & Mate.

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Andrew Bush’s book Drive features portraits of people driving on the freeway. The book is a little pricey for me, but it seems like a really cool project.

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Do you ever feel the need to “Like” things, but they aren’t on Facebook. Now, you can! Kid Forever is offering a “Like” and “Disklike” stamp.

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To those of you reading this, the blog is probably about to take on a slightly more web-design focus over the next few months while I’m taking a class in web design. I’ll be on the lookout for cool things that can be done with code, but will try not to focus on the code and just present cool things that can be done.

With that out of the way, I present to you a new way to design tabs on the Interwebs, the File Folder Tabs.

CSS Tricks provides a step-by-step explanation of how this works and then provides the code for you to implement it. Also, check out the demo.

I will be starting my 2nd course in the Graphic Design Certificate program at SMFA next week; the class is Web Design. I’m really looking forward to the class!

I came across an article which talks about a new project at Adobe, code-named Muse. It is essentially Illustrator but for websites. It allows you to manipulate objects, draw boxes, etc. At first, I imagined something similar to the “Design” view in Dreamweaver. But, it appears that the program has the ability to provide animation and interactivity, which is becoming somewhat expected in the world of the web these days.

I think I’ll be downloading the Beta tonight and trying it out.

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Oh my gosh, I love this business card by Boris Smus! I might just have to borrow this concept.

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I love to pop bubble wrap! My father, hates it. This is awesome.