alex[at]alexjarvis.co.uk +44(0)7590 554435 A weblog by Alex Jarvis, full of fun and interesting stuff. I currently work in London as UX Designer for Nokia, and an also a mentor on the FdA Mentorship scheme at the LCC in London. You can find my main website here - this is just a regular update of things I find interesting.Tumblr (3.0; @things-of-note)http://thingsofnote.co.uk/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8budyZbuK1qasrndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Nixon Battleship Watches - paint finish intended to rub off over time</strong></p> <p>Particularly relevant after reading Tom’s <a target="_blank" href="http://berglondon.com/blog/2010/09/03/patina/">latest post</a> on the BERG Blog. </p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1075326434http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1075326434Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:20:22 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l80qx4aw4D1qasrndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Rolling shutter</strong></p> <p><strong><span>“[I shot this with] an iPhone 4, and the scanning typically goes from top left to bottom right so moving objects lean to the left. Essentially any electronic shutter camera (i.e. not an SLR like mechanical shutter) will give these effects. Wikipedia has some good articles here:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_shutter">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_shutter</a> <p>For those who want to try this out, just point your simple electronic shutter camera at an object moving parallel to you, preferably fast, and take the photo. The faster the relative speed between you, the more the distortion. Rotating objects go really weird!”</p> <p>From: http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/your_cell_phone_cameras_unintended_rolling_shutter_effect_17253.asp</p> </span></strong></p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1042387006http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1042387006Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:31:51 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mTS16klgqMU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mTS16klgqMU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><strong>Future Rhythm Games</strong></p> <p>Obviously a lot of practical issues to overcome, but nice thinking.</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1041850973http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1041850973Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:52:00 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l80jdslIYr1qasrndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Meanings of the symbols on the Playstation controller</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><strong><span>The circle and x represent yes and no, respectively, the triangle symbolizes a point of view, and the square is equated to a sheet of paper, there to be used to access menus.</span></strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong><span><a href="http://www.1up.com/news/playstation-1-design">http://www.1up.com/news/playstation-1-design</a><br/></span></strong></p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1041842073http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1041842073Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:49:03 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S_d-gs0WoUw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S_d-gs0WoUw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Asteroid discovery over the last 30 years. Looks a bit like the illustrations I did for <a target="_blank" href="http://solarstormwatch.com/">Solar Stormwatch</a>.</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1041772217http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1041772217Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:25:00 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Y36624rrjU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Y36624rrjU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Mario Kart bike lane in Portland</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1019374776http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1019374776Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:46:30 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7rd93kDdp1qasrndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nike Back to the Future laces patent</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1013982380http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1013982380Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:58:14 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lBvaHZIrt0o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lBvaHZIrt0o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1013626324http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1013626324Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:58:31 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7r7opUtAu1qasrndo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1013625160http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/1013625160Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:58:01 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3uk_viH4Unw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3uk_viH4Unw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Video from a rocket booster falling back to earth.</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/998621435http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/998621435Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:25:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7cwexY89N1qasrndo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>prettymaps</strong></p> <p><a href="http://prettymaps.stamen.com/">http://prettymaps.stamen.com/</a><strong><br/></strong></p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/972601165http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/972601165Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:28:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ahnnf0JZ1qz4i86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://styledeficit.tumblr.com/post/966525642/the-48-best-gun-manual-covers-holy-cow">styledeficit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a title="Link to article" href="http://imprint.printmag.com/color/the-48-best-gun-manual-covers/">“The 48 Best Gun Manual Covers”.</a></p> <p>Holy cow.</p> </blockquote>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/966711255http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/966711255Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:46:25 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7alugqkr51qasrndo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span> <h3 class="entry-header">Thirty Five Images of Space Helmet Reflections</h3> <p><a href="http://3tongallery.typepad.com/.a/6a0115709fcdbf970b0134861c47c4970c-pi">http://3tongallery.typepad.com/.a/6a0115709fcdbf970b0134861c47c4970c-pi</a></p> <p>(via http://berglondon.com/blog/2010/08/13/friday-links/)</p> </span></p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/966707602http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/966707602Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:44:40 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l78tdzFzHk1qasrndo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Vintage Calculators</p> <p><a href="http://www.vintage-technology.info/pages/calculators/general/calccompany.htm">http://www.vintage-technology.info/pages/calculators/general/calccompany.htm</a></p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/962304154http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/962304154Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:32:23 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l78m0vTSw01qasrndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/961863028http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/961863028Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:53:17 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mZcsWVqLC5I&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mZcsWVqLC5I&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Liquid metal / ceramic manufacturing process</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/946973421http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/946973421Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:50:13 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wbuin9l0hMs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wbuin9l0hMs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) ship</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/946961644http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/946961644Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:46:07 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ac_olF2pCH4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ac_olF2pCH4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>This is great.</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/937515883http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/937515883Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:55:25 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KD0jg1Q9nns&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KD0jg1Q9nns&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Tom’s latest post on the BERG blog on <a target="_blank" href="http://berglondon.com/blog/2010/08/06/friday-links-rolling-mapping-driving-products/">Gearbox</a> reminded me of this - remote control Mario Kart with sound prompted power ups. There’s something really nice about implementing a feature known from console gaming to a physical product, that works well. I love the random power boosts, and the signal scrambling when someone throws an imaginary banana.</p> <p>Nice.</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/926377401http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/926377401Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:20:53 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13217587&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13217587&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13217587&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><strong>Racer 0.2</strong></p> <p>Incredible. (thanks Tom)</p>http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/897452974http://thingsofnote.co.uk/post/897452974Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:04:58 -0400