Monthly Interesting Links Roundup (August 2009)

By Johan Douma

It’s still quiet this month, maybe things are going to pickup again in September?

Over the top business cards:
http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/15-ingenious-business-card-designs/

More fonts, as usual these sites only have fonts that can be used for free (no strings attached)
http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2009/07/20-beautiful-free-font-face-fonts/

An online Font Encyclopedia, really nice
http://typedia.com/

Now and then: How film titles have evolved
http://www.idsgn.org/posts/now-and-then-how-film-titles-have-evolved/

Will this iPhone blend? Nice online viral marketing.
http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone

HowTo make Woolies like logo illustrations in Illustrator
http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/illustrator_ring_shape_via_overlapping_crescents_effect/

Microsoft Sucks at Photoshop:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/microsoft-sucks-at-photoshop/

Original Snow Leopard too blood thirsty for the Mac OSX box
http://gizmodo.com/5344970/original-snow-leopard-was-too-blood-thirsty-for-mac-os-x-box

Ikea says goodbye to Futura. Guess which font they use now?
http://www.idsgn.org/posts/ikea-says-goodbye-to-futura/

Twitter is for old people, work experience whiz-kid tells bankers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6703399.ece

Not a smart move from this guy:
http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Classic-WTF-Im-Sure-You-Can-Deal.aspx

High quality image enlarger, better than photoshop
http://www.freewaregenius.com/2009/08/03/smillaenlarger-free-tool-produces-high-quality-image-enlargements/

Really sweet presentation:
http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/

ABC News: Drinking may reduce dementia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/27/2668999.htm?site=news

NT News: Northern Territory man claims his cat can swear
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25997497-17001,00.html?from=public_rss

NT News: Man looses license riding a horse drunk, only in Tennant Creek…
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/08/30/80091_ntnews.html

Your “Real” Friends are Your Online Friends (or so Says Gen Y)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/your_real_friends_are_your_online_friends_or_so_says_gen_y.php

Wish we had something like this in Australia, it looks really cool
http://www.everyblock.com/

How big is the iPhone and Android App market?
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/27/how-big-is-apple-iphone-app-economy-the-answer-might-surprise-you/

IT Support Stories
http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Microsoft-Vissa,-Hey-Thats-Ours,–More-Support-Stories.aspx

Deposit cheques, using your iPhone… When will it be here?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/technology/10check.html?_r=2

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