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the world's most illegible font
via fastcodesign.com

OK, so maybe the headline is a bit misleading because this is actually pretty cool. Pilot Pens has unveiled a new app that allows you to turn your handwriting into a personal font for your computer - which brings us back to the headline. Even I can't read my own handwriting.

More at http://www.pilothandwriting.com

Filed under: cool technology

turn your digital photos into polaroid prints

 

Just discovered a web service call Rollip (http://rollip.com) lets you turn any digital photo into a Polaroid… and actually order physical prints. Fun and cool (in a geeky way) but it could make for an interesting calling card / business card as well.

Filed under: amanda gravel cool geek culture gremanda off the clock photography

if the world were a village of 100 people

via brainpickings.org

Great data visualizations from artist Tony Ng that look at some of our world's key demographic statistics but put them into human-scale context by visualizing the numbers based on how they would spill out in a village of 100 people.

http://www.toby-ng.com/graphic-design/the-world-of-100/

Filed under: cool culture data visualization
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