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Friday Smackdown: Tiger Beats Mantis

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daniel simon future vehicle and ship conceptsIt all chop, chop here and chop, chop there. Your style like very angry monkey with feet on fire. Must look to find Fist of Slappping Donkey and purge vengeance with these links.

Daniel Simon Future Vehicles - Flip..ing…OUT. Daniel Simon is intense with his future ship and vehicle concepts. totally blowing my mind. i quit.
OrbitFiles - 6GB of storage for FREE. Yeah, and $5/mth for unlimited storage. Lots of options too.
Flock 2.0 - the famous social media browser is back with a version choke full of media goodness to organize your social tendencies.
GlassBooth.com - as close as SolidSmack is getting to politics. Find out which candidate represents you the best.
DIY Laptop Desk - I know you like the look of tangled cords, but this is just slick lookin’.
ZaBox - a really nice all-in-one design bookmarking site. The ID section needs a little help.
Bruce Lee vs Japaneses School - a little Bruce rumble to get your weekend off to a kung-fu start.

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Friday Smackdown: The Robots Did It

3d cutaway artAnd what did he say when I peeked over the edge? Nothing. He starred at me with his glowing eye and dropped the oil bucket all over the new carpet. It’s like trying to control rebellious and highly interesting links… like these.

3D Cutaways of the Future - The largest set of 3D cutaway art I’ve found. Great artist, spaceships, robots, laser guns, a ton of it.
Paper AK-47 - The best, most detailed paper Kalashnikov on the market. Thanks Al.
Indexed - Jessica Hagy’s real simple relational (and funny) diagrams to help you understand life better. Thanks Ben.
Poked Studios Rock it - Yeah, these guys rock the illustration scene and have a bunch of wallpapers for you to drool over.
Clean your workspace and keep it that way - Seriously, it’s looking rough with all those paper laying about. I’d get rid of the filling cabinet though.
Flickr vomiting Panda - cause, yeah, that’s special.

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Friday Smackdown: CopperBottoms

hi-res wallpapersFrightening. I had my suspicion, but there it is. The yarn industry is controlled by a small cartel of angry, yet highly intelligent absorbent wool mittens, and these links.

40 Brilliant Hi-Res Wallpapers - For all ya crazy wallpaper nuts. These are some cool, inspiring wallpapers, many with 3D effects.
Tyler Durden’s 8 Rules of Innovation - You are not your new laptop.
Keep Spending Tidy with an Envelope System - Budgets, dang things. The only time we stay on budget in the SolidSmack household is when we use some envelopes to divide up expenses. arg.
Neoformix Data Visualization Tools - I’ve linked to some. here they all are. Recording and analyzing your friend’s conversations will make you popular.
Getting Paid what you’re worth - Who needs to get paid what they’re worth, when you’re rockin’ some new threads from the thrift store. It’s all in the eyebrows.
Kevin Francis Gray Sculptures - These eerie bronze and plaster castings from Mr. Gray are sure to send you into a very odd and surreal weekend. enjoy.

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Friday Smackdown: Hammer Naught

large backgrounds on websitesThe rotation doesn’t matter so much as the face you’re making during the rotation. That look, my friend, is absolutely stunning. Sure to strike fear into the hearts of onlookers and these links.

80 Large Background Websites - well there went those constraints. awesome. how many use 3D and perspective? adds that much more to it.
State of the Blogosphere 2008 - yes, the blogosphere is alive and well and even has some stats and interesting ideas about the future.
DutchTub - The hot tub heated with wood scraps. Put it anywhere, except maybe indoors.
How to Kickstart a Low Productivity Day - People still have these? well, these are pretty good but they left out #6 - Do a 3 minute Dance Session to your favorite song. c’mon!
Woot Shirt - my obsession with shirts continues. and Woot knows what it’s all about. here ye. here ye.
Ninja Cat - Because the last thing you want going into the weekend is a new fear of cats.

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Friday Smackdown: Unruly Fruit Bats

3d wallpaper for homeThat bag there. That’s not nectarines in that bag son. If you look close there’s eyes on those things. creepy ones. like grape jelly on wood shavings. yeah, and if you look even closer, something even more fearful, these links.

3D Wallpaper - How about some crazy 3D wallpaper for your walls. Textured and all to make them pop like beans.
Peter Gibson Street Art - There’s nothing like a little spray paint to make those drab streets sizzle. Grab your cans and do likewise.
Twitter still taking off - Gee, who woulda thunk it? I’m telling ya, right now, it’s about the coolest thing going for that business exposure jazz.
Stuff Insurance? - Why does the simple life seem so hard but is yet so easy.. with a small amount of effort. This is one reason why.
Most Alien Looking Place on Earth - Ya Think? Kinda reminds me of Virgina… if you were mental and hallucinating.
D90 Reveiw roundup - like you need to see them to decide this camera is hot, but Engadget brings it all together for ya.

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Friday Smackdown: The Hole

photoshop techniques for text fontsWhere? Look right there. do ya see that hole, and in that hole a badger, and in that badger a key? I was just wondering, cause I don’t see anything like that, but here’s some links.

50 Creative Photoshop Text Effects - Logos? Illustration? Great text effects and teach a lot of the techniques used in Photoshop for eye-catching graphics.
Robots of the 19th century - They’ve been planning it for AGES. It started here folks. They’re among us… I think. These guys would be kinda obvious.
Warren Buffett’s Top Secrets - Find out with a quick 10 point how the richest guy in the world invests.
Yammer - It’s twitter for internal corporate communications and it won this years TechCrunch50.
PleaseDressMe - Shirt. Search. It’s really good. I just wish there were better graphics out there. more ninjas people.

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Friday Smackdown: ToothPick Eyes

photos of citiesNo… wait… yeah, here they come! Get me my cane ya coot! These links are crawlin’ up on my face and making a durn mess of my astigmatism.

We heart places - Do you absolutely love that one place you went? share it here, see others, plan some trips. too cool.
Visions 3D image management - Browse and view in 3D, edit, design and even share your crazy photos. These apps do it all.
Tropics - A new demo and video from the makers of the Unigine real-time 3D engine. Works with all that DirectX9, 10 and OpenGL stuff.
Google Chrome Browser - THE new internet browser launched by Google that made more than a few small waves this week. It’s hot but needs work.
Nikon D90 DSLR - The newest camera from Nikon. 12.3MP, records HD video. If I could buy you all one of these I would. It’s already available at Amazon. *droool*
Teenormous - a search engine… for SHIRTS. So many shirts, so little time. This just makes sense.

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Friday Smackdown: It Stings A Bit

Yes, it’s all about proportion. You gotta have just the right amount of slap and the right amount of sizzle. Too much of one or the other and suddenly there are parasite infestations and mandatory curfews. These links are good examples.

Photoshop Grudge Brush set - Ya just can’t keep that design all clean looking. That is sick. Add some grit and grim with these fine Photoshop brushes.
Beautiful Disassembled Appliances - It’s amazing, but yes, a dismantled appliance can inspire you to layout all the parts in fancy, abstract ways.
Learn to Swim - What is water? How do I live safely amongst it’s molecules? This gives you the pointers to keep afloat.
80 How-to Sites You Can’t Live Without - Yes, there is only 80 fortunately. No time like the present to learn how to do something you don’t know how to do. Knock yourself out.

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Friday Smackdown: Robot Pin Glue

Five, even six would be ok, but if take another one of those creatures into the field I’ll be cleaning actuators and lookin’ at these links all night. Where’s my grease gun?

Futuristic Graphic User Interfaces - I’m eating this stuff up. Cool futuristic UI design and how to make them using good ol’ Photoshop. Go on and make the future look cool.
Design Your Dwelling - Google Sketchup and Dwell Magazine would like you to test your skills and design a home overlooking the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco.
3d Around You - So what would happen if you’re sitting in a room and it suddenly changed to another room. think about and watch this.
The Dome Home - It’s all the craze in Japan. A few basic parts and your set. You could throw one up in the back yard for your mother-in-law.
X-Ray Photography - Add that extra dimension to your photos. Results are impressive

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Friday Smackdown: Spider Magnets

It actually happened right after I turned it on. They spilled out like beans on a metal floor, attacked my metacarpals, and ate my biscuits. If it wasn’t for your quick thinking and these links, we would all be goners for sure.

Blow Up - Cause blowing down doesn’t work as well, this computer and web app make your Flickr photo account look mighty cool. Brings on that full-screen feel if ya know what I mean.
The Impact of Imagery on Design - A website can look cool, but what is it that makes those images standout? Let go here and talk about it.
Tiny Everything Light - It’s a Web Cam + Microphone + Fan + LED Light. You’ll never have to leave your desk for all four of these ever again.
Lifehacker’s Favorite Software and Hardware - Take a peek at what the editors at lifehacker depend on daily to bring you all those ingenious tips.
Cuil - The new search engine on the block that got flack from all the tech blogs. Neat but needs some work.
No Spend month - Think you could do it? huh do ya?

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