Archive for January, 2008


I Spy…Lewis Lavoie’s Mosaics

Monday, January 14th, 2008
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We love our mosaics here at the ispy site. We featured a site before called Mosaickr which makes creating a mosaic from your photos very easy. In fact I even bought a few a I made and had them framed. I love looking at them and so do my my kids. Lewis Lavoie take the [...]

I Spy…Photos by Bobby Neel Adams

Thursday, January 10th, 2008
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These photos by Bobby Neel Adams are amazing. He has a few sets that feature photos of the same person both young and old. He has used no Photoshop and actually rips and tares them by hand and scans them in. It sure makes for some interesting photos that’s for sure. You should really check [...]

I Spy…Colour Lovers and COPASO

Thursday, January 10th, 2008
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Finding the right color or colour depending on where your from, used to be a daunting task but not anymore. This is probably the 3rd tool I have seen the last few months that was built to help you pick the palette. COPASO is very easy to use and allows you to easily save your [...]

I Spy…Human Touch Massage Chairs

Thursday, January 10th, 2008
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Now that the holidays are over and everyone has been back at work for a couple weeks we all start feeling the aches and pains of winter. Unless you live in Hawaii or some place warm, you lucky lucky people. Either way I think we could all use something like the Human Touch Massage Chairs. [...]

I Spy…Matt Stuart Photography

Thursday, January 10th, 2008
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I love photography that has subtle yet significant connections in them. Things you might miss if you didn’t pay attention to the details of each shot. Matt Stuart has captured the true essence of this in all his photography. I can’t tell if these are totally random or whether he has actually staged them. They [...]

I Spy…Sleevefaces

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
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I learned a new word today, sort of. A Sleeveface is someone who uses an album cover and their body together to create the illusion of something else. I have added some of my favorites so far below which you can click on to enlarge. If I actually owned some albums I might try this, [...]

I Spy…Favikon.com

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
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Have you ever tried to make a favicon? Do you even know what a favicon is? Well in most modern browsers web developers can add what’s called a favicon to their website that will display an icon whenever someone adds it to their favorites or bookmarks. You may see my little face in the top [...]

I Spy…Sound Snap

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
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If you’ve ever tried to find a sound sample to use in a podcast, ring tone or maybe to rework all the default sounds used by your computer, you may have noticed it’s not that easy to do. With all the different formats out there from WAV to MIDI to ACC and now MP3 it [...]

I Spy…Pimp Star LED Wheels

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
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This is about the weirdest and yet strangely the coolest thing I have seen in a while. You pretty much have to watch the video to get the full impact. Basically it’s rims that come in all sizes that allow you to add your own image or message that will display while you drive. What [...]

I Spy…New Bill Gates Retirement Video

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
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If you have not seen this video released last night at CES 2008 as part of Bill Gates keynote speech you should really check it out. I am an Apple user but love the way Bill Gates can laugh at himself. You have to admire the richest man in the world on some level and [...]