i’m presently taking a break from my non stop ui/design-athon. coldplay’s “warning signs” just came on and i got hit with a huge wave of nostalgia. 

i took bryan to their concert at the hollywood bowl and we had great seats, and this was the one song they did not play and we were pretty upset by this.  lucky enough for me a few years later i got another pair of fabulous seats for their show at the verizon amphitheater, they did in fact play this song.

it still rules.

okay back to work.

thats right, colour! i spelled it all proper like, impressed? well you should be, not with me, but with the website for COLOURlovers.

Last year during webby’s i ran across this website that was basically a niche social network that was based around creating colors and color palettes.  i have used sites like wellstyled’s color scheme generator, colors on the web, colorschemer, webcolorschemes, and kuler, just to name a few, but none of them have appealed to me as much as COLOURlovers has.

the usability of the site is not as intuitive as i would like and it takes a bit of getting use to to figure out how to successfully navigate through the site, but i find myself enjoying the experience.  its not only just a tool to help you create colors its an entire network of individuals all passionate about color and all its facets; from linking visual inspirations, or in written form, to naming your palettes and colours alike, its a whole new way of social contribution.

the sheer volume of colors and palettes being created is quite impressive, i myself have joined in the fray in hopes to share my color concepts and to inspire as i am being inspired.

come join me! its my favorite new addiction as i spend hours just thinking of color arrangements and being lost in ones created by others.

a while ago photobucket teamed up with a company/product called meez.  meez are essentially 3d photo avatars you can custom design and animate.  i made one a long time ago but almost forgot about it until got an email notice reminding me and inviting me to “come and use it again” now in beta.

simpsons… meez.. i even have a weemee for skype. maybe i’ll upload that next.

Okay yah so — i suck at this blog thing apparently.  Every time i come up with something i want to blog about i never do it.  I really need to discipline myself to take out a few minutes just to do it.  birthday resolution. anyway..

everyone has been posting simpsonized versions of themselves around lately and i’ve even played with the tool myself, but after my friend Nina made one of herself and Chad and put it on her blog, the likeness was so great to see i decided to copy and do the same so i could share with her.

easiest way to share.. is to post here. this is joel and i as simpsons.

so that’s it, you try it and share