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Alarm Only Goes Off If It's A Sunny Day Out. Truthfully, no one likes waking up to an alarm clock, especially if there’s a blizzard happening outside.

Alarm Only Goes Off If It's A Sunny Day Out

But imagine if said alarm clock were attuned to the weather dial, only disturbing your slumber when the sun was shining? The Nivea Sun Alarm app does just that – updating the weather in real time (via a weather channel) so those with the app only get woken up when it’s time to hit the beach. And if there’s a downpour, the alarm allows the person to sleep later. A neat branded utility tool that Nivea sunscreen and Agencia ClickIsobar created for the Brazilian market. Design Your App on Paper, Animate It With Your iPhone Camera. In the digital age, paper is anything but dead.

Design Your App on Paper, Animate It With Your iPhone Camera

Designers can use "paper prototypes" to experiment with UI designs fast and even (as in the case of Clear, a gestural iPhone app) reveal innovative user interactions. There’s just one hitch: How do you get your sketches to actually interact with each other like a digital app? An app called POP cleverly solves this problem with the iPhone’s camera--just snap some pics of your sketches, link them together with a few taps, and voila: instant interactive prototype. Monsters University, A Realistic College Website Film Promo by Pixar.

Seinfeld to Continue ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ Awesome Set DOCTOR WHO Fan Art! Check out this incredibly awesome set of Doctor Who poster fan art created by ElectroCereal.

Awesome Set DOCTOR WHO Fan Art!

He's created three illustrations; one for the ninth, tenth, and eleventh doctors. Each illustration that was created includes a note from the artist. I love Doctor Who, and I've really been enjoying Matt Smith in the role of The Doctor, he's been incredibly fun to watch. But I also really liked both Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. Minimalist Batman Villain Art by Olly Moss. This great collection of minimalist Batman villain art is on sale from Olly Moss.

Minimalist Batman Villain Art by Olly Moss

What is cool about these is that they were based off of doodles done by Moss. Pretty cool doodles don't you think?! First Look at Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in THE WORLD'S END. It seems like all of this end of the world talk has ignited a fire at the studios who are producing end of the world films.

First Look at Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in THE WORLD'S END

Yesterday we got to see the first trailer for Seth Rogen and James Franco's hilarious looking comedy This is the End, and today we get our first look at Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's film The World's End. Pegg tweeted the above photo today to celebrate the end of principal photography. The film also features Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, and Eddie Marsan. STAR WARS Sports Team Logos. Secret Code Website Reveals Trailer For Next Superman Film. A mysterious website for the Deep Space Radio Wave Project surfaced earlier this week, as part of a viral marketing campaign for a big new superhero movie. The site, which had a copyright sign for Warner Bros. (the studio behind Man of Steel), featured a series of symbols that needed to be decoded by analyzing interstellar signals. It also described the organization and it’s mission: Modern Seinfeld Imagines Modern Day Seinfeld Episodes on Twitter. Pour Noël, achetez vos cadeaux sur Internet en navigation privée !

"Mon mari a découvert que je voulais lui acheter une montre pour Noël.

Pour Noël, achetez vos cadeaux sur Internet en navigation privée !

Il a vu la pub sur Internet". Avec la montée en puissance des régies publicitaires comme Criteo et Google qui personnalisent les publicités en fonction de l'historique de navigation, acheter ses cadeaux de Noël sur Internet requiert une prudence toute particulière. Utiliser l'ordinateur familial pour se renseigner sur le prix d'une tablette tactile, d'une montre ou d'un costume de Zorro, c'est prendre le risque que le mari, la femme, le fils ou la fille ne découvre ce que l'autre compte offrir à Noël. Effacer l'historique de navigation ne suffit plus.

Les régies n'utilisent pas l'historique enregistré en tant que tel dans le navigateur, mais reconstituent leur propre historique en compilant les cookies et autres données (adresse IP, navigateur utilisé...) pour établir un profil de l'internaute et connaître ses centres d'intérêts. Sous Google Chrome, la manoeuvre est très simple. George Lucas Talks About The Future of Lucasfilm & Star Wars After Disney Purchase. Les 3 dernières applications à découvrir  9 Social Media Fun Facts to Shock or Maybe Just Awe. The following stats are based on information about Social Media usage in the United States. 1.

9 Social Media Fun Facts to Shock or Maybe Just Awe

Almost 1/2 Of Twitter Users Are Democrats Twittercrats find this #Debatable? This is compared to approximately 30% of the U.S. of the population being Democrats overall. 2. Déprotéger un PDF. STAR WARS Trilogy Minimalist Posters. A couple months back we brought you some awesome minimalist posters by Chungkong for the films of Quentin Tarantino.

STAR WARS Trilogy Minimalist Posters

Well he's back with some more colored weaponry for this homage to George Lucas' original Star Wars Trilogy. A little boring for my taste as standalone posters, but as a set the elements he chose really come together! He's put some great quotes on the bottoms as well. Prints are available at Society6. Nike Creates Movie-Themed Sneakers That Only ‘Weird’ Kids Can Buy.

To promote the August 17th release of ParaNorman last week, Nike is had a contest for fans to win 800 pairs of ParaNorman inspired shoes.

Nike Creates Movie-Themed Sneakers That Only ‘Weird’ Kids Can Buy

Fans tweeted the @paranorman account with a picture of them being weird as a kid along with the hashtag #weirdwins to win a pair of Foamposite shoes. The plot of the film surrounds a young outsider who has abilities beyond that of any ‘normal’ kids. The tactic is an interesting integration of the hype that typically surrounds Nike’s limited edition shoes and the digital marketing for a movie, while highlighting originality and creativity in children. Stop Motion Film Uses 3D Printed Characters To Show Over 31,000 Human Emotions. Le calendrier des dates de diffusion des séries TV de la rentrée. Les 177 épisodes de Dr HOUSE en 7 minutes. Annie Leibovitz Photographs Celebrities as Classic Disney Characters. Hilarious Movie Clichés. When the New York International Latino Film Festival wanted to get their point across that movies and films are drastically different, they worked with Wing agency in New York to create some hilarious posters that make fun of movies.

Hilarious Movie Clichés

Simply put, they made movie clichés, graphs and charts that show actions or ideas which are expected or predictable, based on our prior experiences. Even like how they showed the difference between films and movies in this last one. Pretty clever and creative campaign for a film festival, don't you think? Advertising Agency: Wing, New York, USA Chief Creative Officer: Gustavo Asman Art Directors: Alvaro Naddeo, Jamie Tao, Xiang Mengwen Copywriters: Ruben Salavert, Xoch Serrano Producers: Nadina Steimberg, Alejandro Falduti Account Executive: Daniel Gergely. Hilarious Movie Clichés, Part II. After our self-titled post Hilarious Movie Clichés was spread around the web, the Art Director/Creative Director behind it, Alvaro Naddeo, took notice. Last year, his agency, Wing in New York, came up with this creative ad campaign for the New York International Latino Film Festival with posters making fun of movie cliches. It generated a lot of buzz online and, according to Naddeo, many of you saw them right here on My Modern Met.

For this new set, he was kind enough to email them right to us. 3D Printed MP3 Player Reinvents The ‘Mixtape’ The classic ‘mixtape’ has received a digital update with the help of 3D printing and MP3s. Makerbot, winner of the Popular Science ‘Product of The Future’ award, has released the ‘Mixtape,’ an easy to use MP3 player. All you have to do is plug the Mixtape into your computer via USB and create your own mix of the music you love. John Dimatos, head of MakerBot Applications, commented: Silhouette portraits of famous fictional characters. Olly Moss is the UK-based designer who created this series of paper-cuts, which features silhouettes of famous fictional characters in ornate frames.

Moss’s work gives humorous homage to traditional Victorian-style silhouette portraits. Jon Favreau Working with Pixar on MAGIC KINGDOM. It's been awhile since we heard anything of Jon Favreau's Disney theme park set film Magic Kingdom. I've been wondering if the movie was still happening. After all, the filmmaker has been keeping himself busy with acting gigs, directing a couple of TV pilots, and is now committed to directing a big screen adaptation of Jersey Boys. La blogosphère geek. Toutes les dates de diffusion des séries de la nouvelle saison US ! - News Série Chaînes. La saison US 2012 / 2013 démarre officieusement ce mercredi 8 août avec le lancement de "Go On", la nouvelle comédie avec Matthew Perry (Chandler dans "Friends").

Découvrez le calendrier complet des networks (ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX, NBC) pour cette nouvelle année ! Quand est-ce que débute "Revolution" ? Quand revient "Fringe" ? Vous avez toutes les réponses dans cet article...