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Santa Clara was super fun today! After a dismal couple weeks of surf it was nice to lay into some punchy sections at Santa Clara this morning. Kalani Robb, Tim Curran, and others were all out killing it. I think I got barreled - my eyes were closed though. The water was super warm and the sun was out. What more do I need to say. I like to surf.

Google just launched the beta version of their new browser. I really like the minimalist approach which allows me to view much more of a website before scrolling. If Google Chrome takes off this could enable a bunch of design changes for websites looking to take advantage of the there new found space. Mostly though I can't get over the fact that I am going to have to test the websites I build in another browser. As if IE6, IE7, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, (Netscape is somewhere on my computer but I never use it) and Opera were not enough programs to have installed on my computer that all do the same thing...lets add another.

Mathew Newton interviews Nikola Tamindzic one of the raddest friggin' photographers ever. Tamindzic is a rare breed of photographer that shows his presence as a photographer in his photos yet at the same time captures moments that only a fly on the wall would have access to. Not to mention the fact that he is super into the clash of opposing forces in his art. Tamindzic says, Refering to the party scenes where most of work is shot, "Human experience is complex, and a party is a contradiction. There's always joy and sadness in the air." To see pictures of Tamindzic's work and hear him eloquently describe his work further click here. or visit Home of the Vain ...or check this out Ambrel.net

Web Designer Wall's list of JavaScript must haves is amazing. The article lists JavaScript resources to aid in the building of photo galleries, Carousels, sliding effects, or validated forms. I just recently went though a big process trying to get the Thickbox and Coda slider plugins to work and would have saved a lot of time if I had the resources from Web Designer Wall earlier.

I was going to write something about the retro contest and how friggin cool it is. I probably would have spent a couple paragraphs and way to many words on the sentimental feelings I was having about days gone and blah blah. I won't do that though! Check out the contact sheet above or

I stumbled across a really cool HDR timelapse today and figured it was worth sharing. The HD video playback provided by Vimeo is pretty cool itself. Watch it!

Tim Wiedeck is a graphic designer with subtle yet powerful design skills. Check out his work here.

Great Photoshop, Photography, and Illustrator Tutorial site - David Leggett has created a nice little site with a bunch of really helpful and hip instructional articles. I really like that most of the tutorials on tutorial 9 are fresh and cutting edge. A lot of the tutorial sites you find on the web these days offer a bit of outdated instructional material. Not so sure how old David is but from a picture on his site he looks to be around 17. There is an interview of the exuberant David on Fuel your Creativity. The article doesn't do much for David mature business man image but after reading I was pretty positive tutorial nine would provide the fun and youth inspired tutorials I have not been able to find elsewhere.

Good interview with cool photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten - Photoshelter has a bunch of photos and a short interview with Julia Fullerton-Batten regarding her Teenage Stories series. Julia also has some more amazing work on here site.

Polar bear eaten by shark - was the bear alive or dead when it was munched by a large shark off of Greenland? Also, if a shark is munching polar bears with ease I wonder how quick it would make lunch out of a skinny surfer like myself.

iPhone changes necessary - A month of testing has yielded these common problems with the new iPhones.

Surfer Dude - Matthew McConaughey's new movie is one part Point Break, one part Blue Crush, a dash of Dazed and Confused, just a pinch of In God's hands, and completly greased with shit. I am having a hard time swallowing this concoction. The blogesphere is eating it up though. Buzz Sugar, NY Mag,
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