This week it's the 70th birthday of the Guinness Book of Records, that gloriously bonkers compendium of human achievement that celebrates the people who can stuff the most marshmallows in their mouth, balance the most spoons on their body, and hula hoop underwater for the longest time. It features everything from standard athletic victories to "most high fives in 30 seconds" and "fastest time to make a pasta necklace."
Those tedious email exchanges and endless Zoom calls don't have to be boring. Thanks to Dirk McGirk, every work task can double as a mini cocktail party-just don't get too dishy. The designer was inspired by a font resembling tiny cubes of Swiss to create a "mechanical cheese board," a collection of 104 keycaps shaped like small bites of fromage, complete with knives, a bottle of wine, jam, and even a tiny mouse.
Let's start things off with a quick animation tip that pairs perfectly with layered 3D text. Sometimes, we want to rotate the element without actually changing the orientation of the text so it stays readable. The trick here is to combine multiple rotations across two axes. First, rotate the text on the z-axis. Then, add a tilt on the x-axis. Finally, rotate the text back on the z-axis.
My granddaughter loves playing pretend ice cream store with this toy. It sparks her imagination, and she provides us with the menu of options so that we can order, and she prepares the order. It brings her a lot of joy.
The Labubu dolls craze has skyrocketed, with claims they are linked to an ancient Mesopotamian demon, causing the collectible toys to sell for extreme prices.
