Sound Design: Mood Project

We're working on a mood simulator in sound design class. I must confess, I'm a total noob at designing sounds and I probably will never be good at doing sound work. However, it feels good to take a class on this subject and participate in the exploration of new ideas.

The assignment: Design 6 ten-second-length sounds that convey mood.
Mine are linked below (mp3 format to save bandwidth). Some sounds are modified versions of clips available from the Free Sound Project.

Happy (mp3)
Sad (mp3)
Busy (mp3)
Quiet (mp3)
Playful (mp3)
Serious (mp3)

hrp.com - Cool Hand-powered Navigation

Spotted on UX Mag. The Publicis & Hal Riney site asks you navigate via mouse OR your HAND (via webcam). That's right, the flash-powered site requests access of your web cam... and then you can navigate the site with movements of your hand.

Post-It Note Drawings

I saw this link to Post-It note drawings from Coudal and had to sneak a peek. Lovely.

Simpsons Clip: Ha ha, your medium is dying

I saw this on the UX Magazine site. Great Simpsons clip. Great Nelson insight here.

Swissmiss Comic

This is funny! Love it.
http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/2008/03/apple-google-an.html