Kayak Logo: Before & After
Online travel search engine Kayak.com, which was founded in 2004, discarded its logo a few months ago and is now beginning to roll out the new brand in earnest.

The original mark references an eye and a bird's-eye-view of a kayak:

The new logo recalls old-timey split-flap display boards that were once common in train stations:

Do you think the new logo is an improvement on the old one? Go to the forum thread "Kayak Logo Redesign" to discuss the changes and see a video of the new logo in action.

Give Portraits the Spa Treatment in Photoshop
In this video how-to, Russell Brown will share his secrets for beautiful young skin, bright white teeth, and a great complexion. It's all done with advanced layering techniques in Photoshop CS4.

Combine Image Creatively in Photoshop
With Lesa Snider as your guide, it's fun to learn how to collage images in Photoshop CS2, CS3, and CS4.

and makes them look like this:

Scanning Around With Gene: The Pioneering Look Magazine
From 1937 to 1971, Look magazine was a publishing powerhouse that pioneered unique photographic and printing techniques. Gene Gable shares some of the image collection highlights, like this one:

Safely Export Pictures from QuarkXPress
Jay Nelson details a process that's ideal when you want to give a Web developer pictures that you cropped, rotated, or altered in QuarkXPress. It's also useful for converting a picture from one file format or color space to another.

How to Cure Typochondria
Do you wonder whether you picked the right typefaces for a project? Do you worry that one font doesn't go with another? While this ailment, called "typochondria," can be debilitating if left untreated, don't worry: Doctor* Pamela Pfiffner is here with a cure.

Take Steadier Shots with Your iPhone

Logo for Maker of Little Blue Pill Gets a Makeover

New Olympus PEN Camera Epitomizes Retro Cool

E-600 Is New Olympus D-SLR

Weekly Podcast: Apple hardware, advanced OpenType, online back-ups

Whoops! Someone's birthday is today and you forgot to send a card? Go to this site (created by Mat Honan), type your message after ".eu/" in the Web browser address field, and hit Return/Enter. Then send the resulting URL to the birthday boy/girl. 

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