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I know this is quite geeky, but there are certain web based menu systems that I find very relaxing. Not that they’re especially useful or usable, but I can happily spend time hovering over the items just to watch them change.

With this in mind, I tried to build a completely useless, but relaxing menu system for Flickr. It’s useless in that you can’t use it to do anything, but there is something about the way the pictures pulse and make piano sounds that could send me to sleep. It’s like interactive white noise.

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Here it is with my photos. Or with Rob’s photos. Or with Roo’s.

Flickr Square | November 4th, 2007 | 5 Comments

  • The sound of the keys is lovely … I see what you mean about it making you sleepy, it’s very relaxing :)

    Comment by Hanan — November 7, 2007 @ 2:19 pm

  • Glad you liked it, it is a relaxing sound.

    Comment by Darren Shaw — November 7, 2007 @ 4:36 pm

  • I like that. It reminds me a little bit of this. And of the plethora of toys I had intended to build using the Flickr API and never got around to… :)

    Comment by Ed — November 8, 2007 @ 2:59 am

  • Yeah it does, I love your rainbow thing. :-)

    Comment by Darren Shaw — November 8, 2007 @ 9:26 am

  • Hanan is right. The audio for the keys is splendid. Did you find a charming old upright piano and record it yourself? :-)

    Comment by Roo — November 12, 2007 @ 9:33 pm
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