Sometimes a framed family picture is just too simple. When you really want to mix it up have a personalized Rubik's cube made from your photos.

This authentic version of the popular Rubik's Cube displays up to six of your photos, one for each side. Each photo is divided into nine 3/4" individual squares. Comes imprinted with the official Rubik's logo. Black, six-sided, plastic cube measures 2 1/4" sq.

Curious what you and your friends were uploading to Flickr one year ago today? Check out One Year Ago, I Flickr'd... for an easy way to find out.

Flickr is a great way to tell our stories as they happen, but it doesn't do a very good job of retelling those stories once they're over. Some of us have been sharing our lives with Flickr for 5 years now! Why doesn't Flickr help us remember all the fun we've had?

This page will tell you what you posted to Flickr a year ago. If you'd like, it can also show you photos from your friends. Did you post photos of the same thing?

Tableau is an open source application that makes building lightbox style photo galleries easy.

Monoslideshow is an extremely slick, extremely flexible Flash app for displaying slideshows on websites. All the heavy lifting is done by an editable xml file so even Flash novices should have no problem making impressive slideshow displays. Monoslideshow sells for $19.95.

Another cool DIY photo display project is making the internet rounds today. Easy Photo Wall on a Shoestringwire Budget is posted over at DIY design community site Curbly. It describes building a very cool display wall that makes for a super dynamic (and super easy to change photos) display wall. The author found his inspiration for the project the lobby of a Minnesota theater. "They had this cool system for hanging cast bios and other info that consisted of wire, pulled taut across a span, in this case from floor to ceiling, with small hardware holding some photos and glass in place. I inspected it and it seemed like something I could do at home. So next time I was at the hardware store I picked up some very basic hardware for just a few bucks."

Online application Satellite 1.0 offers a very painless way to build a website around your Flickr feed. Unlike some similar applications I've seen Satellite seamlessly handles individual images, sets, thumbnails and even tags.

Satellite is an online application for displaying a gallery of images remotely from your flickr.com account.

It can be used as an off the shelf website that uses the Flickr API to make calls to your Flickr account so you can take full advantage of Flickr's Organizr and keyword capabilities which are then mirrored on your personal site.

When you upload images to Flickr, your website is automatically updated!

Satellite is CSS based, so you may customize its look and feel by downloading themes or creating your own.

To see a demo of Satellite in action check out Gravityroom.com.

Satellite requires a Flickr account and a php enabled web server.

Tags: photography, flickr, photo sharing

Blogger Chris Heilmann shares his code for creating unobtrusive (meaning not ugly) Dynamic Flickr Badges.

Being bored yesterday night, I thought that it would be really cool to have a flickr badge that can be navigated (x pictures forward and backward), has a preview in middle size mode (lightbox style) and is generally nicely unobtrusive.

Tags: photography, flickr, photo sharing

Still in beta photo sharing software KoffeePhoto has some interesting features that make it worth a look. It's a combination organizer, backup service and presentation tool. Organize your photos into albums, save them on KoffeePhoto's p2p network, share your albums, present slideshows and receive comments on your photos, and order prints. Unlike many photo sharing apps I've seen this one supports Windows, Mac, and Linux (!).

A word of caution: p2p networks are a little scary to some people and you should make sure you're very comfortable using one (and all your necessary security protocols are in place) before you sign up.

Tags: photography, KoffeePhoto, photo sharing

Photo Coasters? I know, sounds lame. They're neater than they sound though, well they're an interersting way to display family photos at the least. Actually I think these, filled with grandkid and family photos, would make a pretty cool holiday gift for family members.

Set of 4 Photo Coasters $9.99 at Bed Bath & Beyond

Always excellent fototiller points out a very cool frame for winter (yes winter is on it's way, it was 30F when I walked my dog this morning) from Urban Outfitters.

Forget those boring snowy scenes in regular snow globes. This snow globe is totally DIY - ready for you to create whatever winter wonderland you want. You simply unscrew the bottom and put your own pictures inside (of your friends, your mom, your dog, your records... whatever you want). Close it back up, shake it like crazy and watch the glittery snow start swirling! Imported. Wipe clean.