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Beware, the insanely cute Nendoroids are here! In short, Nendoroid is a brand of mini plastic figures created by the Good Smile Company in Japan, and they are commonly designed based on famous Japanese animes, games, and Vocaloid series. They might sound unfamiliar at first, but trust me, you will love them as soon as you lay your eyes on them!

(Image Source: jbrowneuk)

Let the photographs prove their ‘aweshumness’! In this particular post we want to showcase to you a total of 40 quality photos depicting the daily life of Nendoroids. Besides the cuteness, you will witness the amazing details in these figurines, which make their poses and expression look really realistic, giving you the illusion that they are almost (dare I say it?) alive!

So take five and let these charming Nendoroid figures clear your thoughts and calm your soul with their impressive quality. But beware, they might cause you diabetes with their immense cuteness!

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Aim and Fire. I wonder how much damage can that mini cannon causes? It could blast me away with its cuteness though! (Image Source: jen-den1)

Black Christmas. Hmm, this Christmas party is pretty… dark. So emo… (Image Source: chwan79)

Cheer Up! You don’t need to seek much for happiness, just bring a Nendoroid home, and you will be cheered up by just looking at its face. (Image Source: thechevaliere)

Stalking. Miku stalks her prey, with dark glasses and some fire power. (Image Source: thechevaliere)

Classy Life. I wonder how the photographer got that mini mirror, and full respect to OvermanXAN for the extremely detailed background scene! (Image Source: OvermanXAN)

Songstress of the Orient. The next feature of the Nendoroid? Definitely sound integration. (Image Source: Etherien)

Playing Chopin. Ah, through the window of the school music room, that’s how I wish to lay eyes on my first crush. Too bad my school’s music room is on the second floor! (Image Source: nendonesia)

Do You Want One? I think… I’m in love. (Image Source: ayinai)

Forever. If cupids really exist in this world, I believe they will look like this. (Image Source: ArianeCreations)

Friends Talk. Meeting good friends is one of the happier moments in life, and these faces say it all! (Image Source: jen-den1)

Let’s Have Fun! “The opening sequence in Project Mirai – the bit where they all link hands – inspired this photo. You know, this bit.” (Image Source: jbrowneuk)

Gamers. Uh, is it my illusion that these Nendoroids look bigger than usual? Yep, they are perfectly photoshopped into the scene. (Image Source: vihena)

Having a Break. It’s not good behavior to snap a photo of someone taking a break, but just look at it! It’s so cute; also the color and contrast manipulation fit perfectly in this scene, good job xXTornadoXx! (Image Source: xXTornadoXx)

Sleepy Time By The River. Everything falls into silence when a beautiful Nendoroid is taking a nap. (Image Source: kookykonata)

Learning. This Nendoroid is learning to write its name, check out how she holds the pencil. (Image Source: KuroDot)

Love in December. Black Rock Strength has big mechanical arms, but they didn’t stop her from being charming! (Image Source: shinelikestars)

Spiral. Artistic shot for Nendoroid? Here you go. (Image Source: Uyre)

Musketeer Girl. Seriously, why do cute Nendoroids get all the cool shots? (Image Source: zh3us)

Sword. Nikicorny knows how to turn a cute Nendoroid into a fiery one! The cooler thing here is that you could even learn how to do the the light painting by following the source link! (Image Source: nikicorny)

Tiger! Now you don’t really want to mess with it, or it will unleash immense cuteness upon you! (Image Source: KuroDot)

No Reason to Fight. Uh, what were we fighting about just now? One of the effects of fighting is aCute memory loss ;) (Image Source: shinelikestars)

OH SHIII. Okay, not exactly the photo that will cure your soul, but the expression O_o” is pretty classic, right? (Image Source: Lorrainefish)

Miserable Miku. Miku is in a bad mood as it’s raining! Luckily she has an umbrella, that works, somewhat. Catch the detail of the droplets on the wood she is leaning on. This photo is so awesome that it could even become a wallpaper for your desktop! (Image Source: jen-den1)

Out to Dry. Found this Nendoroid in the pocket yesterday, and now she’s being hun out to dry. (Image Source: jbrowneuk)

Planning Something Wicked. I’m not sure what they are planning, but there is certainly something evil going on! And cute. (Image Source: pus2meong)

Skateboarding. Wings don’t help when you skateboard. Sigh. It’s a creative shot though, Nendonesia! (Image Source: nendonesia)

Sena’s New Hauls. A Nendoroid Sena is pleased with its Nendoroid collection. Nendoroid-ception! (Image Source: shinelikestars)

Tea Time. Cool Kirino, she’s got the iPad Mini Mini! (Image Source: shinelikestars)

Shopping. Brilliant idea of using the photo as the background to make the Nendoroid look even more realistic! (Image Source: OvermanXAN)

Idatakimasu. This one is epicly cute, since it’s the official mascot of the Good Smile Company. Also that miniature ramen makes me drool. (Image Source: nikicorny)

Snack Time. Seriously a creative one from shinelikestars! Besides, these photos always make me wonder where the photographers get all these wonderful miniatures, as they really contribute to the creativity of Nendoroid photography! (Image Source: shinelikestars)

Yum Yum. The question is, how much effort did the photographer take to construct such perfect scene? It’s amazing! (Image Source: shinelikestars)

Welcome. The only thing that sucks here is these are all toys and not reality! Well done, qrullgx13! (Image Source: qrullgx13)

Priorities. Butler, where’s the butler! Here’s… a mini one for you, my master. (Image Source: Xedosarthea)

Reach Out. Easily one of the best masterpieces of the Nendoroid photography, it even looks like 3D-rendered graphic rather than an actual photo. (Image Source: OwaranaiNATSU)

Sakura Chan. For your information, that mini pink Nendoroid is only about 4-5 cm tall. (Image Source: nendonesia)

The Ride To Biscotti. A wild bird and a Nendoroid appear! What will you do? Take a shot! (Image Source: kookykonata)

Whose Puppy Is It. Can I adopt it then? Oh, I mean the Nendoroid, not the dog. (Image Source: nendonesia)

Cat Crave. It’s hard to say this as a guy but yeah, he’s cute. (Image Source: Valandill)

Yahoo! Eiji Nizuma looks really energetic even in Nendoroid form, but I wonder about the trick that makes him “float” in the air! (Image Source: Uruviel)

Reflection

While Nendoroids themselves are already impressive, what surprises me more is the dedication of the photographer. I have photographed Nendoroids too and I know how much extra effort it takes to photograph these mini figures. Yet these photographers even construct the entire scene using miniatures. Talk about professionalism! You guys are as professional as the Nendoroid creators.

That said, there are possibly more Nendoroid photos lying somewhere in the Internet world. If you happen to spot an awesome one, or would like to showcase yours, share it with us in the comments section.

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The Evernote team has updated and redesigned their user interface with 100 new features for better user experience. The new Evernote – Evernote 5 – comes with a new look and new shortcuts, which brings quicker access to everything you can do on Evernote.

Now your notes can be geotagged and shown on a world map to help you revisit memories of past adventures. Everything has been laid out in a way where you can easily view and organize your notes and notebooks. The search has also been improved to predict keywords as you type. Evernote users on iOS also get an updated app with a cleaner and more accessible user interface.

Here’s a quick look into the new features of Evernote 5 and how they can improve and speed up your productivity.

Evernote 5 for Mac

What are the new cool features of Evernote 5 for Mac version? Let’s have a look.

Easier-to-use Left Sidebar

The most obvious new and powerful feature in Evernote 5 would be the left sidebar, which easily makes everything more accesible in fewer clicks.

The new Evernote allows you to add shortcuts by dragging your most frequently used notes, notebooks, or even tags into the shortcut area. Shortcuts can be organized and re-arranged based on your preferences and priorities.

The 5 most recently added or modified notes automatically appear in the Recent Notes section. Missed something? Just open the note up from the left sidebar again.

A better Way to Browse and Create Notes

The new Cards View lets you browse and preview notes in a better way by displaying notes as easy-to-scan Cards with important information. You can also display a huge collection of notes with Expanded Cards View now.

Evernote 5 has a new scalable note editor which lets you create a new note in a nicer, more flexible frame. You can also activate full-screen single note view when composing a note to avoid distractions.

Improved Search

Evernote has done a good job on its search feature. If you don’t already know, everything in Evernote is actually seachable, everything including the contents, tags, even text inside an image, handwritten notes or PDF files.

Type Ahead Search is the smarter search in Evernote 5. It’s designed to complete your thoughts with suggestions based on what you have in all your notes. Seach suggestions will be categorized by notebooks, tags, recent searches and saved searches. Everything is grouped together in one place so you can look for what you want fast.

But if that is still not enough, here’s an Add Search Option to help you filter your search and get the results you want.

With Evernote 5, you can also now perform searches in local and shared notes at the same time.

User-Friendly Collaboration

Evernote 5 breaks down the walls between your notes and shared notes. Unlike the previous version, all notebooks are now placed in a single, same view for easier navigation.

With the improved Activity Feed, you can stay up-to-date with any changes made in Shared Notebooks. If you’re running Evernote on the Mountain Lion OS, update alerts will be shown in the Notification Center as well.

The New Atlas Feature

Notes created on the Mac are now tagged with location information for Atlas. Atlas is an outstanding note visualization feature that let you browse your notes by geographic location. It is smart enough to set the location where your notes are created.

To update a note’s location, simply type in a place manually or click the compass arrow in the note info.

Bonus: Evernote 5 Tips/Tricks

#1. Right click Notebooks in the left sidebar and click on the Show Notebook List to expand it in the sidebar. The same can be done with Tags.

#2. Go to View > Sidebar Options to hide leftside bar item(s) by unticking them.

#3. If you prefer the List view, you can choose that view to display all your data in any of your notes within the same single view. It also provides information about which notebook that note is in, whether that notebook is shared with others, the author’s name, the relevant tags and more.

#4. To insert a copied content into a note without any formatting, go to Edit > Paste As Plain Text.

#5. To save a search, go to Edit > Find > Save Search.

#6. Last but no least, to search notes without tags, simply type -tag:* in search.

Optimize Evernote 5 in iOS

Evernote 5 has also made changes to their iOS app. Here’s what’s new in iOS.

New & Better Design

Evernote 5 on the iOS comes with a brand new home screen design which lets you navigate through your Notes, Notebooks, Tags and Places. Here, you can also access Premium features with ease.

At the top of the home screen, you’ll get a coverflow list of your recently edited notes. Jump easily between notes. Note that this coverflow of notes is not available on the iPhone because of its smaller screen.

Tapping on the headers will bring it up to full screen where you can browse its contents; tapping on the green header again will bring you back to the home screen.

Shortcut Buttons

They’ve also added easy shortcut buttons. There are three buttons for you to use to create a new text or photo note and easy access to the page camera feature.

Improved Notebook List

You can also see your local and shared notebooks all in the same view in iOS. You can even choose to hide shared notebooks.

Places

When you turn on locations on your iOS device and take notes with the new Evernote 5, you can relive memories as it will record where your notes were created. All your notes will be compiled on a world map with the number of notes created in that area displayed in each area.

You can navigate to individual locations to see the list of notes that were created at each location.

Easy Access To Evernote Premium

If you’re a Premium Evernote user, you’ll enjoy this new feature as they have easily integrated premium features into this update. Features include being able to access notes in notebooks offline, share notebooks, search within text PDFs and added app security with a PIN lock.

Conclusion

Overall, we’re very satisfied with the new Evernote updates on iOS and Mac and I’m sure after you give the new update a go, you’ll love it too. It has enhanced organisation features and faster access to your frequently used notes or notebooks. As for Windows users, you’ll have to wait a bit for the new Evernote 5 update to arrive on your desktop, but if you have a tablet which is running Windows 8 or Windows RT, follow the link to update your Evernote.

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