This is part of my endless list of free stuff from the web. Believe it or not, most of the graphics offered on the sites listed below are free. HOWEVER they are all offered under different licensing agreements- some require a link back to the designer's website, some required copyright credits, others require nothing at all. Make sure you read the licensing agreements carefully. Don't abuse an artist's intellectual property rights and they will keep sharing their work with … [Read more...]
Photofunia.com
November 4, 2008 By 7 Comments
It never fails. Just as I get rolling on something I need to finish, someone emails me something which completely catches my attention and takes me away from whatever it was that I was doing. (what was I doing?) Distraction du jour: Photofunia.com. There are several online tools which allow you to have fun with images, Dumpr and Gooifier are two free sites that I've used in the past, but Photofunia, also free, offers a more sophisticated selection and I like their interface better. … [Read more...]
The Big Mean Folder Machine
October 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It seems that I spend half my life trying to manage the myriad of files and folders I create as I work through versions and edits of websites, images, content. It is something I have learned to do always, everytime, even if I am facing a deadline. Neglecting to organize fiies means that even an hour later I may not be able to figure which was the version we liked the best or be able to reinstall the latst version of a website after a catastrophe. The Big Mean Folder Machine by publicspace.net … [Read more...]
Turn Your iPhone Into A Sketch Pad
October 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I am rarely bored. I am an artist AND I have ADHD. Believe me, I live in a swirling vortex of ideas, and notes to remind me of other ideas and half finished projects I work on when I am not doing something else. And I don't like hype. I have visceral reaction to it and get uncontrollably annoyed when the sheep are led to slaughter by a well-managed media campaign. A good PR person can convince most people that HiIlary Swank is drop-dead gorgeous, or Pulp Fiction is the product of pure … [Read more...]
Comic Book Creators: Go Big By Going Small!
September 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
iVerse, creators of the Comic Reader software, is looking for submissions from comic book hopefuls as well as established pros to post their comics to the iPhone/iPod Touch. All of the work published through iVerse is 100% creator owned. According to their submission guidelines, thee will NEVER ask the artists to give us a piece of your creations. "Creators and Studios will be able to set the final prices on their titles, but we're expecting most standard length titles … [Read more...]
After a week with the iPhone, what’s great, what’s not
August 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I've had my iPhone for a little over a week now and figure it's a good time to settle in and talk about what I like and dislike about it. I have not really changed my calling habits too much as a result of having the iPhone; the way I use the phone in general is about the same as I've done in the past. Where it has changed my daily activities is in the additional stuff I can use it for outside of being a simple phone. No longer do I get stressed out about having to waste time standing in line … [Read more...]
IE CSS Problem Solving
August 20, 2008 By
The most common IE problems are: Margin Doubling! (Fix? Try Display:inline;) Layouts look different. Columns are wider or narrower between browsers or move down the page. this is usually caused by the content being larger than the space alloted for that div- resize the div or the content. specific info how to fix this: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/expandingboxbug.html ============ This is an excerpt of iBloom Studios' IE troubleshooting guide. The ones … [Read more...]
Camdapter by Jim Garavuso vs Nikon SLR Hand Strap
March 10, 2008 By 2 Comments
A former student of mine dropped by to show me his new Nikon D80 camera. He stopped in because he knew my wife had the same model and he wanted some help with a couple of menu choices. I noticed a handstrap on the right side of his camera, into which he slipped his right hand, which left his other hand free to support its long lens. This is a feature he uses frequently shooting sports and wildlife. Having just come back into the world of pro-weight cameras, and being older than I once … [Read more...]
ImageWell
February 28, 2008 By 4 Comments
Free is good for about anything! A well-made, extremely usable, and still free application is incredible! Check out Xtralean's website and navigate to IMAGEWELL. First of all it's available in fifteen different languages and…but what does it do, you ask? … [Read more...]
Reconsider Buying That Dell.
December 24, 2007 By 1 Comment
Dell Inspiron Laptop. It's cheap. It's pretty. It's probably a lemon. After 57 days of trying to resolve all the hardware issues, my nephew is the proud owner of a $2000 doorstop. UPDATE: My nephew received a phone call today (yes, TODAY, the day after Xmas) from DELL's consumer advocate- Anna Simpson- informing him that DELL had decided to replace his computer with a similar or better computer. UPDATE: Dec 26th: The refurbished computer DELL's Consumer Advocate is offering? It comes … [Read more...]
