Saturday, February 27, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Joe Stack - Austin Pilot Crashes Into Building
This guy has a lot of anger... a lot of anger that is probably in many American's minds and hearts. Another software engineer that lost it??!?!??? Remember that guy who went into the women's gym class and went off???
Link to the manifesto...
Link to the manifesto...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
High Fructose Corn Syrup is basically FAT!!!!
I knew it!!! Our bodies were never made to process this crap that we eat in excess. Link here
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Luck Experiment
It seems the those who are "lucky" are the ones who approach life in a more open and relaxed manner. Article here
Monday, February 15, 2010
Brands getting dumped by Walmart
Here comes the Great Value product push. The irony in this article is that Glad will now, create the bags for the Great Value brand. Link here
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Photoshop: Picture to Black & White Painting or Sketch
Step One. The first thing you are going to need is a photo that you would like to turn into a sketch drawing. I like to use one that has focus on a person, simply because I like to work with photos of people. It is totally up to you on what you want to turn into a sketch drawing.
Step Two. The next thing, once you have your image open in Photoshop, you need to duplicate your original layer using Cmd+J or Ctrl+J on your keyboard. You can also go to the layer menu, and selecting Duplicate Layer.
Step Three. The next step is to de-saturate your new layer (take all of the color out) so that you have a black and white photo. You can do this by pressing Shift+Ctrl+U on your keyboard. You can also go to the Image menu, going to Adjustments, and selecting Desaturate.
Step Four. Now, you need to duplicate your black and white layer the same way that you copied the original layer. Make sure that you have the black and white layer selected, because we DO NOT want to cop the original layer again. We only want to copy the black and white layer.
Step Five. With your very top layer selected, you need to invert the image. You can do this by hitting the Ctrl+I buttons on your keyboard. You will notice that the colors are now inverted on that layer. It will look kind of weird, but we are not done yet.
Step Six. On that same layer, you need to change the layer blend mode to Color Dodge. You can find these options in the drop down right above all of your layers. Your photo will look like it has disappeared a little, but we are going to fix that next.
Step Seven. Now, we need to add a blur to that layer. Go to the Filter menu, then go to Blur, then Motion Blur or Gausian Blur. This will control how much of your photo comes back. Adjust the bottom slider until you can see as much as you would like. You will notice that your photo now looks like a sketch drawing. Turning a photo into a sketch drawing is a very cool effect.
Optional Step Eight. Add a smart blur to soften the edges.
Step Nine. Flatten or merge the layers. Then apply a brushstroke filter and adjust the levels to your liking. Or apply a Sketch filter to give it pencil look. Whatever.
Step Two. The next thing, once you have your image open in Photoshop, you need to duplicate your original layer using Cmd+J or Ctrl+J on your keyboard. You can also go to the layer menu, and selecting Duplicate Layer.
Step Three. The next step is to de-saturate your new layer (take all of the color out) so that you have a black and white photo. You can do this by pressing Shift+Ctrl+U on your keyboard. You can also go to the Image menu, going to Adjustments, and selecting Desaturate.
Step Four. Now, you need to duplicate your black and white layer the same way that you copied the original layer. Make sure that you have the black and white layer selected, because we DO NOT want to cop the original layer again. We only want to copy the black and white layer.
Step Five. With your very top layer selected, you need to invert the image. You can do this by hitting the Ctrl+I buttons on your keyboard. You will notice that the colors are now inverted on that layer. It will look kind of weird, but we are not done yet.
Step Six. On that same layer, you need to change the layer blend mode to Color Dodge. You can find these options in the drop down right above all of your layers. Your photo will look like it has disappeared a little, but we are going to fix that next.
Step Seven. Now, we need to add a blur to that layer. Go to the Filter menu, then go to Blur, then Motion Blur or Gausian Blur. This will control how much of your photo comes back. Adjust the bottom slider until you can see as much as you would like. You will notice that your photo now looks like a sketch drawing. Turning a photo into a sketch drawing is a very cool effect.
Optional Step Eight. Add a smart blur to soften the edges.
Step Nine. Flatten or merge the layers. Then apply a brushstroke filter and adjust the levels to your liking. Or apply a Sketch filter to give it pencil look. Whatever.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Low Frequency Radio
WOW... this 16-year-old invented a low frequency radio for underground communications. Very cool. Link here
Monday, February 1, 2010
What Developers Want More Than Money
Good article: Link Here
Basic points on what a developer really wants out of a company:
Basic points on what a developer really wants out of a company:
- Being Set Up to Succeed
- Having Excellent Management
- Learning New Things
- Exercising Creativity and Solving the Right Kind of Problems
- Having a Voice
- Being Recognized for Hard Work
- Building Something that Matters
- Building Software without an Act of Congress
- Having Few Legacy Constraints
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