Really nice grass text effect in Photoshop

May 23, 2008

Collis over at PSDTUTS has a really nice tutorial on how to make text with a grass effect in Photoshop. The results are really nice and the process is simple. Check it out: Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop – PSDTUTS

Read the full article →

Flash 3D Wall Component from Flashloaded

May 22, 2008

This is cool. This company has created a Flash component that will give you some quick and elegant visual effects for displaying images. The component is a wrapper for Papervision3D, leaving you to do little to no code. This is AS3 only. Check it out: Flash 3D Wall Component | Flashloaded

Read the full article →

BBC NEWS | Technology | Design revamp for ‘$100 laptop’

May 22, 2008

Great UX design for the new OLPC project. Check out the story: BBC NEWS | Technology | Design revamp for ‘$100 laptop’

Read the full article →

Spectra Visual Newsreader | msnbc.com

May 22, 2008

This is a really cool use of Flash 9, Papervision 3D, and web cameras. Beautiful data visualization and UI design. Spectra Visual Newsreader | msnbc.com

Read the full article →

Qumana blog editor for Mac

May 22, 2008

Once again I’m testing out a different blog editor for the Mac, Qumana. This is a test post from the little Mac app.

Read the full article →

Thoughts on MarsEdit 2

May 21, 2008

In my previous post, Checking out MarsEdit 2, I did a test post using MarsEdit 2. I have to say that I like using a desktop editor for doing my posts. The only downside to this is that the Media Manager is lacking a few features. Plus The custom template option is great for seeing [...]

Read the full article →

Checking out MarsEdit 2

May 21, 2008

Me being the lazy person that I am, I’m always looking for ways to do things better or faster. I was checking out a new desktop RSS reader (NetNewsWire) and came across a default feed from Red Sweater Blog. Turns out they sell a few Mac programs. I decided to check out MarsEdit 2. This [...]

Read the full article →

Microsoft’s Surface Table in San Antonio AT&T Stores

April 2, 2008

Being a native San Antonian, I’m happy to hear that the AT&T stores in my home town will be one of the 4 cities to carry Microsoft’s Surface Table. Luckily I live in San Francisco which happens to be on the list along with NYC and Atlanta.

Read the full article →

WordPress update 2.5

April 2, 2008

I wanted to apologize for any down time for the site. I just finished doing a WordPress update to the latest release 2.5. Right now I’m running into some update problems with my custom styles. Hopefully things will be sorted out shortly. Looks like everything is back up and running!

Read the full article →

Configure Vista for Automatic Login

December 30, 2007

Over the past few years, many technology vendors have put their focus more on security. Microsoft is no exception as is evident with the security enhancements in Vista. However, in some cases, all the security options may be overkill, especially if you are the only one who uses the computer. If you do not share [...]

Read the full article →