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iPhone software update blues
Sunday, 13 July 2008
I decided to update my iPhone so I could check out the AppStore. Big mistake!
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Videotrace, 3-D modeling from 2-D video
Sunday, 13 July 2008
A friend sent me a link to a video to 3-D modeling application called VideoTrace that looks really cool, but it's not a new technology. 
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iPhone vs Neo Freerunner
Wednesday, 02 July 2008
So the OpenMoko based phone, the Neo Freerunner , is just around the corner and this is something I have been watching. I was really hoping I'd be moving to the Neo, but I just don't see much benefit. I hate to say that because I love the openess of the Neo, but I really love my first gen iPhone and the iPhone 3G seems the logical move for me.
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Gimp in Space - Creating a moon or planet
Tuesday, 01 July 2008

Someone left a cool picture of Mars on my desk at work and as I looked at the image I thought it would be cool to make one in the Gimp, because I typically use brushes or actual planet pictures. Amazingly it took me only 5 minutes and really requires no real skill in Gimp or Photoshop so I decided everything in the file itself should be the tutorial. It's pretty self explanatory, even for someone fairly new. Obviously if you do not understand layers you may need to get Grokking The Gimp , which is free and a great starter. The Gimp is also free and can be found here and runs on Windows and OS X, as well as Linux\Unix.

The tutorial is of a simple moon, which contains three layers, a circle selection filed with a light white to black gradient, a texture for the surface, and a second circle selection with a darker white to black gradient. The file can also be used as a template, add your own texture(s) \ colors and play with the layer settings, I have it set to "overlay". 

Download the template, around 1.6mb (includes both Gimp XCF and Photoshop PSD formats)


 
Mayumi Sugitani
Wednesday, 18 June 2008

I'd just like to take a break from the normal tech and computer interest type posts to ask you all to visit a dear friend and wonderful artist Mayumi Sugitani . Mayumi's art can only be described as brilliant and she has currently opened a store at Etsy!  I do believe "A Perfect Drug" is my favorite piece on Etsy. Stop by and check out her awesome paintings and say hello on MySpace .

 
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