Category
How To…
-
How To...
How to make a Ninja mask out of a T-shirt
Have you ever been sitting at your desk thinking to yourself, “Man, I wish I brought my Ninja mask to work today.” Yeah, me too. Well thanks to the teachings of Ninja master Vern Reid, there is a quick and easy way to create your very own Ninja mask using an ordinary T-shirt. MacGyver would [...]
-
How To...
Google, the new Napster
I saw this little trick on Digg this morning. It actually sorta, kinda works. Cut and paste the following text into Google: {-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “DIGG”} Replace the word “DIGG” with the name of your favorite band and voila, a listing of open indexes containing downloadable music files. [...]
-
How To...
Join two Ventrilo servers simultaneously
A friend of mine showed me this simple little trick that allows you to login to two Ventrilo servers simultaneously. I thought this could come in handy from time to time. Here’s what to do. ***click on the pictures to enlarge*** First, locate your Ventrilo short cut. Next, right click on the shortcut and choose [...]
-
How To...
Show hidden files in OS X
I’m blogging about this so I don’t forget how to do it, but some of you may find it useful too. I needed to edit my .htaccess file from my web server, but when I downloaded it to my desktop (OS X), the file magically disappeared. So I downloaded it again. This time it asked [...]
-
How To...
Photoshop :: Converting color to black and white
This is probably my most used Photoshop technique. I’ve always been a huge fan of black & white photography. In Photoshop, the two most common ways of converting to black & white are by converting the image to grayscale or by completely desaturing the image. These two methods unfortunately lack contrast and tonal control. The [...]
