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  How to make a Ninja mask out of a T-shirt

  05.06.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 [...]

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  Google, the new Napster

  03.15.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  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. Of course [...]

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  Join two Ventrilo servers simultaneously

  01.04.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 properties.

  You will see [...]

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  Show hidden files in OS X

  11.18.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 [...]

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  Photoshop :: Converting color to black and white

  11.12.05 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  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 [...]

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  Photoshop :: Straightening the horizon

  10.13.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  One of my first lessons in photography was “keep the horizon straight“. Unfortunately this is not always as easy as it sounds. But never fear, Photoshop is here. Here is a quick and easy fix I learned for straightening the horizon in your photos. I believe it will work for all the latest [...]