Posted in mobile on Sep 4th, 2010
If you’ve been using regular cell phones and iPhones for a while, we covered how you can make your own ring tones for free. But, if you have an Android phone you can take the lazy path and just download pre-made ones…
Posted in Geek Stuff on Sep 2nd, 2010
Earlier we guided you into the world of taking HDR photos and how to merge them using Photoshop, then we showed you How-To Simulate an HDR Effect . In this next Photoshop photography article we’ll take a look at…
Posted in Security on Sep 2nd, 2010
A small measure of security can go a long way to keep people off your phone and away from your personal information. On nearly all droid devices there is a pattern lock feature that can be enabled, much like the password protected welcome screen…
Posted in google on Sep 1st, 2010
One of the great things about modern internet browsers is the ability to extend them with Add-on’s and Extensions. Some (including me) might argue that it’s really the user community that makes a browser worth using. Google Chome is no exception! Earlier I talked about the Illimitux Firefox Extension and today I decided to drop the list of some of my other favorite Google Chome Extensions with the hope that if I share my favorites, you might also (in the comments). So, here’s a few from my fav list! Enjoy!
Posted in Geek Stuff on Sep 1st, 2010
Her name is Samantha and she Sung a song of a 4G Galaxy. It was Epic.
Posted in Adobe on Aug 30th, 2010
In our previous Photoshop tutorial we Guided you through the world of HDR photography using Photoshop CS5 and Bridge CS5. As groovy as HDR looks, one problem is you need 3 pictures of the same image at different exposures to create a standard HDR image. So with that in mind, is there a way to create HDR images out of your old image collection? Wouldn’t that be groovy! Wouldn’t it be groovy to create an HDR image out of moving objects also? Good news! Today we’ll show you how to simulate an HDR effect with only 1 image using HDR Toning in Photoshop CS5.
Posted in Geek Stuff on Aug 28th, 2010
In elementary school we had a computer lab, but despite the public school system’s best attempts at teaching us programming, it was always more fun to play the Oregon Trail. The best part was that since the game taught us some good ole fashioned American history, our teachers thought it was a totally groovy win-win scenario. The new Digg designers were no exception to this, and they’ve brought the nostalgic Ox cart from the trail right to the front of Digg.
Posted in Freeware on Aug 27th, 2010
Do you have a favorite application, but it was only designed to run on DOS? Windows 7 doesn’t include support for DOS games, but you can get around it by using a virtual DOS machine on your computer. The solution is called DOSBox and it’s a groovy little program that simulates a DOS computer within a Window on your computer.
Posted in photography on Aug 27th, 2010
A little while back, BrickMonkey wrote a Tutorial About HDR Photography explaining the most important key elements and tips on shooting HDR. Today I’ll show you how you can use a very ordinary 120$ camera or a newer camera phone and blend them together with Bridge and Photoshop CS5 to come up with a similar result. Let’s start with the basics. For those of you who are a bit tired and don’t feel like reading, skip to the bottom for the groovyVideo which covers this How-to guide.
Posted in Chrome on Aug 27th, 2010
When Chrome was first released with Version 1, it wasn’t much to look at. Now 2 years and 5 versions later, the improvements are astounding. Chrome has really come out of the woodwork offering stability, performance, security, and a huge variety of features. Version 6 is an overall improvement over all of the things that we already loved about Chrome, so what exactly is this new version packing?