Misc
Gmail, not such a bad idea.
I’ve been using Hotmail from since I can remember, but Gmail, after Hotmail’s facelift, I think, looks better, and if your one for getting a fair bit of spam, Gmail may be the choice for you.
There are a few things that Gmail offers, which you may not know about even if you have a Gmail account.
Firstly, if you have an email address, let say ‘thecheesegrater@gmail.com’ you can also use the beggining bit, then the ‘+’ symbol and anything you want, so if your signing up to various websites you can submit your email as ‘thecheesegrater+variouswebsite@gmail.com’ and it will still work, the best part is that if you find yourself getting spam delivered to that email (as it will say on the email) you can just filter them out.
Another nifty thing about Gmail is that when you sign up you will get a ‘…@Gmail.com’ and ‘…@googlemail.com’ so again, you can use one to give out to friends and family, and the other to sign up to various websites and if you find yourself getting spam, just filter it out. Easy Peasy.
You can sign up for your very own Gmail account here.
Making Snow (Tutorial)
This is a carry on from the “How To Xmatize Your Logo”, just a quick tutorial to show you how to create the effect of snow over an image/logo.
So, make a new layer on the top of the other layers and fill it with Black (#000000).
Then make some fuzz by going: Filter>Noise>Add Noise… and applying these settings:
How to Xmatize your logo (Tutorial)
I will start writing up tutorials on all the different things I do to my logo as I modify them to match the season, ie. Halloween style, Xmas style and whatever else I do.
Ok so, create a new document in Photoshop, whatever size you want it and fill the background with a dark colour (so you can see the snow better).
You may want to make a box of colour a bit smaller than your box and use the Gaussian Blur by selecting your layer and going Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur… and making the blur about 2.0 like I did. Then use the Type tool to type your text.
Falling George Bush
This has been done many, many times, but I found myself hypnotised to it for like 10 mins.
<tip>If you grab his hand or head it’s really easy to split his body in half through two touching bubbles</tip>
Very useful information. Here is the site.
Lockpicking 101 – MIT Version
It’s a fascinating concept being able to unlock a door with a few oddly shaped metal strips, yet it is a useful skill to learn, also – quite illegal if used improperly.
I’m not going to jabber on about lock picking and how to do it, because I have a PDF here that will explain all the aspects of picking a lock with great detail and diagrams.
So without further a due, a downloadable PDF of: The MIT Guide to Lockpicking.
Wal-Mart worker rushed and killed by shoppers
According to Yahoo News “A Wal-Mart worker was killed Friday after an “out of control” throng of shoppers eager for post-Thanksgiving bargains broke down the doors at a suburban store and knocked him to the ground”
Check out the full article here.
28 Simple Sites – So much from so little
Website’s that are so pointless, yet so mildly amusing! – None of the below websites are porn, but some do have adult language.
The main rule of thumb here is that if you go on a site and it’s blank or you don’t know what to do… try clicking, wonders happen with a little click.
Let’s start the list.
