| Colorizing Livetrace Signatures |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|12:01 pm] |
I imported a jpg signature into illustrator and used livetrace to make it more graphic but am lost as to how to change the color from black since it isn't recognizing the actual signature as much as the box around it. I was trying to avoid having to trace it by hand since I don't have my tablet with me at work. There must be a way to do this?
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| Frustrated with color matching |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|04:29 pm] |
Hey, don't know if this is the right area to post this question, but since I love reading what you people write about...I figured...hey...lemme venture this.
A client (Actually two of them) went to a paint store and selected the swatches of colors that they wanted on their website, and she wants those exact shades replicated.
Problem is, how do I do that?
Its going to be working with grays and light pinks, cool blues, and mild browns...and I find myself frustrated because I don't know how to translate those color samples they gave me into hexadecimal values I can work with.
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| Weird Print Booklet problem in InDesign CS3 |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|12:47 pm] |
Hey Gang,
Here's a strange one. I just tried Print Booklet-ing, which I do a lot of, to my printer. The output I got was dramatically enlarged pages not in spreads, as they should have been. If that doesn't make sense, I can photograph or scan, or just try to clarify.
( Description, JPG, Plea for Help ) |
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| Lunch? |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|12:48 pm] |
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Anyone in Columbus interested in meeting up for lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings on S High street around 1:30 or so (Today, Tuesday)? I need to go up and get an app, and needed to eat something too. Give me a call if you have my number, if not then just reply here :) |
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| MFF FURSUIT BADGES |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|12:23 pm] |
MFF FURSUIT BADGES
It’s that time again, soon all matter of furry critters will be headed ‘North to Alaska’ for MFF 2008! We are proud to announce that once again, fursuit badges will be available to help identify yourself in the great white way, and they’re a nifty souvenir of your con excursion too!
Now while your fursuit badge won’t be a replacement for your official con badge, they will get ya noticed! MFF 2008 Fursuit badges will be just $5.00, with all proceeds going to the con’s chosen charity.
Submissions for fursuit badges are now under way, to help keep things neat and tidy, please follow these guidelines:
.jpg or .gif photo images only, no fursuit artwork
.pictures should be at least 800x800 DPI
Send all fursuit pictures to :
aeto-badges@chameleon.net
attn: MFF fursuit badges:
Be sure to include the name of your fursuit(s)
Submissions are now being accepted thru October 31. Fursuit badges will be available for pick up at the fursuit meet and greet at the con, so please have payment ready.
See you at the con!
- Ocicat
MFF Fursuit track |
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| Okay this has been driving me crazy (bleed vs slug) |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|10:22 am] |
For the life of me (aka: tried googling and that won't work) I can't figure out the difference between a bleed and a slug. What the hell is a slug and what makes it different than bleed? |
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[Oct. 7th, 2008|07:59 am] |
From CNN:
"We want a natural life, a society that revolves around women -- one where women and men are equal,"
Hmm. Seems to me that the two bolded statements are somewhat in opposition with each other.
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Hello, dear friends. Does anybody know some vector graphics markup language that works well in the most browsers (such as IE, FireFox, etc) and can be used in HTML documents along with hypertext?
Thank You.
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| Alpha Gamma |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|01:29 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | acceptance | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
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The episode of Heroes is streaming and we are going to watch it. Tonight, I have been working on my web-video player. A kinda winamp for video websites like YouTube. Trying to bring all that storage of video into one application. This isn't really a commercial venture yet as I have not decided on if I need an iPhone or not.
The thought has occurred to me to make the player open source, and charge a micro payment of some sorts for my time and effort; but then I nail my palm to the desk and then slide off my chair. I really got to stop _not_ thinking about the hard work I put into things; I need my palms.
The darn TStream is still downloading and I have do some interesting pause play maneuver to get it to download enough to play. It's funny I had to tell the Coyote roomie to stop tormenting on our corporate connection; tormenting(v) 6. The act of sucking one's bandwidth with BitTorrent.
I have a few days to kill waiting for an answer on a submitted contract with a client. There's really good money in it, but the signature for the company is on vacation, margarita in a pineapple cup be damned! This is why I have been working on this personal pet project of mine.
Incognito goes well; a game our company will be releasing sometime in this decade. We're on the path to hire a writer and here's a screenshot of the BFG9000 of our game.
Full Version Click Here
Bang. A small update as I have work to do, but here's a screenshot of my pet project, YUP.
Full Version Click Here
Ignore the cancer that is my search window. I'm still designing the controls, and I am not happy with it right now. It makes me pee on the floor in absolution! It. Will. Be. Changed. Stop.
More updates to follow.
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| Help with personal logo.. |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|04:32 am] |
These are always the hardest, aren't they? :/ ( Read more... ) |
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[Oct. 7th, 2008|12:18 pm] |
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[12:15] cerisewolf@mac.com: did you know professional dry suit divers wear diapers?
[12:16] dragoneer: Yes
[12:16] cerisewolf@mac.com: so now I know what the legitimate reason is for selling man sized diapers
[12:16] dragoneer: I bet your excited since you have diving experience.
[12:17] cerisewolf@mac.com: 's true!
[12:17] dragoneer: FINALLY! I can stay up late and shit myself rotten in my chair while gaming until 5:00AM!
[12:17] dragoneer: "Did you just shit you--" "I'M A FUCKING DIVER!"
[12:17] cerisewolf@mac.com: HAHA
[12:17] cerisewolf@mac.com: dude
[12:17] cerisewolf@mac.com: can I post that?
[12:17] dragoneer: Take a dip in the "black" sea, motherfucker. Beware the dreaded Isrealean Nut Fish. |
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| Actually. |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|12:04 am] |
As a direct result of my last post I feel that I must ask of anyone wants an update about me? I'm just not sure if my current friends on this LiveJournal would appreciate an update or two.
So I put this question, does anyone have enough time outside of TiVo and Barack Obama to read what I might have to say?
I love questions.
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[Oct. 7th, 2008|12:02 am] |
For some reason, I am in this need to update my journal for no reason at all.
It's actually because someone fuzzy mentioned that I never update my journal, even though I have one.
Interesting.
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| Oh my god. |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|11:12 pm] |
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
This fucking game is going to change
Everything.
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| Choices Choices |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|10:33 pm] |
So.. I'm shopping for a computer and I'm trying to decide between a Dell and a Lenovo. Both are desktops. Any opinions?
I'm mainly curious to hear what people think of each of the two brands.
In case your curious here are the specs: (Only includes components I care about)
Dell XPS 630
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 E8400 (6MB,3.0 GHz, 1333FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
MEMORY 6GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 500GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB CachE
VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon HD3870 512MB GDDR4
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p Series Tower
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Processor (3.00GHz 1333MHz 6MBL2) 1
Operating system: Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate
Total memory: 8GB PC2-5300 SDRAM (4 DIMMs)
Video adapter: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 512M Full Height (2*DVI-I+TV-Out) 1
First hard drive bay: 500GB, 8M Cache, 7200RPM SATA II
First optical device bay: DVD Recordable SATA for VISTA 1
Limited On-site Warranty 3 Year Parts / 3 Years Labor |
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| Bowling part 6 |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|09:59 pm] |
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189+222+168=579
579+ 2889=3468
3468/18=192.666666666666666666666 avg
what does it take for me to finally get another 600 series? more hot dogs?
hell if i know. |
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| Bear SIG |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|07:21 pm] |
Below is a draft of a syllabus for a panel I'm hosting at MFF called "Bears: Strong At Heart". We will discuss the history of the bear and what it means to us as a pop culture icon. Could you please look at this and give me some comments on it-what should I add to this? How can I make it more interesting. Please advise. Thanks.
- Regarded by some (prehistoric Finns and Korean mythology for
example) as the spirit of forefathers.
- Many cities have adopted the bear on their coat of arms
Bern (Switzerland)
Berlin (Little Bear) Germany.
Bears in literature
Usually the 'all brawn no brain type'.
- Winnie the Pooh
- Baloo The Bear (Disney's Junglebook)
- Master Po (Kung Fu Panda)
- Anyone else? (open discussion)?
Voice of Reason
Baloo (Talespin)
Mama and Papa Bear (Berenstain Bears)
Gus (Kissyfur)
Bears in Pop Culture
- Smokey The Bear
- Hamm's Bear
- Charmin Bears
- Banjo (From the Banjo/Kazootie games)
- Bentley (from the old Atari Crystal Castles Coin Op).
- "Bear Market" on Wall Street
- Gunther Grizzwell (The Grizzwells)
- Ursals (Kevin and Kell strip)
- Three Bears (of Goldilocks fame).
- Good Bears Of The World (Non profit organization that gives away
teddy bears to the needy and sick children)
- California Grizzly (California state symbol)
- UCLA "Golden Bruins"
- Big Bear (city)
- Big Bear Lake |
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| Best tool for the job? |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|08:42 pm] |
I've got a old copy of Frontpage 2003 and I've done a couple of small sites with XSitePro, plus a couple of small sites with WordPress.
At this point I haven't used Drupal or Joomla, though I've heard good things about them.
The project I'm interested in doing is to take previous pdf versions of a bi-monthly magazine that has about 15 articles per issue and create a site with html versions. So there are about 15 different topics/categories and I've got about 24 back issues to do. The other aspect is each issue has 3 versions (3 different languages).
Any thoughts on the best way to do this? Best CMS, site structure (subdomain vs subdirectories)?
Chris Hutcherson
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| You Best Be Buying That Bitch A Face |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|09:52 pm] |
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| Jenson |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|09:35 pm] |
Here is a problem that I have run into. For my type class we have to do a type sampler. for this I chose jenson. One of the parts of it that I need to include is some pectoral representation of Mr. Nicolas Jenson himself. Now i have gone though all of the books at my colleges library even remotely related to typography or moveable type. also i have searched the crap out of the internet, finding postage size printouts of his face, as well as searching the ArtStor database. and iv got nothing at all.
So i come to you wonderfully helpful folks. asking if any of you would happen to know of a book i could get (i am willing to buy) or someplace online that i could find a pectoral representation of my man Jenson.
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| M/C Quiz |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|09:35 pm] |
what the hell...
its kinda frighteningly accurate
Your result for The Motorcycle Personality Test... Ducati 996
You exhibit an overexuberance in all respects that cannot be satisfied. Your attitude and ego are over the top, yet you actually have the skills to match. Its infuriating. People would hate you, but you're too damned nice. You always ride like its your last day to live, and leave bystanders vaguely aroused.
Your bike is the Ducati 996. Sex on wheels.
Take The Motorcycle Personality Test at HelloQuizzy |
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| Personal Portfolio site |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|07:24 pm] |
Hello! I am just finishing up my personal portfolio site and wanted to post it to get your feedback and critiques! Please let me know if you experience any bugs or have any design suggestions for me. Your input is much appreciated! Thanks!
http://www.jennygreendesign.com
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| Phone Interview etiquitte? |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|07:34 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | job interviews | ] |
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Hi everyone!
I landed a phone interview this week for a "graphic designer/publication specialist" position -- not sure what company or if I'm interviewing with a recruiter the company has hired or interviewing directly through their HR department.. I've had one of these kinds of interviews before, but I think it was a total disaster.
Any suggestions or words of advice? Do's & Don'ts? Past experiences?
Calm my nerves.. please! :) |
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| *Sleepy Waves* |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|06:16 pm] |
Well what I thought was going to be a calm weekend.....well it wasn't!
Last week was crazy still with my boss being out from her heart attack. Friday night I went down to the bar to chat with Chuck and do some planning on the events we want to do over the next year. I didn't stay out really late which was good!
Saturday I was going to meet the gang at Archon for the afternoon. I woke up a bit earlier than I had planned on so I decided I was going to ride my motorcycle. I got all my gear together and filled my bike up and did my longest trip on the freeway so far with a little bit of extra stops about 50 miles round trip. A lot of this for me was getting over my nervousness of going on the bridge downtown into Illinois. I am on elevated decks for several miles and I really realized just how light my bike was. I got blown around a bit but all in all I made it fine. Was very comfortable running at speeds 60-75mph. Also figured out the best aerodynamic crouch for my bike with all the mods I have done with it. I had planned on coming home late afternoon but my friend that runs the masquerade was desperate for green room help to get everyone ready and begged me to stay so I said yes. We hit Bandanas BBQ for lunch and then I knew it was going to be a late night with helping with the masque so I rode home and dropped my bike off and brought my truck back. I really didn't want to chance being exhausted as I would knew I would be and then riding that stretch I have to ride at Midnight. Made good time getting home and got the truck and ran back. Got situated and ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) aury, Butch, in0p and I got things rolling in the Green Room. Michelle and Stephanie were trying to get other things situated to they turned me loose to get stuff worked out and we got it all set. We started at 430pm in the green room and got out of there sometime after 11pm. But the time got everyone home and me home it was 1am. I was one tied and sore woof!
Sunday started a bit later at least for the Bad Dog Biker Brunch. Got down there just before 11 and met up with the crew. Gave the bikers in the group the gremlin bells I had gotten for them. Had a really good breakfast. After brunch I rode around a bit since it was such a nice day. Started getting really sleepy though so I went home and ended up taking a 3 hour nap. Got laundry done and did some cleaning and tidying around the house a bit.
All in all a good weekend. I still haven't caught up on my sleep though!!
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| Stollen From Rev |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|04:51 pm] |
Hey, I might not fully agree, but I'll certainly take it ;)
Your result for The Motorcycle Personality Test... Ducati 996You scored 7 moxie, 9 zeal, and 11 pomp!
You exhibit an overexuberance in all respects that cannot be satisfied. Your attitude and ego are over the top, yet you actually have the skills to match. Its infuriating. People would hate you, but you're too damned nice. You always ride like its your last day to live, and leave bystanders vaguely aroused.
Your bike is the Ducati 996. Sex on wheels.
Take The Motorcycle Personality Test at HelloQuizzy |
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| Back... I think |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|10:57 pm] |
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Hello there... I *think* I was part of this group before I quit LJ. If not, Ohwell... Heres the info!
Name: Volf
Car(s) owned: 6
3 Classic Mini's - All 998cc, Apart from the one with stage2 head with twin webbers. (All gone)
2 Rover 1.8 Turbo Diesals (Both scrapped)
1 Rover 620Ti (Going strong)
Dream Car: I have it... But idealy I would want a Rover 220GSi in black.
Skill Level (Mechanical): Hard to say, Intermedate I would say on new cars, But on Minis. Im your man.
Skill Level (Driving): I can keep it on the road, what more did you want? Could easily get the Mini sideways and hold it on roundaouts.
Interests (Automotive): ICE Installs - Turbos - Speed
Interests (non Automotive): Fursuiting - Music - Online gaming
Future Project: Stripped out 620Ti Twin turbo grandad rocket project ;)
Next jobs on the list :
Get strut brace fitted
Fit new induction kit
Gasflow and port polish the head
Look into racecams
Forged pistons
T28 Hybrid turbo
Set to 12psi
Frount lip splitter
And anything else which makes my wallet cry! |
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| SOMEONE'S lost, anyway... |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|04:54 pm] |
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Bootleg of ABC's "Lost"...
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| For those of you who are as big a gadget geek as I am: |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|04:16 pm] |
If you keep an eye on Engadet or any other tech blog you may have noticed some commotion about the new HTC Touch HD. Well it's out in some parts of the world and is receiving quite a bit of fanfare, with some German folks even calling the device an "iPhone killer"
Touch HD Review & Some additinal photos
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I fixed the links so the first one goes tot he right page |
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| hello :3 |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|12:46 pm] |
Hello :3
I'm new to the group. I am Kat. The creator of Halloween Cat Arts and Productions. Sada Aoko and Pumpkin Spicer are my two of three fursona's and are the "halloween cats". Sada I tend to roleplay more and is my more dominant fursona. She is a black and lime green Lybica (close ancestor to the European/Sicilian Wildcat). Pumpkin is her brother. He is black and orange. I'm also a novice fursuit crafter and anthro artist (any tips is well appreciated if you browse my fa page *plug* in my links section *end shameless plug*). Hope to enjoy all of the posts :3 |
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| Chagrin Falls Shopping |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|02:53 pm] |
Okay, I admit it, though I'm a bit embarrassed about it, I do like to shop. I will have dreams where I walk into a cool store like Anthropologie and everything is on unbelievable sale and I have armfuls of clothing and I wake up disappointed. And then I think, "Yikes! That's what I dream about?" Well, that and purple skies and beautiful gardens and awesome cameras and flying, but yeah.
So Jared's mom and I went shopping while the boys chopped up a tree that fell during the last hurricane. Which would I rather do, hmmmm...
I spent the most money ever on a pair of shoes. I had been wanting boots and something versatile enough that I could wear it for dressier occasional (like with all my nice new Anthropologie sweaters) but still be comfortable. Enter Naturalizer Cerina boot (and I certainly didn't pay that much for them!) My big runner/rower/kung fu calves plus minuscule feet makes finding knee high boots that fit difficult. The mid calf style fit nicely. They are very comfortable, I was surprised at how pretty I felt in flat (thick legs means high heels make you feel prettier because they thin our your legs), they looked okay under the jeans I was wearing, and they were on sale: regular $99, their price $89, plus Jared's mom had a $10 off coupon. They were still $74 when it was all said and done. But I think they'll be worth it. Jared's mom said Naturalizer is a good company. And they're leather, which I still have mixed feelings about. I don't buy things like real fur, so I feel hypocritical about buying leather, but then I think, "Well, they're going to keep slaughtering the cows for Big Macs, might as well support using all the animal like the Native Americans." Plus, Jared and I have gotten into a new style of environmentalism that's really quiet an old idea: spend a little more money on stuff that lasts. A pair of leather boots that last 15+ years will use less resources and money than synthetic ones that fall apart in 3 years (like some of my old pair of boots.) So there's my thoughts. I guess what's most important is that you think before you buy. I've been trying to do that every time I pick up an item.
Chagrin Falls is a town the city has worked extremely hard at keeping quaint. You won't find any McDonald's or Cash Advance places. One shop I fell in love with is called Stash Style. They had a moss covered chandelier in the window! The owner goes to a lot of estate sales and it felt like a more sincere version of the nick knacks section of Anthropologie. They had handkerchiefs, giant cupcakes, figurines, and some of the most absolutely fantastic vintage style Halloween decorations. I bought some novelty gum (Christmas presents), a Halloween surprise for a friend of mine, a cute pumpkin throw pillow, and they had a violin case filled with old chandelier strings of crystals for a buck each. I picked one up for a choker. They had some more great Halloween decorations, but I decided it was stuff I could recreate myself, so I wrote down some notes and was off. On the way home, we got a call from Jared's dad. The woman at the shop had accidentally overcharged me. She was freaking out. Jared's mom paid in cash and I paid with a card, but am not local, so how did she get a hold of us? When I called her back she said she was desperate, so she called the operator trying to find a number with the same last name as my credit card. Luckily Jared's parents and I have the same last name and they are local, so they called his parent's house. How cool is that? We got everything straightened out and I will definitely come back there. She was so sweet!
Well, tonight we are going to dinner to a place called Gamekeepers Taverne Restaurant. They are noted for their exotic meats which of course I will not partake in, but they have some great seafood, which I will eat. Jared's dad recommends the Salmon with capers and mussels.
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Stingy airlines. |
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Trader Joe's suggestions! |
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Chagrin Hardware, a place where antiques sit by lawn mowers. |
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Giant spiders attacking the city! |
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Chagrin Hardware window display. They had a 10 foot tall rubber demon! |
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A cute vintage cat bucket. |
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The Herb Shop's Halloween display. They gave us People Republic of Tea and cookies! |
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Front of Herb Shoppe. |
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Shop by the Chagrin Falls. |
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Displays that betas can't jump out of. |
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Moss covered chandelier! (Stash Style.) |
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Stash Style window display. |
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Stash Style window display. |
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Cool reflection on Stash Style and Chagrin Falls. |
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| Finally... an update! |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|02:31 pm] |
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Yes that's right after an eternity of silence something actually happened! In case some of you weren't aware,what's been going on is a tranny swap yielded rather unpleasant effects and thus is being removed and stock being put back in it's place, should happen sometime next week (finally).
In the meantime, something actually got changed. I hit an amazing stroke of luck in aquiring a set of rims, with tires already on them from a coworker. I saw something new posted on the bulletin board that caught my attention, an add for a set of rims with some parellis on them for $150, but no list for what they came off of.
With bald, starting to crack, nail filled, and bent rimmed stock steelies on the car now I figured it couldn't hurt to at least take a look since they were right in town. So i drive out to their house (its actully her husband was selling them) got aquanted etc etc. I found out that the rims he was selling were a set of optional smoothies for his 2001 pt cruiser.
I got smart before making the trip across town to see if there was a chance they'd even fit and sure enough, both my car and his share the same lug pattern but I wasn't sure of the offset. So, some fitting was done with 0 hitches anywhere, the kinda smooth sailing that makes you wonder what catastrophie is waiting to happen afterward.
He was actually quite the nice fellow too, after I handed him a pile of greenbacks, he shook his head, and handed $25 back to me saying $125 was enough and to go ahead and put the rest in my tank. I thanked him, gave a final handshake, and drove off with the shiny (he polished them for me after I got them on the car) new set of chromers that when I first saw "BEETLE!" was the first word that popped into my head.
They look really interesting on the car too, they have this out of place look to them, but at the same time still seem to fit the car decently enough, but for the price, getting 4 rims, with rubber that had been only driven on for 2 months on them, not a single crack, nail, anything, for the price... hell yeah it's worth it.
( Piccies behind zee cut! )About the only thing i'm curious on and not hoping to find out anytime soon, is how the brembos will react with cooling reduction from the lack of ventig in the rimes themselves. so far normal driving they seem fine so long as I don't have to stop in an aweful hurry that is. That aside I'm already starting to get attached to them. Just so Shiny!!!
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| fable |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|02:04 pm] |
I'm sorry if this may be inappropriate for the community, but I was impressed with how well a fable I wrote turned out that I want to share it with people. I leave it behind a cut for people who wish not to read it, and wish not to be bothered by a lengthy post.
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| Kitties and paper bags |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|08:48 am] |
( Read more... ) |
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| Garden |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|08:46 am] |
My Pumpkins are coming along nicely as you can see:
( Read more... ) |
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| Questions about Self-Identity: Logo & Email |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|11:03 am] |
A couple questions for you all:
the easier business: coming up with an email address. My domain name is melanie-richards.com, and so I get an email address along with it (something@melanie-richards.com). I'm trying to come up with a word to put in front of the "@" that will be short and not hokey or redundant. I've been trying to figure out what my favorite designers do, (Mike Perry's is talktome@midwest.com, something which I'm not sure I could "pull off") but it hasn't helped much. Any ideas on what to put in an email for a domain that is already self named? Would contact@melanie-richards.com suffice, or is it too long?
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| Photoshop help |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|11:14 am] |
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In Photoshop, if I want to combine several images and place them side by side to make one image (to create the panoramic effect), how do I do that? Do I have to open a blank canvas, and drag them onto it? I've done this before awhile ago so my memory is hazy. I would appreciate it if someone could explain the steps to me. |
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| US trip so far >.o |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|08:31 am] |
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Thanks ajpyropup for taking the pics *slaps* XD
Fursuit rape <3
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Also gonna make a post about the worst flights ever... Srsly Chicago O'shit airport... DIE!
Also make sure you have a job when visiting the US, otherwise you get sent to the little box room.. Like I did :P
But will post about it all later.
-Pete
P.S. Furs are awesome here <3 |
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| NASes |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|08:49 am] |
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Well I've been thinking.. my storage situation is a bit of a mess. Data storage, that is.
I've got tons of CDs worth of data all over, lots of information and such strewn across over 10 hard drives on 5 computers, and it's become a chore to find anything that I want anymore.
I think the solution is a NAS. I've been looking into some different devices and such, and also looking at building one myself. I've come to the conclusion, mainly based on price, that the latter is the better decision.
Part of the reason that I'm looking toward a NAS, rather than a solution like eSATA box or something, is because I'm wanting to make it available to the other people living at the house as well, so that it can be a central storage point to put things up on. I also want it to be able to handle things such as torrents/newsgroups/standard downloads and other things autonomously, to try and cut down on the amount that we have to run our desktops. Hopefully it'll help to save a bit of power in the long run.
I've estimated that a 4TB NAS would cost about $700 to build at current HDD/memory prices. Here's what i'm looking at:
Intel D945GCLF2 Dual Core Atom 1.6Ghz motherboard
(gigabit ethernet, onboard video, Mini-ITX form factor)
2GB DDR2 667
2GB flash drive (to run OS from)
Promise 4-port SATAII PCI card
4 1TB Seagate 7200.11 drives
And some crazy case to hold it all. I've been looking pretty hard for a case to use, so if anyone's seen one that's fairly small, it'd be helpful. The main thing is that it has to have 4 internal 3.5" bays, which isn't easy to come by in the small desktop/cube case area.
I'll be running Ubuntu Server on it, and software RAID-5. This should yield me about 2.7TB of usable space, with redundancy. The dual-core Atom should be plenty enough to allow for speedy parity calculations, and the gigabit ethernet will keep things moving.
One of the main reasons for running software raid in linux as opposed to a hardware raid card, is that the data is a bit safer in that it's stored in an open format.. If that machine were to catastrophically fail, i could take all of the drives, throw them into any old machine, hook them up, load linux and have the array back up and running with one command.
Anyone else try something similar? Have any good ideas? let me know! |
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[Oct. 6th, 2008|01:07 am] |
So one of my sources, without saying so, just confirmed that leak to Boy genius Reports is spot in for what is going on in RIM. Apperantly, there is big security shakedowns going on.
Although I am not sure what all the hubbub is about. Basically he just let everyone know that Reverse-In-Motion is releasing a phone that is modeled off the T-Mobile Dash (whichever HTC device that was) and that the GUI is almost a direct ripoff of HTC's overlay for Window Mobile. Guess they can't help copying the best. Just so long as my email doesn't go thru their servers (like those of nearly everyone in New York and DC) they can play whatever stupid little games they want. |
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| Looking for a room... |
[Oct. 5th, 2008|10:02 pm] |
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I know this request comes very close to the time of the con, but I figure I'd make it anyway.
A couple of friends gave me the idea of attending MFF and I quite like it, but I haven't really had too much time to prepare. I think I've found some plane tickets that I like, but I want to make sure that I have a hotel room before I book them.
Here's who I am: I am a fursuiter from Southern California. I am clean (2 showers per day at least, and more if I've been suiting). I keep myself contained (I try to limit my space usage to half of the closet or less, and it's often less than that). I'm not in the room too often, but enjoy neater rooms so I can relax after suiting around. I basically just need a safe place to sleep and store my suit and clothing. I do not smoke and desire a non-smoking room. Friendship would also be nice. I'm outgoing and get along well with a variety of folks.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I'd like a hotel at the con hotel for ease of suiting. I'd also be coming on either Thursday or Friday (depending on the rooming situation) and leaving on Monday.
If you have space in a room for this fuskyote, please let me know. I will pay upfront, so you don't have to worry about dodgy payments. I can also get people to vouch for this fact.
Anyway, I hope this turns up something because I'd really like to go to MFF.
Thanks so much!
Best,
Bucker |
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| critique, anyone? |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|12:30 am] |
a poster i whipped up for take back the night here on campus. it's pretty freaking basic, but i think there's beauty in that. let me know what you think, woudja? TIA!
you may notice a pinkish sort of tinge around the letters.. that doesn't exist. it's something with the file, my monitor, I don't know. it won't be on the print out, though. |
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| Foxglove's new ride! |
[Oct. 5th, 2008|10:33 pm] |
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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3165677
Check it out! New car! Posted pics....I spent all day cleaning it and its no where close to being done ^_^ IM SO HAPPY!!!
88 Celica All Trac. 87k origional miles. I am the 2nd owner of the thing. Upgraded Turbo. Stage 1 Clutch. Koyo radiator. 3 inch custom built exhaust. Walboro fuel pump.....and in immaculate condition. I cant be happier ^_^ |
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| Thoughts on commissions |
[Sep. 29th, 2008|04:25 pm] |
Some thoughts on how to commission artists, and how artists can take commissions!
If you have ever felt baffled, angry, confused, curious or whatever about the process, I hope to help a little. This is mostly aimed at those new to commission work, but I hope it can help anyone that reads it.
( This is way long, so I'll save your friends page. ) |
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