Archive for the 'Create' Category

Noble Hound: Brewing Beer and Making Wine at Home

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

I’ve never tried brewing beer or making wine at home, but I have taken a shot at making a batch of Mead. Noble Hound has a great set of do-it-yourself resources for brewing beer and making wine at home. I bet if I’m nice, he’ll add a section on Mead. He has […]

Controlling LED Arrays

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

This looks like a fun project: Controlling LED Arrays on TCP/IP Networks. The fun part, though, is the tri-color LED matrix and controller board.

amazing textures

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Looks like there hasn’t been any new content in awhile, but here’s yet another site with textures: amazingtextures.com.

make virtual machines for vmware online

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

This is uberkewl — there is a web-based tool for making VMs for the free VMWare Player.

Go download and install the free VMware Player: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
Go here and follow the directions: http://www.easyvmx.com/
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Profit!

Photo Touchup

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Here is a good tutorial for retouching and touching up poor source material for beauty: Photo Touchup. The tutorial shows each and every step. Have a look at the before and after shots:

Textures

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

I’m clearing out some bookmark tabs to a more permanent home. Here are two good texture resources:

textures.forrest.cz
www.texturebin.com

Sketchfighter

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Screenshots of this in-development game at Ambrosia Software look awesome: Sketchfighter.

Dating an Apple Developer

Saturday, December 17th, 2005

Finally, hope that there are women out there that get it: Dating an Apple Developer

Ten Rules for Web Startups

Monday, November 28th, 2005

The Ten Rules for Web Startups don’t just apply to web-based startups, they also apply to any business that is starting from almost nothing.
I’m at my 3rd real startup now, the 4th if you count an internally-funded startup inside a Fortune 100 company, and all of these rules apply. All startups that I have […]

typoGenerator

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

This is kewl: www.typogenerator.net.

The THX Sound

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

You know the sound that goes with the THX logo at the movie theater? Here’s more about it: The THX Sound [via musicthing.blogspot.com].

The Goth-O-Matic Poetry Generator

Friday, November 25th, 2005

If you are in need of a Goth poem, but are not a Goth, the shadows of despair need not consume your essence any longer: The Goth-O-Matic Poetry Generator. Like Mad Libs, but filled with hopelessness.

complexification

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

The procedural imagery over at complexification.net is most excellent. He builds his toys with Processing. Must investigate further…

I’ve cried enough

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

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I’ve cried enough, originally uploaded by HaMeD!caL.

I am so hooked on flickr, it’s just not funny anymore.
I found the rest of the lyrics to the song here: I’ve Cried Enough. The song appears […]

Digital Camera

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

I’ve started doing some research for my next digital camera. My old Sony Mavica just won’t cut it for me anymore, and the compact flash socket on the other camera, that isn’t mine, has a bent pin. It’s time to find one for me.
I’m not sure yet if I’d prefer something compact, or […]