I’ve created yet another screencast (with yet another cobbled together sucky intro). This time I’ve shown how to use Inkscape to create a ‘polaroid pin-up’ effect with a photo. Hopefully somebody will find it useful and enjoy it.
Now that I’ve got a little more of the Inkscapy-ness out of my system, I might actually get […]

I finally managed to find some time and figured out some (very) rudimentary video and audio editing skills so I put together my 5th Inkscape screencast. A few weeks back I read a post at instructables.com which described how to create a 3D effect with your photos using the GIMP or Photoshop. Naturally I thought […]

You may or may not find this video funny. Personally, my ribs were absolutely aching after about 4 minutes.
Perl Scripting With Vista Speech RecognitionI’ve always considered myself to be a patient person. But for me, the test would have been over within about 20 seconds…
“Delete lower case open the helpful…”

About two weeks ago, right around the launch of Vista, I had a few conversations with various colleagues here at work about Microsoft’s new product. This gave me the opportunity to let them know that I was running “something called Linux” at home. And while they might have heard the term “Linux” before, they sure […]

I listened to an inspiring keynote yesterday by the FSF’s General Counsel Eben Moglen. The recording is from the O’Reilly Open Source Conference. This is one of the best talks I’ve heard regarding the state of open source and licensing (or any other subject for that matter).
Besides being about a subject that fascinates me, I […]

I’ve noticed a nice large bump in traffic to the site over the last day and a half. A quick check of the site stats indicates that it’s all down to a quick mention on the inkscape.org page in the news section. Thanks guys!
If you’re coming here from there, take a look around and you […]

I received a comment from Scott earlier today on a post I did about a month ago that dealt with creating shiny black buttons with Inkscape. I thought about answering in the comments and quickly realized that maybe it should be done in a separate blog post so I could include some screenshots to describe […]

It’s amazing how many people are getting sick around here these days. Both at work and at home I’ve watched people suffering with the flu, colds, pinkeye, and now I end up with a top-notch, Grade A ear infection. It’s so easy to forget how much a throbbing earache can stand in the way of […]

From the “Why hasn’t this been done before?” file…
If you’re a fan of the GIMP image editing program, you might want to check out Gimparoo! which, besides having an ultra-cool name, is a new blog dedicated to “Adapting Photoshop tutorials for The GIMP”. I found it via the Ubuntu Blog. He’s currently basking in his […]

People who know me say I have the knack. Do you?