If you’re interested in a super-slick way to browse images (on Flickr, Google Image Search, Picasa, Facebook or any of almost 20 different sites), and you’re using Firefox (Windows/Mac), Safari or even IE, then check out Piclens.
On my XP machine at work I’ve installed the Piclens add-on for FF3 (there’s one for FF2 as well […]
Score one for free software today, at least in my personal space.
I had a set of shop drawings come in from a client. These were large format (24″x36″) TIF files at 200dpi. My task was to add a few items to each digital image and send them back. This included a digitized version of our […]
I just read an excellent post by LaurenMarie over at Creative Curio about using shape in graphic design. An added bonus was her posting of this wonderful (and award-winning) design which I think is clever, attractive and unique… much like me - har har har:
This is the kind of stuff that inspires me to fiddle […]
Episode 057 is now up over on Screencasters. This one took more than a few takes. But I finally got something presentable.
Jon Phillips has an excellent Inkscape 0.46 related post on his blog. It outlines some of the new and neat features of Inkscape 0.46, complete with screenshots. If you were wondering what kinds of new things are available, then make sure you check it out.
The path tweaking effects in the first screenshot in his post […]
Inkscape version 0.46 is now out. Anybody who reads this blog with any regularity will know that I am a huge Inkscape fan. I think they have packages available for Gutsy right now, with other versions (including the windows installer files) probably arriving shortly.
I’ve played around a bit with nightly build pre-release versions of 0.46 […]
I suppose it’s cliche to say ‘I never win anything’. But by and large that is true for me. However, this week has been doubly good for me.
First, I arrived back home from vacation to find a nice shiny copy of Linux Journal in my mailbox. I won a subscription (as did Mr. Heathenx and […]
I’m happy to report that I can now complete the trilogy of posts on browser font rendering on an upbeat note. After complaining about Firefox’s font rendering on my Ubuntu Linux machine, and the magical disappearance of fattened-up fonts in Flock, I’ve finally found the solution. And no, it’s not buying a Mac… Sorry Earl. […]
Okay. I am thoroughly perplexed now.
Opening up Flock tonight, something seemed a little strange. The fonts in my Gmail and GReader appeared thinner and lighter than I’m used to. This suprised me enough that I had to double-check that I hadn’t launched Firefox instead (it is late y’know).
Lo and behold the fonts in Flock are […]
I’ve just uploaded Episode 054. This must be a record for me, because normally I’ve been a month between screencasts. Must be getting bored in my old age. More on that tomorrow.