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How To: Engraved Text Effect in Photoshop

by Billy July 28, 2010

A simple effect, yet, an eye catching and appealing effect is easily done in Photoshop with a couple live effects. There are two types of engraved text, I’m going to show you both. First open up a blank image, in this case I went with 500×200 because that is the size of my post images. [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

by Billy July 25, 2010

Cool YouTube, Thanks a lot. Only 0% of my subscribers are able to see this video. http://twitpic.com/28oq3f # New video: MW2 EasyCap test. http://bit.ly/c3CHYx # I uploaded a YouTube video — Monaco Solar Battery Pack Unboxing and First Thoughts http://youtu.be/gyu1nSw2Wlw?a # New video coming later today when I get home from work # WTF happened? [...]

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EasyCap Test and First Thoughts

by Billy July 24, 2010

For only $10 I was able to order the EasyCap off of Amazon.com. No this isn’t an HD PVR but, it gets the job done. The EasyCap allows me to play Xbox on my TV while recording on my Mac. Obviously because I am recording in standard definition its not the best quality but its [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

by Billy July 18, 2010

@DylanMitchell92 I asked them if they wanted some free advertisement because they have sent around $200 worth of stuff to me to review in reply to DylanMitchell92 # Home again, cape cod was great. So thankful my grandfather has a house up there, been going there all my life. # or is it "on" cape [...]

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Monaco Solar-Powered Battery Pack Unboxing and First Thoughts

by Billy July 15, 2010

Sean over at WirelessGround.com was nice enough to send me a solar powered mobile charger. If you would like to purchase any mobile accessories head over to WirelessGround.com! The solar charger comes with a wall USB power adapter, the solar charger itself, a Mini USB to USB cable, and a USB to micro/mini USB adapter. [...]

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How To: Make A Page Curl Effect In Photoshop

by Billy July 13, 2010

Creating a realistic page curl effect is very easy but, requires patients. To start, lets add a picture into photoshop; in this case I am using Photoshop CS5. This is done by a few easy steps and a couple styling techniques. Once the picture has been added, unlock the background by double clicking the lock, [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

by Billy July 11, 2010

@DylanMitchell92 Great!!! in reply to DylanMitchell92 # Just made this wallpaper in like 2 minutes, what do you guys think? http://twitpic.com/24j0wm # @DylanMitchell92 how ironic, the dudes are the weaker ones lol in reply to DylanMitchell92 # soccer players are such pussys!!!! That smallest tap and they go down screaming! # I want to start [...]

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Audio Technica AT2020 USB Microphone

by Billy July 9, 2010

Today I went to Guitar Center and picked up the Audio Technica AT2020 in hopes of great audio quality. During my tests, the microphone was phenomenal! The AT2020 will run you $150 at Guitar Center but I was able to snag it for $130. I got this microphone mainly for the purpose of high quality [...]

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How To: Auto Resize PostImages In Thesis

by Billy July 6, 2010

You probably just downloaded thesis and your wondering, “Why the heck is my post image taking over my entire blog!?”. This is because by default Thesis auto resizes and crops the thumbnail image only (when you leave the thumbnail field blank). Thesis expects you to upload the perfect size image but, if you plan on [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-05

by Billy July 5, 2010

@pirategrayson Thanks for giving my blog a shout out! May I ask how you found it? in reply to pirategrayson # Leaving tomorrow for rhode island for a Lacrosse recruiting camp. I'll be gone all week which means no tweets, videos or posts. # @Jon4Lakers great idea branding that video in reply to Jon4Lakers # [...]

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