James Brown, the legendary R&B belter, a singer and songwriter who created a foundation for funk and provided the roots of rap, a man of many nicknames but a talent that can only be described as one of a kind, is dead. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

Hundreds of orange-handled scissors, hopping around on city streets and leaping up to devour consumers' credit cards, as part of an effort to get them to switch to the friendlier Discover Card. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

While Kevin Federline was plugging his new CD in Toronto, his wife was filing for divorce.

Spears filed papers Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court citing “irreconcilable differences." picked by halvarado 3 years ago

"I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member or American who was offended," picked by halvarado 3 years ago

A firefighter is clinging to life and the wildfire that killed four of his colleagues has doubled in size near Palm Springs, California. Fire officials blame an arsonist. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

Hey if you win the grand daddy of prizes you could go to Rome! picked by halvarado 3 years ago

North Korea will consider any increased pressure from the United States as "a declaration of a war," a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday, according to South Korea's official news agency. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

I just have stunned silence about such things.... picked by halvarado 3 years ago

made of real wood...
I love the creativity coming out for everyday items. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

Little bit creepy but would make a great gift for that person who is a bit of a geek and loves sushi! picked by halvarado 3 years ago

Fun and functional!

AND you can stack and play with them! picked by halvarado 3 years ago

I really enjoyed the days I spent in Sept and learned some new things and found ways to bring life back to old tricks I had forgotten.

Well worth it if you have the means to go! picked by halvarado 3 years ago

Adobe® Illustrator® Techniques' subscriber-only community supplements your learning with exclusive online content, video tutorials from the industry's leading instructors, downloads, your own gallery and user forums created around a community dedicated to Illustrator. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

Americans Andrew Fire and Craig Mello won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for discovering a powerful way to turn off the effect of specific genes, opening a new avenue for disease treatment. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Internet search leader Google Inc. has added a landmark to its rapidly expanding empire -- the Silicon Valley home where co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight years ago as they set out to change the world. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- Two schools were locked down Monday while police searched for a teenager who had been spotted on a high school campus with a gun, authorities said. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

A lone gunman burst into an Amish school where he bound female students and shot them execution style in the head, Pennsylvania Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller said. He said three students were killed at the scene. The coroner said six people had died from injuries. Miller said boys and a pregnant woman were allowed to leave before the gunman opened fire. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

A GUNMAN holding students hostage at a high school in a small mountain town near Denver fatally shot a teenage girl. He then killed himself as SWAT members burst into the room where he was holed up, police said. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

"I have used an earlier version of this at work - it is fantastic for creating training videos!" Adobe® Captivate™ 2 software enables anyone to rapidly create powerful and engaging simulations, software demonstrations, and scenario-based training without programming knowledge or multimedia skills. Based on the industry-leading Adobe Flash® platform, Adobe Captivate 2 aut... read full post picked by halvarado 3 years ago

For those who are not into the full version Elements is upgraded! picked by halvarado 3 years ago

The concept here is simple, this is a humor-oriented interactive website. You request an emotion (or reasonable facsimile), and I will try and act it out for you. The frame on the left shows the currently filled emotions. The list in the right frame shows requests that are waiting to be filled. Sure, so some of these may not be emotions per se, we're just having fun here. So what are you waiting f... read full post picked by halvarado 3 years ago

Welcome to the official site of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). We deliver the equivalent to dozens of magazines on our members-only web site, we help thousands of Photoshop users with their specific questions via our online Help Desk, we conduct four days worth of classes, twice each year at our Photoshop World Conference and Expo, and we arrange for our members to ge... read full post picked by halvarado 3 years ago

As you may know, you can order an iPod from the Apple Store with a custom, laser-engraved message. However, not everything gets engraved. Apple has been rejecting some messages for editorial reasons.

The following is a collection of engravings that were actually rejected by Apple, and some that probably should have been. Enjoy! picked by halvarado 3 years ago

Shows tips and tricks on how to use photoshop. Watch either in Flash, or as a MP4 download on your newfangled gizmo of choice. Looks fun, and doesn’t cost anything. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

Adobe has released Adobe Lightroom Beta 4 for Macintosh and Windows, and is available for download ! picked by halvarado 3 years ago