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This is mainly information for me, because i keep forgetting the best settings to use to print my transparencies. here’s a part of the design in question that was being printed out. 1. i designed it in illustrator CS4. There is probably a way to do this in illustrator, but i’m not sure how, so [...]

Update at bottom our story begins as most tragedies do, with a craigslist ad. the protagonist (me) sets the stage for failure with a simple email. we’re introduced to the antagonist (shawn) in his natural habitat. a simple, non-threatening email, begins this corespondance well enough. No gross spelling errors. (only one by my count – which [...]

So you might be checking out the job section of craigslist for your local area and come across one that seems promising, you think: “Hey i can do that, it would only take me a couple of minutes, might make some quick money” And then you contact them. there are a couple of things that [...]

step 1: log into facebook if you aren’t already. Step 2: go to: facebook.com/username (You will see a page like the one below) Step 3: Click "set a username" for your Pages. Step 4: choose which page you want to set the username for: If it is not eligible to choose a username, then you [...]

Ok, so you have a crappy powerpoint, or word document embedded on blog, because that web designer of yours insisted on you using wordpress for your website. He went on and on about "how easy it would be to work with it." BUT now that you’ve got your document embedded,  somebody called you and said: [...]

why should i use dropbox?

March 22nd, 2010

So this designer friend of mine said that he shared a folder with me via dropbox.com  (Come on, use the referal link if you’re going to click, it’s the least you could do… freeloader.) question: Why should i sign up for another service? answer: Because you’re paying that designer for something… or if you’re not, [...]

defining and using custom patterns in Photoshop I’m using Photoshop CS4, but this works with several versions as well. step 1: Open whatever you want to use to make the pattern,   step 2: Copy and Paste that design into a new  document, Black and white, or transparent backgrounds work the best. step 3: Select [...]

i just recently started using Microsoft Windows Live Writer for posting to my self-hosted wordpress website (running 2.91) and i love it, if you post info to a blog then you should try out this program, below is a video of me adding a post to my website with live writer. (Scroll down / push [...]

Entourage X pop 3 access for google apps 1. Enable POP in Gmail. 2. Open Entourage. 3. Click ‘Tools,’ and select ‘Account Settings…’ 4. Click ‘New.’ (If you receive the ‘Account Setup Assistant,’ click ‘Configure account manually.’) 5. Select ‘POP’ next to ‘Account type:,’ and click ‘OK.’ 6. Enter a name for your new account [...]

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