Photoshop Vector Elipses March 30 2006
I just learned a little trick from Miro on how to create lovely ellipses with a nice thick border in Photoshop.
Here are the steps :
1. Create a new fill layer (Layers -> New Fill Layer)
2. Change the opacity of the fill layer so you can see everything in the background (50% should do)
3. Select the Ellipse tool from the Vector Tool Basket
4. Create a perfect circle (Hold Shift while drawing)
5. Select and copy and paste the path (you won’t see the new path but it’ll be there and selected)
6. Transform the path (Ctrl-T) and use specific measures (e.g. H: 80%, …
Google: Where are you? March 18 2006
I’m sure most web savvy people have Googled themselves before. But for those that have not, perhaps its worth a shot.
Here are my results for this blog:
Norvin Eitzen: Rank #1 / 283 (0.003533)
Norvin: Rank #23 / 69,300 (0.00033189)
Eitzen: Rank #179 / 317,000 (0.00056466)
Granted I do have an unusual name, however results are all relative to the size of the search space. Based on the above results, for the most general term “Norvin” is doing much better than “Eitzen”
Capsaicin Makes Cancer Commit Suicide
Researchers have found that Capaicin, an alkaloid found in chilli peppers, causes prostate cancer cells to kill themselves.
Don’t believe me? Read this:
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/120/113588?src=rss_cancer
Make sure your next curry is a spicy one!
The GE Acquisition of ZENON Environmental March 17 2006
As many of you probably already know, GE (General Electric) has made a bid to purchase ZENON Envionmental this week for $24 USD a share. This works out to be about $656 million USD. This is not a done deal yet as the shareholders have the final say.
If you would like to learn more about this, please read the following press release : http://www.zenon.com/newsroom/press_releases/2006/03142006.shtml
The Google Machine March 11 2006
I have just discovered some papers written on Google system architecture which I though I would post for all to enjoy.
1. The Google File System
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/sosp2003/papers/p125-ghemawat.pdf
2. The Google Cluster Architecture
http://www.search3w.com/Siteresources/data/MediaArchive/files/Google%2015000%20servers%20secrest.pdf
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