Even Google is not secure from the downturns on the economy. This week it announced the discontinuation of its virtual world service called Lively. Lively was launched with a lot of fanfare earlier this month, but quickly lost traction with the crowd. I personally only checked it out once. Google does give a reason for why it is shutting down the service on its own blog here. Here’s the gist of this reason:
If the answer for this question is yes, then you are in luck. Of course, you would need to have a lot of money. Emirates has announced that it has made available two shower Spas on board their A380 planes (of course there is some time before you see these giants in the air yet). This facility is available for first class passengers. Just like a real spa, you will need to make appointments ahead of time so that your spa session can be prepared by dedicated personnel.
Personally, I think this is whacky. Although, I also think that if I had the money, I would go for it. Incidentally, I wonder if this increases the price of the first class ticket. I mean carrying so much water has got to have its cost associated with it. Here’s a picture, and you can click on it to visit the Emirates site where they have more pictures and videos of this facility:
FireFox has always been a browser for me. Sure, it’s got a a lot of nice plug-ins which extend it’s functionality, but more often than not these plug-ins are usually enhancing my browsing experience. That was until now. In the pat 3-4 days, I have come across two ‘add-ins’ which take this to a different level altogether. One of them is called S3Fox, which is an application that lets you manage your Amazon S3 account, but it’s not a stand alone application. The other one is the one this post is all about. It’s called Pencil.
When it comes to recording what is going on your screen, TechSmith is by far the leader – be it Screen Capture (through SnagIt) or Screen Recording (through Camtasia). However, these tools cost money. And since I am always trying to help people who don’t really need ALL the features of the paid software (only some) and don’t want to spend the money to pay for the software, I present two free alternatives to Camtasia (neither comes close to the feature set that Camtasia offers).
As real as the graphics in GTAIV get, it is still a game. Nico Bellic is still a character in a video game and not a real life person. But that changed last month when magic-man pixeloo brought Nico to life. This guy is seriously magic with Photoshop. He created Jessica Rabbit – more beautiful in real life than ever. He worked his magic on Stewie Griffin. And now he is got one of the most popular characters of modern times to come alive.
Are you a big artist type, with art flowing through your veins? Well, this is not for you then. But are you someone who wished they could draw something sensible by putting pencil to paper, or brush to canvas? Then read on because this neat website may be able to whet your appetite a little.
Introducing Mr. Picassohead – a tool that will make Picasso’s out of us all (well, maybe not, but we can still try). This painting on the left was made using Mr. Picassohead. What Mr. P offers is a flash based editor which allows you to choose from a number of different shapes to paint with. It allows you to get as creative as you can get with a finite set of tools which offer an infinite set of combinations.
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