Exposé Disable script featured on Softpedia!

My Exposé Disable applescript for Mac OS X has been included in software omnibus Softpedia! No more futzing around with behind-the-scenes commands to quickly disable Exposé‘s hot corners when playing games. Apparently came in handy for someone at Softpedia who took the time to create a nice description and submit it!

Check it out my Exposé Disable applecripts on Softpedia

DON'T Draw Muhammad Day

There is a movement of people online that are seeking to have as many drawings and likenesses of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, rendered on May 20th, 2010 as possible. This is in response to the recent alteration of a South Park episode depicting their prophet, as well as to the fatwa (religious edict) mandating the death of the Danish cartoonists who made the Jyllands-Posten depictions of Muhammad. In Islam, an likeness of the Prophet Muhammad is expressly forbidden.

Although I certainly do not approve of the edict rendered or the political pressure exerted by Islamists to redact an adult-oriented cartoon, I cannot condone this movement to deliberately offend the Islamic culture and religion.

TanKCR's Design Contest

A friend of mine has put together a digital art contest that can net you some around-the-town advertising. Briefly, the winning graphic design, incorporating the airbrush artist Adam Tash’s website URL will be air-brushed onto a white Hyundai Sonata. Read the details for rules, terms, and conditions…

Messing around with digital painting

The recent arrival of Corel Painter 11 inspired me to fire up my dusty, unused copy of Painter X and have a go at it. Recently I’ve been devouring watercolor tutorials and feel a general sense of renewed vigor for artwork in traditional media. This is a big departure for me, stepping away from the lavish accouterments of Photoshop with its fancy layer-styles and vector tools.

5 Minutes with Sugar (OLPC Desktop)

Had the opportunity to try out Sugar Labs Sugar Sugar environment for the One Laptop Per Child program. It’s a simple educationally-oriented desktop now easily installed on a USB thumb-drive . My take? Alright for kids in a group, but too limited for students above elementary school.