WTF? Welcome to the 5th Reincarnation of Novus.Volce, the blog of Jonathan Solichin. a blog about life, technology, philosophy, and everything in between. Occasionaly, some review. Enjoy your stay!

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February 22, 2009

REVIEW: Koss SportaPro

PortaPro's little brother

PortaPro's little brother

Although I love my in ear Skullcandy Ink’d Smokin Buds, they are quite a fragile thing. Almost everyone I know that has bought them has bought more than one pair because they had broken their first pair. After about one and a half year of using it almost everyday, mine finally broke. So as I was in the market to get some new buds, I decided to get a portable headphone instead of an iem (in-ear monitor, eg. smokin buds). My choice was the Koss SportaPro portable headphones. It retails at $30, but can be easily bought for around $20.

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Popularity: 27% [?]

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January 24, 2009

Laptop Touchpad as HotKey and Scroller

Synaptic Touchpad

Synaptic Touchpad

Did you know most, if not all, (PC) laptop on the market with a Touchpad has the ability to launch program, scroll, and manipulate windows like minimize and maximize? It’s not really a Touchpad hack per se because it actually comes with your laptop. This is true because most laptop these days uses a Synaptics Touchpad. Even if your laptop doesn’t have those special scroller marking, your laptop’s Touchpad can still scroll! On top of that you can also play the drum, theremin and more on your Touchpad. All this is just hidden under the control panel.

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Popularity: 35% [?]

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December 31, 2008

Happy New Year!

byVolce the online portfolio of Jonathan Solichin

byVolce the online portfolio of Jonathan Solichin

It has been a cool 2008, and it’s now time to join 2009 and all it has to offer. My resolution this year is to “Carpe Diem” or seize the day. No matter how cliche it is, I think it is a great goal. A big one indeed, but as I came to realize, most of the things we regret is the things we didn’t do. Few things we regret because it was done. And also, with this new beginning I decided to revamp my parent domain (byvolce.com) and actually make a portfolio instead of a bunch of links that it currently is. I hope you like it.

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December 25, 2008

How to create a 3d styled graphic in Photoshop

How to create a 3d styled graphic in Photoshop

How to create a 3d styled graphic in Photoshop

In the season of giving, I would like to share with you this Photoshop tutorial I made. I hope you have a Happy Holiday!

A while ago I saw a cool illustration made by Adam Woodhouse and I was inspired to take a crack at something similar. I hope the tutorial will teach you to mimick the 3d style using only photoshop. This will be especially useful for people who don’t have a special 3d program. We will be using a lot of clipping mask and creativity. (more…)

Popularity: 37% [?]

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December 10, 2008

The Gift of Knowledge GIVEaway

TheGiftofKnowledge Tutorial9

It’s been a while since I posted here, I just wanted to remind you guys I’m still alive (by I I mean the blog)(yes I am alive as well too)! What better way to remind you that I am alive than reminding you there are many children out there still alive as well. Many more unfortunate and living on the edge of life.

In this season of giving, Tutorial9 is holding a contest to give back. And not just for the children, but you can also get something in return. They are holding a contest called “The Gift of Knowledge” held until February 1st 2009. So you still have plenty of time to enter. (more…)

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