Free Lockerz invite. In case you didn’t know lockerz is a site where you accumulate points, by answering questions of the day and by getting people to join the site, to get free stuff like macbooks, ipods, make up etc.. Lockerz is invite only. Hit me up on contacts or just comment on this for an invite.

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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…)

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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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So yesterday I turned 15. My life hasn’t been all that bad so far. I’ve learned many things along the way. So today, I would like to share with you what I’ve learned in my short life so far. And since I am a high school student, my goal is to fit in. In other words, be cool. So alternately I could’ve titled this, “How to be cool”. Just kidding. But I hope you can take away something from this. So here we go.
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“April Fool’s day is a long and sacred tradition in Norway. It’s true. They’ve been celebrating it for a long time. Although some argues that this is only a myth, it is not. In 2001, Mazer Reckham, uncovered writings in Norway that recorded a giant prank done to the king of Norway for his birthday. As a result, it became a tradition for them to create a prank every year on the king’s birthday, April 1st. [Citation Needed]“

Well go on and share your new found knowledge. Have a case of the Dunning-Kruger syndrome. Happy Pranking

Sorry about the lateness, my Wordpress seems to be set in the wrong time. But here it is.

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After a long hiatus, Avalonstar finally returns. Fellow designers rejoice! Or at least I did. The new design is simply great and is filled with eye candy. Talk about sensory overload. So much attention to detail! I hope one day I can be as good as Bryan. Well enough about my ranting, check it out

It’s been 7 years, 5 months and 23 days. Never have I felt so drained after preparing a website for this domain before, but this really brings light to the phrase, “you get what you put in.” I’ve had long hiatuses before. However, none have seemed as long or drawn out as this one, and with this post and this new design I am proud to put an end to it. So, let’s start at the top shall we? I’m sure you’d like to know a little more about the 25th version of Avalonstar I call Distortion.

Project Distortion’s formation was fueled sheer anger I had towards the last version of the namesake, which ironically, has found its way off the internet. You’ll hear it straight from the Filipino’s mouth—that version was a copout…

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While in the search for the best IM client out there, I was tipped off on this new one, Imo. So new it is still in its alpha stage. But don’t let the blatant alpha tag fool you, this thing got potential. By the way you multi-service user will be happy to know this thing includes, yahoo, msn, and google talk. It also allows yahoo partners service (I.E SBCGlobal) unlike some client. Did I mention this web-app has video chatting??

The Interface

Starting off, they have a pretty clean interface. I would say it look very much like a Google product. Its baby bluish theme, rounded corners just reminds me of Google. It even has the Google styled “loading…” in the top corner when it’s loading, albeit this one is red. Which puzzles me because it’s the only red thing. And in my opinion doesn’t fit the color scheme. I’m not saying its bad by any means. Not my favorite, but it can be work on.

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New

Hey all (xx,xxx unique IP addresses as of right now)! I’m the new kid/man on the block. Working as an unpaid writer on Jon’s site, I feel like a sweatshop worker, but now I know never to trust gits with cameras and sexy hair. Then again, I volunteered so it ain’t really his fault. Being new here, I don’t really know what to do, but I do have some basic guidelines given to me by my slave driver. Rule 1: No pr0n. Rule 2: No pr0n. Rule 3: No pr0n. Sorry, I can’t really remember much else besides those.

Other notes, I’m pretty sure I’m not your “mate”, Jonny-boi. and I am not just your “average computer geek with a side of airsoft”. That’s about as b0r1ng as a plate of dead rats served up with a side of bird feces. [on second thought, that's quite interesting...] Point is, there’s many other things to do in my life ’sides those two main hobbies. 53m1 ftw. now go enjoy life. We’ll be back with extreme underwater basketweaving (and some writing), right after these commercials!!!!!!!!

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So yesterday I got a letter from digsby who nicely gave me an invitation to their brand spanking new free instant message + social network + email client. Is it just me or does it remind you of when Jobs introduced the iphone. Let’s see how this baby run. Hopefully this can replace the need for Thunderbird, and my previous client Trillian. By the way, if you didn’t get the memo, I have invitations just for you guys. Just use the code “53m1″.

The First Run

When you first start the software you are greeted with a rather mundane window, or at least I think so. It looks like any other window “window”. Although this allows it to blend nicely with whatever theme you have on your “windows”. Yes this is a window only thing. Of course, digsby has the ability to skin it self. So I went ahead and browsed to their list of skin. They separated the “chat window” and the actual buddy list window. That being said, the chat window had plenty of skin while the actual buddy list window only had 2. Although in each skin they have many variation, mostly being color changes. Right now I don’t see the ability to create my own skin. Other than the eye candy, the client as a whole is functional. Although, If you have a lot of e-mail and Facebook account like me, it can fill up a nice amount of the buddy list window. So far I haven’t found the ability to hide the list. I don’t think it is necessary to see it all the time. In my opinion it’s only needed when you have received a new email.

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Get your own digsby. What’s digsby you ask?

digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list.

digsby is an email notification tool that alerts you of new email and lets you perform actions such as ‘Delete’ or ‘Report Spam’ with just one click.

digsby is a social networking tool that alerts you of events like new messages and gives you a live Newsfeed of what your friends are up to.

Invitation code: 53m1

Review to come soon

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