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Surf Sunday :: Design Software

Surf Sunday :: Design Software

The problem with most commercial design software is too expensive. There are alternatives to all those packages. These are divided into categories: Image Editing Illustration Authoring Tools Animation 3D / CAD Flash Tools Image Editing GIMP – is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. Picasa – is a free software download from Google that helps you to locate and organise all the photos on your computer, edit and add effects to your...

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Need Shingles?

I am not talking about a horribly painful rash on your body. It is about using something we recycle already. I totally wish I had something to build.

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Internet Dependencies

Here are the software that we use constantly Skype http://www.skype.com Twitter http://www.twitter.com Grand Central http://www.grandcentral.com Google Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/ We share our calendar with our family and friends Where we get most of our news/entertainment: Digg http://www.digg.com Hulu http://www.hulu.com Fark http://www.fark.com What is Skype? It is VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol – basically talking while on the internet). It is free to make calls to other people who have Skype. But for only $3/month ($36/year) you can make as many calls you want with Skype Pro. I also have my own number (SkypeIn) which costs $24/year with a purchase of...

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Socialthing! :: A Review

Socialthing! :: A Review

I am on Twitter, Facebook, My Space, Friendster, and many more social sites. Why? Coming from a large family and with my close friends becoming more computer literate and each are using various software. Everyone has their choice of program and I blog it all. So, with new instant social updating software like Twitter and additional API within most social sites, each application needs their own special download, interface and coding. Now there is Socialthing! a Boulder, CO based company that is finding new ways to interact with your friends online. This was introduced at SXSW and is slowly...

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