It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve finally created my ultimate free software tools list.  Before it was a pathetic page, always a ghost of what it could be.  Now, since I’ve recently upgraded my computer setup, I’ve had a lot of time to refine a perfect setup.
Check out my Free Software Tools page. 

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While coming back from our two-week train trip around Japan, Juri and I stopped in Shimokitazawa before heading back to Juri’s parents house. The reason we stopped? Before we left the states, I sent out a cold email to author and instructor Tony Mullen. He wrote an instructional book on my favorite […]

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Optics is a field I read on occasionally, mostly through more mainstream articles. I find it fascinating and the technology gains from new discoveries have a large payoff in terms societal and world benefits. I follow particularly the advancements in cameras, but any one invention can lead to many other uses in areas […]

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The crowd had gathered in what they called an auditorium, but really was just a medium size room with a small stage, barely enough to fit the projector screen inside of it, and some light cans. I don’t mean to belittle the campus, but it was more like half a basketball court than auditorium. […]

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I got silly, I’ll admit. I sat out front of the Target Store on the opening day of the Nintendo Wii sales. I got my Wii the first day it came out. I fell victim to all the internet buzz. I haven’t owned a game system since I was about […]

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Home users and soccer moms can create 3D graphics. And the use and creation of 3D is going to grow exponentially in 2007 all because of Google and the Blender Foundation. People are intimidated by 3D. I know because I’m intimidated by it and I’ve been doing it for quite some time. […]

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A book is never the labor of just one person. In my case our Adobe Creative Suite 2 book was written by several extremely talented people with a wide range of experiences. I appreciate their contributions immensely. The book officially released in September 2005. Sadly though, one of my co-authors named Carla Rose passed […]

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Tonight in the citizen’s police academy, we got a visit from the crime scene investigators and the fingerprinting experts. They will use Photoshop to enhance the image so they can recover a print. Some were asking that since there is a comparison database available, is the job of the fingerprint identifier in jeopardy.  Not likely, […]

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The latest release and beta of the page layout program Scribus, is now available for Windows and Mac. This former Linux program is open source and has really made some improvements. I’ve been tinkering with the program on XP and it renders well, in my opinion more pretty than quark and pagemaker. I was trying […]

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My co-worker needed some logos for a project. Some of those famous logos that reflect a well ingrained brand, such as well, I don’t need to mention any without some paid website advertising. Anyway, if you ever need some logos for a slideshow or to make a point, or a mockup ad or if you […]

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