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Ubuntu 10.04 – Alpha 2

Posted by gammaraptor January - 31 - 2010 - Sunday 2 COMMENTS

I was just messing around yesterday, and I suddenly remembered about ubuntu 10.04. I quickly checked the ubuntu website.

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Photoshop: How to fade one photo into another

Posted by gammaraptor December - 8 - 2009 - Tuesday ADD COMMENTS

I assume everybody knows there is way more than one way to fade objects and layer into each other. Blurring, Filters, Opacity controls, but most importantly, the gradient tool along with the masks. I will be using Photoshop today, but it should be almost the exact same in GIMP.

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Scratch

Posted by gammaraptor November - 27 - 2009 - Friday 1 COMMENT

I suppose you all have wanted to start programming once before. Well, I used to find it extremely frustrating, because I wanted to start making games, not just command line games. Well, I got over that. However, I found a program that allows you to learn some programming concepts and make games at the same time. This brings me to Scratch.

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Intel: Chip in Brain Implants Are The Future?

Posted by gammaraptor November - 21 - 2009 - Saturday 1 COMMENT

Chips in Brains? Could it be true. Some people do believe that in the near future, as close as 2020, we humans could have chips implanted in our brains. Through the chip we could detect brain waves and use it to control things. ‘Mind-manipulation’! Read the rest of this entry »

Be cautious with Ubuntu 9.10…

Posted by gammaraptor November - 5 - 2009 - Thursday 1 COMMENT

OK, I’ve seen that not every computer is working perfectly with Karmic. Including the MSI Wind U100. I tried the netbook remix, but there are a few problems.

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The next Ubuntu shall be 10.04 LTS.

Posted by gammaraptor October - 17 - 2009 - Saturday ADD COMMENTS

Ubuntu’s next release after Karmic will be 10.04 LTS, Lucid Lynx. And once again, it follows the name pattern.

For those of you who have not seen the pattern, let me demonstrate.

Ubuntu 8.04 – Hardy Heron

Ubuntu 8.10 – Intrepid Ibex

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Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Karmic Koala, New Features

Posted by gammaraptor October - 14 - 2009 - Wednesday ADD COMMENTS

I very recently downloaded the beta and tested it out. It was very surprising, I really enjoyed the new login screen and feel. Some real cool changes were:

New Login interface

New Ubuntu Software Center

Update Kernel

As I did not want to list out every one of the features, here is the official technical overview copied directly from the Ubuntu site:

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Rock and Roll updates

Posted by gammaraptor September - 9 - 2009 - Wednesday 2 COMMENTS

Well, the media event is over.

Some of the main features were:

iTunes 9 with springboard oraganizing

3.1 firmware

iPod Nano with Pedometer, Video Cam, FM Tuner

iPod Touch 3G NO CAMERA!?!?!?!?!?

No MAC TABLET

I’m amazed that they actually gave the Nano a camera, but NONE ON THE TOUCH?

Boxheads for iPhone in Development

Posted by gammaraptor August - 22 - 2009 - Saturday 1 COMMENT

Sean T. Cooper, well known for his Boxhead games is now producing a Boxhead game for iPhone with Medl Mobile. There is proof both on Sean’s Twitter and the Medl Mobile site. Here are the pictures for my proof:

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iPod Touch VS Zune HD

Posted by gammaraptor July - 31 - 2009 - Friday 2 COMMENTS

ZuneHDvsipT

Microsoft is rumored to release a new Zune player called the Zune HD in September. So is Apple with the iPod Touch 3G. But as of the moment, I will only compare the Zune HD to the iPod Touch 2G. I may do a full comparison in September. Here is a comparison of the important features, because Microsoft has not released exact specs.

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