Category: Websites

How To Do Tilt Shift Photography

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 6, 2009

Tilt shift photography is a way to make an image or film look like it’s of a toy miniture or the object is made of plastic — just by adjusting the focus used by the camera.

You can use a special tilt shift lens on your SLR camera, or you can manipulate the image digitally with Photoshop to change the focus to a much narrower frame of reference. Doing so makes the image appear much further away in the shot than it actually is.

You may have already seen some examples of tilt shift photography without even realizing it. Joss Whedon’s TV show DOLLHOUSE uses tilt shift photography in its opening credit sequence, seen here:

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How to Easily Change your Maiden Name

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 1, 2009

You’re getting married this month, but haven’t given a thought to what you’re going to about your name.

Do you have the paperwork? Do you even know what to do?

Some friends from Canada have setup a service where they will handle most of the heavy lifting for you: I’M A MRS. For a small fee, they will provide you with a package containing all government forms, including forms for passport, SSN, voter registration, driver’s license, and more. For a few dollars more, you’ll also be able to access information that would cover many of your financial contacts: retail credit cards, utilities, insurance, etc.

While this service currently only services Canada, they are expecting to expand into the US soon (if they haven’t done so already by the time you read this).

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How to Repair Your Guitar Hero Instruments

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 30, 2009

Has your inner-Rock Band Guitar Hero been sidelined by breakdowns in inferior plastic equipment?

Are your drum fills losing the star power you once had? Is your guitar’s whammy bar a little less…. whammy?

Josh Straub has the answers for you with his ULTIMATE GUITAR HERO INSTRUMENT PHOTO REPAIR GUIDE.

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Celebrity Twitter Accounts

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 28, 2009

The 2009 WEBBY AWARDS nominations have been announced, showcasing the very best ideas and website executions. The Webbies will be presented on June 8th.

One of the nominations in the Celebrity/Fan category is CELEBRITY TWEET.

Celebrity Tweet is a directory of verified celebrity Twitter accounts that you can follow if you choose to do so.

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Funny Games Websites

Game: Broken Picture Telephone

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 22, 2009

BROKEN PICTURE TELEPHONE is a free web-based party game, a variation of the old “Telephone” game you played as kids at a 5-year-old’s birthday party at Shakey’s Pizza back in the day.

The Telephone Game was where everyone would sit around the table, and the first person would come up with some silly tongue twister or crazy saying. They would then whisper the phrase to the person next to them, who would then have to whisper it to the person next to them, and so on and so on until the last person says whatever was whispered to them. The hope is that the original phrase will make it around the table intact, but it never seemed to work out that way.

Broken Picture Telephone (aka “BPT”) is sort of like that, but with a twist:

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food News Websites

Daughter Breastfeeds Her Own Father

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 22, 2009

New Idea magazine has an article about an Australian family where THE DAUGHTER BREASTFEEDS HER FATHER.

It may sound a bit unusual, but she has a legitimate reason to do so.

27-year-old Georgia Brown has two mouths to feed: her own eight-month-old son, and her 67-year-old father, Tim.

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Playboy’s List of Top Party Schools 2009

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 19, 2009

Playboy has released their list of the TOP 10 PARTY SCHOOLS FOR 2009:

University of Miami
University of Texas as Austin
San Diego State University
University of Florida
University of Arizona
University of Wisconsin
University of Georgia
Louisiana State University
University of Iowa
West Virginia University

The criteria they used was based on 5 different categories, each worth 20 points total. The ultimate party school would, in theory, top the list at 100 total points.

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How to Find an Internship or Job, Off-the-Beaten-Path

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 13, 2009

One common conversation topic I find myself having with my unemployed friends is that – after they’ve been unemployed for an extended period of time – they are willing to try anything, even if it means switching career paths. And frankly, some are using their job hunt time to switch to a career that they’ve always wanted to try.

But if you are out of the college market, what are some ways to discover new, interesting internships that aren’t necessarily in your own field of experience? Sure, you could check the want-ads in the newspaper, but why not check out an intern-specific website like ONE DAY ONE INTERNSHIP?

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