Category: Misc

  • Why I’m For Twitter’s 280 Character increase

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    On November 7th, 2017 Twitter announced they were increasing the character limit on tweets from 140 to 280 characters. The internet tends to be resistant to any kind of big changes so not surprisingly a lot of people complained. Personally,  I say that it is about time! Twitter has never been the best place in…

  • How To Use ‘Press This’ On WordPress #bloggingtips

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    Nice How-To article down below when it comes to using the ‘Press This’ button (by hughsviewsandnews.com) Source: How To Use ‘Press This’ On WordPress #bloggingtips

  • Photoshop – Easiest Way to Blend Tutorial

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    Here’s a method I’ve done in Adobe Photoshop that makes blending colors in images easy and looks real nice as well. You are going to use the smudge tool and create a custom brush preset in several steps down below.   Step 1:  Select the Smudge tool and at the menu bar click Window>Brush.  

  • Historical Events Captured on Photo

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    This slideshow video on history is not something I usually do but it’s something I’ve been wanting to put together for sometime. Some of the earliest pictures ever made are fascinating such as the last survivors of the American Revolution for example. Before doing this, I didn’t know any of them lived long enough for…

  • Carrie Fisher

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    If you all remember a few days ago on the news that they said Stars Wars actress Carrie Fisher had suffered a heart attack during a flight? Eventually saying that Fisher was in “stable” condition but unfortunately it was not so stable because she died earlier today. Normally when hearing news of a celeb dying I…

  • Number 1 tip to saving on eBay

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    I didn’t want to spend another $40 on a case, especially for a phone that’s now a backup since I just got the new iPhone 6s Plus. So I start searching around on eBay and immediately found a seller who was asking $12 for it. After digging around, I found another eBayer selling the same case for…