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    Music Beta, I'm pretty impressed.

    I live in the San Francisco Bay area, and this week was Google I/O at the Moscone Center. If you haven't had a chance to see these two overviews movies from Google, they are pretty impressive. One of the big things for me was Music Beta. Anyone know where I can get an invite ;)
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    Finally decided on my next Android phone :D

    Ok... so I have had my G1 since day 1... or maybe week 1. At some point I bought an extended battery and the cover broke and I have it taped to the phone. See :) It has had more firmware versions on it than there are Android phones, and I think this baby is ready to retire. I have been...
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    127lbs and growing

    Here is a recent pic of my big baby. 22 months, 127lbs and still growing....a max size of about 160lbs expected. Knock before you come in to my house ;)
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    The latest addition to my household

    His real name is unknown, so we haven't decided what to call him yet. We rescued him from the local pound/rescue center. Sometimes, very sadly, here in the USA there are many homeless and abandoned animals. Because of this, when there are just too many to keep... many of these animals are put to...
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    [SHOW-OFF] Artwork-Design

    Here is a new thread and sticky to show off your own talents, this could be drawing, painting, Photoshop, 3D or anything else creative you have done that belongs in this section. I'll start it off with a few pieces of my own first... to get the ball rolling ;) And a shameful self promotion...
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    A better Graphics and Eyecandy section... What are your thoughts?

    Hi everyone.. I have been somewhat absent from this section lately as life has been very busy (In a good way) but I would like to get back on track and continue to spice this section up, so I would really love to hear some of your ideas. It would be great if we could make a group effort to...
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    PC Peripherals Another HTPC thread. This is what I have come up with.. what do you guys think?

    The idea was for relatively low wattage and quiet. I have the whole setup priced at around $650.00 shipped including tax AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD nMEDIAPC Black Aluminum / Steel HTPC 2000B ATX Media...
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    Avatar - A great movie or a great waste of 200 mill

    There has been a lot of hype about James Cameron's Avatar, and I am one of the many excited people looking forward to seeing this movie. I have been reading up on it lately and as usual there is enough discordant points of view to confuse me. There are comments and articles that say it is...
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    Full HD 3D Monitor Panel with Enhanced Brightness From LG, With Video

    This morning LG announced their latest Full HD 23†3D LCD with enhanced brightness (twice as bright as a conventional 3D LCD), giving LG the possibility to acclaim a world’s first. Make sure to check the video below… <object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie"...
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    I really have to get this off my chest

    Needless to say we were recently burglarized and I needed to vent to people I know will understand how mad I am. Sorry... I hope you guys don't mind me letting off a little steam even though I know they will never see this, I feel better already. :hap5:
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    As large as 3 bedrooms and

    two bathrooms, a dining room, a family room a large back yard a deck and a two car garage. In fact this is exactly what it is :D My wife and I just bought a house, we are finalizing the paperwork and hope to move in by the end of September. BTW none of the furniture or art in the pictures is ours.
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    Cinema 4D - "On Fire"

    Cinema 4D created by Maxon, has been my favorite 3D package for a long time, it is intuitive, robust and has a clear and easy to use interface. With the advent of Cinema 4D 11, I came across this great article to share with you guys. Cinema 4D is a modular package, but even the base package...
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    A true hero of Design passes away at the age of 86

    Gunther Kilsheimer passed away at the ae of 86. He escaped the Holocaust in Germany via the efforts of the The Jewish Agency which arranged his passage to Rio de Janeiro which he left for the USA in 1947. He started his office in his father's attic with dreams of having his work displayed on a...
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    NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH 2009: The GPU Revolution is Here!

    NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH 2009: The GPU Revolution is Here! It seems that just about every major effects company are now using Nvidia GPU's and this was again shown by their presence at Siggraph this year. On Wednesday Jeff Brown, general manager of the Professional Solutions Group at NVIDIA, and...
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    Evian Babies!!

    An interesting way to merge 3d and live action was again incorporated into another baby commercial. No doubt we are all a little sick of seeing babies that can talk and mimic adults, but I have to say they did a very decent job here and it's quite cute to boot. This was directed by Michael...
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    Gimp Tip (In Photoshop) : Isolate image from background

    As requested by Dark Star, here it is an explanation/tutorial in Photoshop :) with some additional information about Adjustment Layers. By the way I used Dark Stars image for the initial and final since it is the same result and this is more of a guide and I was too lazy to repeat the same thing...
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    Google Voice comes to Android and Blackberry

    Article here Google Voice for Android and BlackBerry Today, we're happy to announce Google Voice for mobile which brings voicemail transcriptions, the ability to call and text with your Voice number, and cheap international dialing to your mobile phone. David and I were inspired to build...
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    CSS coding tips and tricks.

    I know there are a lot of you interested in Web Design and CSS coding, so I thought it might be a nice idea to post some of your CSS tips, tricks or links to share with others. I will start the ball rolling ;) CSS contents and browser compatibility information at quirksmode where they have a...
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    Photoshop work to make you drool.

    I wanted to post this for those of you that are interested in Matte Painting, most of this work is predominantly done in photoshop, but also in other programs such as painter. These Matte Painters have some great Photoshop and large format painting and have done work for movie's such as Lord of...
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    Android getting more social features

    You don't have to look far past Palm's Synergy tech for webOS and smaller-scale operations like INQ to understand that social internetworking -- an intelligent aggregation of every corner of your life -- is the wave of the mobile future, and Google's going on record saying that it understands...
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