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Merlin Mann’s “Five Ways You’re Unleashing the Power of Your Blog”

Jennifer — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:18:01 +0000

5 Ways You’re Unleashing the Power of Your Blog – according to Merlin Mann*

January 29th, 2008

tearing the veil away from the morally bankrupt raincheck policy at Marshall’s

“crowdsourcing” the naming of your new unicycle

taking a symbolic day off from blogging to protest the unjust treatment of “some Oriental dude” you read about on Slashdot

daring to name names in the “personal holocaust of customer service” you recently suffered at Fry’s

funny new snapshot of your kitty, “Warrant Officer Ripley,” acting like she’s people

From Merlin’s “5′s” site, which is often hilarious, always sarcastic, & usually both. http://www.5ives.com

Please be aware that some language may be offensive. Proceed with care.

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UPDATE – MARCH 27, 2009

It looks like Merlin has abandoned “5′ives” – at least for now.

If you enjoy this kind of thing, I encourage you to check out some of Merlin Mann’s other contributions to humanity: Merlin created 43 Folders, co-hosts You Look Nice Today, and speaks about attention & creative work.

The BBQ Song

Jennifer — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:25:33 +0000

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Seashore Photo Editing Software

Jennifer — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:47:10 +0000

Seashore is open source image editing software for Macs, from Sourceforge.net:

[Seashore] features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMP’s technology and uses the same native file format.

…Seashore … aims to serve the basic image editing needs of most computer users, not to provide a replacement for professional image editing products.

Featuring a very Photoshop-like interface, Seashore provides much more than “basic” photo editing. Layers, merging effects, channel editing, transparent and gradient effects, and a large selection of brush strokes make this a powerful image editor, even for more advanced users.

Seashore’s features include:
* Full support for the GIMP’s native XCF file format
* Read and write support for the TIFF, PNG, JPEG, JP2000 and GIF file formats
* Read-only support for the BMP, PICT, PDF and XBM file formats
* Layers with over 20 merging effects
* Ability to edit just the primary or alpha channels
* Thorough transparency effects including semi-transparent gradients
* Arbitrary selection regions
* Anti-aliased brush strokes
* 6 basic gradient effects with 16 variations
* Tablet support
* ColorSync support (including embedded profiles in TIFFs and CMYK previewing)
* Plug-in filters
Most features work on Mac OS 10.3 and later, with the exception of JP2000 support for which Mac OS 10.4 is required.

Of all the open source editors I have tried (as well as several commercial programs), this one looks like a front-runner!

*If you decide to download Seashore, please remember that it is still in development and may contain bugs. Be sure to only work with copies of important work.

Download Seashore here: http://seashore.sourceforge.net/download.php