My first GIMP creation ( Concept: picasa :P )

This is a creation with which i started my gimp 101 course.I saw such effects in picasa, and set out to do it myself in gimp and not photoshop. Photoshop is just tooooo bulky to get my admiration. I like softies lite, and by no means i will need any photoshop features which GIMP doesn't support.

Some tips on layers and few transparency effects were good for a start.

but the effect produced was not pleasing enough.The background image was coming too strong on the front "think linux" layer.So i tried i few blur types and then got the finish i wanted.But still something was not quite right, i generally tried the hue and sauturations and then the B/W just set the themes right.Here is the high resolution wall for your download.

Plz use this link, rapidshare:

Life in layers

And for unfortunate IIT Souls:

Life in layers

I declare it GPL. :P

The Hula Collection: The ultimate collection of icons from lot of icon sets and the geek test!!

The hula collection

Today evening i was browsing through the forgotten folders in my computer.There i found lying this awesome collection of icons.I collected these icons over a period of 1 year from different website. I recently downloaded Gimp and wanted to give it a shot. So i packed everything i was doing and went on to create a collage of a few icons. I randomly selected these icons and gave some rotates, some moving around, shuffling and then i came to the last part to give some gradient in the background.

After trying some combinations, i was confused among these two. I rolled on gtalk and sent it randomly to anyone who had a green light on.I was asking do you like the greenish yellow background or the blue back, and gave them 5 secs to answer.

after a few people i recognized a pattern.All the geeks liked the greenish background.All the others with one exception liked the blue back.Even the photo artists loved the blue back.

SO, decide what you are. Geek or non-geek. I am a geek( ob ).

The link to Kde-look page is http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Hula+Collection?content=73868.

And ya this post was for free icons. right! Well here is your gift.

Plz use these Rapidshare links:

Icon set 1: Windows+linux

Icon set 2 :Linux only

Mihd.net links:

Icon set 1

Icon set 2

PS: Don't sue me for sharing icons.These are all under GPL.

Slim and Sexy...... Macbook on air

                                              
                             


See that!!!
hmm.. looks thin.
Yeh.. It's the thinnest macbook released by macintosh recently.
It's thinner than my LCD screen!

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Integrating Gmail with Google Calender using greasemonkey

Firefox with Greasemonkey: The Enhance Gmail Greasemonkey script
incorporates Google Calendar and the Google Chat gadget directly into
your Gmail account. Install it, then click the Calendar or Chat links
at the top of the page to open your inline calendar or chat gadget. If
you don't like the default setup of the inline layouts, you can edit
the script and change a few simple values to get it looking nice (like
the screenshot above, which also features Remember the Milk integration).

For
example, to place the calendar on the bottom half of your window (which
I prefer) rather than splitting the window vertically, open up the
Greasemonkey script and edit this line in the top section, changing:

const OPEN_CAL_BELOW_MAIL=0;

...to...

const OPEN_CAL_BELOW_MAIL=1;

Likewise, I adjusted the Calendar height using:

const CAL_HT = 60;

...rather
than 70 percent, which seemed to take up too much of the window. In
all, though, this is a really great tool for more tightly integrating
your Google Apps dashboard. Enhance Gmail is free, works with
Greasemonkey and Firefox. Perhaps we'll see some Better Gmail integration in Enhance Gmail's future. Thanks Redd!

Enhance GMail [Userscripts]

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