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Marisa, I'd love to have your glitter to play with. Thanks!
I forgot to say earlier I'll host my part on my blog.
I'd like to QC but I have no idea how much time I'm going to have, so I'd better hold off for now...
Marisa, I'd love to have your glitter to play with. Thanks!
I forgot to say earlier I'll host my part on my blog.
I'd like to QC but I have no idea how much time I'm going to have, so I'd better hold off for now...
@Michelle - welcome to Pixel Scrapper! I love that you are willing to help. Don´t worry, I´ll try not to send too much parts for you to QC (but you´ll probably quality check mine!)
If your name is on the collab list you should have an email from me with the link to the glitters. I used whatever email you used to sign up for Pixel Scrapper. I'll send more emails as people get added to the list.
I'll do the 10 brad/staple assortment too.
@ Lorien Awesome. I can do more than one...
I would like to join y'all and do a tone-over-tone paper for each color
Yay Dawn, great
A big big thank you for organizing this collab.
I would like to do 5 pattern papers.
Where do we send our portion to QC? Or do we load our URL here? I'm done with my assignment, and would like QC so that I can go on and do another Sweet Things Assignment.
Marisa, can you QC Sunny? How busy you are this week?
If Marisa is not QCing your part, or needs second opinion, I´ll do it. My e-mail is loriensworkshop at gmail.com
I would love to do the button templates. Can I do those?
of course
Will you made the "finished" buttons too, or just the templates?
can i do 5 patterned papers and 7 flowers?
Good News ladies! I have already two fantastic parts to QC. I couldn´t do it today, because had some things to be finished, but tomorrow the QC will start
I know I would love to join, but my daughter is due in the next few days and I know I wont have as much time to really produce any parts. I can't wait to see it ladies!
I'll do both the templates and the buttons. When is the due date?
After my first set passes QC, may I have the two unique ribbons and three unique tags assignment?
Whops, Seems I haven´t answered the posts for the last two days, as I got entretained QCing:
@Jessica Fors: Sure. Which one will you do first? don´t worry about the other, as both papers and flowers are "the more the merrier" kind of stuff, so if the assignment is taken for other person I just open more slots
@Megan: Cheering is as important as actually doing. Thanks for your support, we for sure appreciate it. And, if you realise later you have time for a short assignent, just let me know.
@Jenn: On June 18th the portions need to be ready, so we have plenty of time to QC. Hope you don´t mind that I pointed people to your quality check action, as it´s really useful
@Sunny: Your second assignment is updated on the assignments post.
Also, quced portions are updated on 2nd post too
@Lorien - Maybe a dumb question -- but! What color mode? Do we all need to use the same? Or to each his onw? RGB or sRGB? Or is it better to use CMYK for printing. I seldom print so I always go RGB. Is there a community standard on this sort of thing?
I can do the journal cards...
@Megan- congrats!
I'm starting to lose track of who I've emailed the glitters to. If you're signed up on the list and haven't gotten them, just leave me a note here and I'll get them to you.
@Tina: It´s not a dumb question at all, but a very pro one For deafult, people don´t use CMYK for digital kits (although I did use CMYK for my first one, because I didn´t knew that, lol!) but, as long as you´re using RGB and passing it through gamut fix (i.e, turn to CMYK and back to RGB), you are doing it right. What may happen, specially for the orange we have, is that if your PS is set in a way and the person who is going to QC is set in other one, this person may ask you to check if you really ran the gamut fix, because to her it seems out of gamut. As this orange goes out of gamut when compressing to jpg sometimes (it already happened with someone) it´s necessary to double check.
We didn´t made a deafult, as we are not a store, or something like that, we are just doing a colab for fun. Particularlly, I use the deafult for Scraps´N´Pieces store, because I was working in some of their blogtrains, and having problems with some colors being out of gamut just for me. As my hubby used that one too, it ended the "why it seems so pretty in your photoshop and in mine it´s dark?" feeling too. Marisa uses different settings as mine, however.
@Molly: I´ll assign journal cards to you.
I´ll also upgrade the second post with Dawn´s preview. She has 14 fantastic papers ready to go already...
Now that my tone-over-tone are completed I would like to try "4 tematic elements (candies, cupcakes, lollipops, ice-creams, deserts, etc)", if possible
I have been trying to do some work without templates at all, so I don't know if they will be good enough or not, hopefully
I'm done with my assignment, and would like QC. Who's got time to QC for me?
Can you please send it to Marisa? I have to finish Sunny´s and do Cinthia´s QC...
I've sent an email to Marisa.
I've sent my second assignment to both Marissa and Lorien, for QC.


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Patent Troll Sues Facebook, Amazon, Oracle, Linkedin, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley & More For Using Certain File Systems
from the the-system-is-broken deptVia Jeff Roberts at Gigaom, we learn of yet another patent trolling operation: Parallel Iron, which has sued a bunch of tech companies and banks because of the file systems they use. It filed a few lawsuits in April, most of which were refiled in June, and then it just filed a bunch of new ones as well. Some of the filings are more specific about the file system -- such as in the Facebook and Amazon cases, where it specifically calls out the popular Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). In the Oracle suit, it's parallel Network File System (pNFS). For what it's worth, EMC appears to be the only company sued who tried to first sue for declaratory judgment in a different venue, but it was still sued with all the others in Delaware on the same day that EMC filed its own suit in Massachusetts.
While most patent infringement lawsuit filings tend to be pretty matter of fact, this one goes immediately for the hyperbole stick, suggesting that the four inventors on these patents made some amazing breakthrough, and everyone else copied it:
In this technological age, we take for granted the ability to access tremendous amounts of data through our computers and the Internet, a process that seems effortless and unremarkable. But this apparent effortlessness is an illusion, made possible only by technological wizardry. The amount of information that is used by many companies has outstripped the storage capacity of individual memory devices. The information must be stored across hundreds or thousands of individual memory devices and machines. The ability to keep track of information as it is distributed across numerous devices and machines, while still allowing users to retrieve it seamlessly upon request, is a feat that was impossible until recently. It was made possible by the innovations of technological pioneers like Melvin James Bullen, Steven Louis Dodd, William Thomas Lynch, and David James Herbison.Considering the claims that these four individuals were brilliant "technological pioneers," you would think that searches on their names would turn up story upon story about their accolades, presentations at tech events, celebrations in their honor, etc. But, of course, that's not the case. All you seem to find are stories about these lawsuits, or information about their patenting activities. Maybe my search skills aren't up to par, or maybe these four guys were not "technological pioneers," but merely got some broad patents on the same basic solution that lots of folks skilled in the art were figuring out at the same time. The idea that such things wouldn't exist but for Bullen, Dodd, Lynch and Herbison is pretty ridiculous.
Bullen, Dodd, Lynch and Herbison were, among others, members of a company dedicated to solving the difficult problems that limited the capacity of computer technology and the Internet, particularly problems concerning data storage. These engineers found innovative solutions for these problems and patented several technologies for data storage, including the ones at issue in this case. Many of the data-access feats we take for granted today are possible because of the data-storage inventions of Bullen, Dodd, Lynch and Herbison.
In case you're wondering, the patents in question are 7,197,662, 7,543,177 and 7,958,388, all of which are for "methods and systems for a storage system." The core of these patents goes back to a 2002 original filing date on the '662 patent. Hadoop and pNFS both show up on the scene around 2003, so it's about the same time. It certainly sounds like a bunch of folks who work with large amounts of data were all coming up with some obvious (to them) solutions. Two of them actually brought stuff to market. The others... well, they're suing.
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Missing Since: 04/11/01
Missing from: Skidmore, Missouri
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: 02/24/81
Age at disappearance: 20
Height: 5'9″-5'10″
Weight: 140-155 lbs.
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Race: White
Gender: Male
Distinguishing Characteristics: Small faint scar on upper
right cheek. Small scar on left knee. Normal teeth; wisdom teeth
have been pulled. Right handed. Black belt in Hopkido, lifted weights.
Medical Conditions: Racing heart condition. Allergic to Penicillin.
Clothing: Shorts (size 32) and a T-shirt (size medium to large).
Jewelry: Possibly wearing necklaces and leather trinkets
or chains with arrowheads on them.
DNA: in CODIS
Perry was last seen in his home in the 300 block of west Oak Street in Skidmore, Missouri at 3:00 p.m. on April 11, 2001. He went outside to put some jumper cables in a shed. He was expected to be right back, but never returned and has never been heard from again. His family says it is extremely uncharacteristic of Perry to be out of touch with his family and friends for more than a few days. He was reported missing on April 17, six days after he disappeared. Perry left his van and all of his belongings behind when he disappeared. The jumper cables were not in the shed the first time police checked it, but two weeks later they were located in the shed just inside the door.
At the time of his disappearance, Perry lived with his father. His parents are divorced. His father was hospitalized on the day Perry disappeared, but due to come home shortly. Perry had wanted to make the sure the house was cleaned up before his father's return, and had asked a friend to help him with that. Two men were also at the residence repairing Perry's father's car, which had a broken alternator.
Perry graduated Nodaway-Holt High School in 1999, and has been employed by a roofing company and a traveling petting zoo. He was unemployed at the time of his disappearance. Perry is a non-smoker and a weightlifter, and has a black belt in hopkido. No one has been charged in his disappearance, which remains unresolved. His father died in 2004, but his mother is still searching for him. Foul play is suspected in Perry's case due to the circumstances involved.
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Calypso hotel in Salou + Offer Ticket Port Aventura: 2 consecutive days
Entrance for two consecutive days for the price of one per person to Port Aventura theme Park, and your stay at the hotel Calypso, choosing the board your prefer.
Port Aventura (Salou)
Challenges like the legendary Dragon Khan, the freefall of the Hurakan Condor or the speed of Furious Bacus are world-famous rides that are not to be missed.
But don't worry. You're sure to find rides you love at PortAventura Park even if you are not an adrenaline junkie. Whoever you are, whatever your age and whoever you have come with, it is an experience you will remember for a long time.
Dive into the shows in each area and turn your relaxation time into great stories hand in hand with the best dancers, acrobats and specialists.
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All the Man I Need
Lana Hargrove has just about everything she wants: a successful business, a nice home, and a man she may marry - though not for love. What she really wants is a new last name, so she can wipe out any connection to her father, a notorious art thief. Things are going well until Justin Larkin starts following her. Justin is a private detective hired by an art gallery to find a stolen artifact. He has been living a double life in order to befriended Lana...
You've Got a Hold On Me
St. Martin's, Feb 2004, 6.99, 352 pp. ISBN: 0312987293 Though wealthy with no need to work, California State Assistant DA Amelia Farrow works very hard to insure that no one will ever accuse her of riding on her illustrious father's judicial coat tails. In court she is professional, always ready, and does a superior job representing the state except when defense attorney George Gibson is her opponent. After their latest amateurish debacle ann...


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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2010 Widescreen Edition DVD Review
Ryan Dosier - Universal just released It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie on DVD again today. It is being called a "Digitally Remastered" "Widescreen" release and comes with two discs, one of the movie and a few bonus features, and one that includes nine holiday songs. Let me preface this review by saying that this is a very odd release... for more than a few reasons. Let's go through them, shall we? For one, no one at all predicted a release of an unknown 2002 Muppet Christmas special that isn't owned by Disney being released.
Second, this release is billed as being "Digitally Remastered in Widescreen for the First Time Ever!" and, well, it certainly is! A few inches is added to the right and left side of the screen and those trademark black bars are tacked on the top and bottom of the screen. Is it enough to make a noticeable difference? Let's put it this way... I had to put in my other DVD of the special to really see the difference. Here, see for yourself...
The old, fullscreen presentation.
New, larger, obviously improved widescreen presentation. Notice Dr. Teeth and Robin are now fully in frame, and another chicken (along with the Muppeteer under it) can now be seen.
Overall, I do recommend this DVD. It's not the best release from the Muppets... but for a DVD released by a studio other than Disney, it's pretty impressive. The box art is wonderful--especially the big group picture on the back--and the menus are a LOT less annoying than the 2003 DVD. Thankfully nothing moves or talks to you... there's just a nice instrumental of "Deck the Halls" that plays over the menu.
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So since a bunch of us 2nd grade bloggers have come together at Me and My Gang to form a group, I thought my first post there should be about grouping. I'm sure you've heard that "organizing students in heterogeneous cooperative learning groups at least once a week has a significant effect on learning." Marzano sure knows his stuff! Research has also shown that "low-ability students perform worse when grouped in homogeneous ability groups." (Kulik & Kulik)
As a classroom teacher, sometimes I forget all of the wonderfully fun ways there are to break my little rocket scientists into groups. So to solve that problem, I compiled a bunch of grouping strategies and made a set of Grouping Cards. These cards are going to help me quickly remember ways to break my kiddos into groups. Most of them require minimal preparation that can be done once and then used again and again. Here's how...
Print on card stock.
Laminate and cut out. Punch a hole in the top left corner if you want to put them on a binder ring (which I will do when I get to my classroom).
You're ready to go!
There are a couple of web sites you might want to check out which I highlighted on two cards (on page 4). For Clock Buddies, go here. For Collaboration Cards, go here.
You want some of these, don't ya? OK. Please become a follower of Me and My Gang and I Love 2 Teach if you're not already. Like us on Facebook too...just look for our FB links on the right side. If you're a blogger, then why don't you go ahead and grab our buttons while you're at it?
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Lynn Zelevansky, the Henry J. Heinz II Director of Carnegie Museum of Art, sent me this about her recent trip to Miami Art Basel to share with you:
It's always fun to be in Miami Beach—the sun, the ocean, the glistening white buildings. As a gateway to Latin America, Miami has become a cosmopolitan, world city.
Major art fairs like Art Basel Miami Beach are huge marketplaces where browsing, making lists, seeing trends, and buying works are all possible. For me, they are as much about seeing people as seeing art. They allow me to reconnect with collectors, gallerists, colleagues, even artists, although unless they have a specific reason to be there—an opening, a performance, or a talk—most steer clear of the fairs, preferring to avoid the selling of their pieces. Having done a lot of work in Latin America over the years, I particularly enjoy the Miami fair because it provides a great opportunity to meet friends and associates from Mexico and South America. The fair's reach is global, though, and it is as possible to run into people from Poland or Korea as from North or South America.


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PIMCO\'s Bill Gross is apparently doubtful that the so-called great rotation out of bonds and into stocks is actually happening.
Large money flows into equities this month that have driven the S&P 500 to its best January — through Wednesday — since 1997.
But Gross tweeted Thursday that flows at PIMCO \"show few signs of bond/stock rotation.\" Instead, Gross suggested \"Cash/money markets may be the source.\"
In a longer monthly note, Gross compared the declining impact of credit easing to boost the economy with an explosive supernova that runs out of heat and energy even as it continues to expand, noting:
\"Each additional dollar of credit seems to create less and less heat. In the 1980s, it took four dollars of new credit to generate $1 of real GDP. Over the last decade, it has taken $10, and since 2006, $20 to produce the same result.\"
He suggested three approaches for investors:
a) Seek inflation protection in credit market assets/ shorten durations.
b) Increase real assets/commodities/stable cash flow equities at the margin.
c) Accept lower future returns in portfolio planning.
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Age: 45
Occupation: Currently holds a Supervisory position with the Urban Affairs Coalition
Bio: As a lifelong resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Mt. Airy section and more than 15 years of dedicated service to the community and the underserved. Before joining UAC, he worked two plus years as a Registered Financial Representative. He also oversees, coaches and administrates St. Luke's Spirit basketball and Track programs. Lofton also volunteers between 15-20 hours weekly to community, including more than eight years of managing youth programs and providing various services to homeless and welfare-to-work populations.
Web site: http://andrewloftonforcitycouncil2011.webs.com/
What makes you a good fit for the 8th District Council job?
I am a good fit and the best candidate for the 8th District Council job for the following reasons:
1. I'm not beholden to anyone other than the hardworking citizens of the community because I'm not a part of the existing structure, which has operated on the pay-to-play principle, which has left the community concerns and wishes unattended.
2. I bring to the job more than 15 years of communicating, interacting and working directly with youth, senior citizens, grand parents taking care of grandkids, welfare-to-work and homeless populations. This experience interacting with individuals from various socio-economic backgrounds gives me a level of understanding and perspective of the district that others don't have.
3. Fresh perspective and "out of the box" solutions to resolve tax, blight, city revenue and economic development issues.
Chestnut Hill has seen numerous zoning disputes in which the neighborhood's economic interests have run counter to near neighbor interests. How much input should a community have into zoning decisions vs. near neighbors? What is the council person's role in zoning disputes?
The role of the councilperson is to help arrive at a solution that will minimize the impact on the near neighbors and insure that their concerns are heard while the community's long term interest is being served best. I believe that a majority of these issues can be eliminated by having community involvement in the initial planning phase. The community council I would implement would consist of the leadership of the more than 30 organizations which are within the district. I believe that solutions to proposed problems will be born at meetings within this forum.
How can the city balance the needs to encourage small businesses and keep residents' taxes low and services running?
First, I believe that the city currently has several underutilized and untapped sources of revenue that can be used to help, keep much needed services running efficiently and effectively. An example of this includes but is not limited to, rehabbing properties in city inventory and making these properties available for habitation by those in need of affordable housing at the cost of 1.5 times the property tax. This type of proposal increases tax revenue received by the city. In addition to plans like this, city government needs to overhaul the existing tax structures, making it more advantageous for businesses to operate within the city and lessen the tax burden for the overtaxed residents.
The city's public schools seem to be in a near constant state of crisis. What steps do you think the city should take to improve city public schools?
The city needs to be a partner with the existing state run school system. This partnership could take the form of earmarking financial resources to public schools for specialized programs which will engage students in the learning process by using hands-on or life, skill approaches to learning. Example's include cooking or building projects that can be used to reinforce math skills. Also, while the state doesn't make kindergarten mandatory, allocate resources to help and encourage parents to support the educational process for their children earlier versus later. Also, fixing the blighted property and tax issues will increase the tax base, which will also add revenue for city schools.
Polls have shown that voters are fed up with politics and distrustful of government. What would you do as a councilperson or are you doing as a candidate to address the corrosion of the public's faith in government?
The key to restoring faith in government is maintaining transparency and being accountable to the community. I first would create a community council consisting of leaders of the more than 30 community organizations. This initiative is the key to a transparent council office that communicates, and is accountable to the residents it's beholden to serve. This council would be responsible for identifying the needs and concerns of the community, as well as formulating and assessing Request for Proposals (RFP's) forwarded to developers interested doing business in the district. I would schedule monthly meetings with this council.
Finally, the DROP program has made a lot of headlines for what can best be described as abuse by city officials who retire for a day in order to collect large cash payments. What is your attitude about DROP? If you are elected will you support for City Council President anyone who has entered the DROP program?
I have always believed that elected officials' participation in the DROP program was wrong. The fact that they were allowed to vote on the topic while being enrolled is at the least a conflict of interest because they have the ability to make decisions on a program that they benefit from personally. I would support a modified program for police and firemen. The modified program would need to reassess the rates of interest and attempt to insure that the program is revenue neutral


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Connecticut Campus Forensic Science Graduate Programs & Graduate Schools
Does a career-focused program within the broad fields of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies interest you? If so, you may find that a Forensic Science Graduate Program will open up a variety of professional avenues, in addition to being an exciting academic path. Forensic science is the scientific method of assembling and examining information about the past that is then used in a court of law.
Depending on which type of forensic science are practiced, different Forensic Science Degrees and curriculums can help prepare a candidate to excel in this broad field. Someone with a Degree in Forensic Science may find work in criminalistics, digital forensics, or business. Applications of forensic science may be involved in a specific area, such as dental work, pathology, toxicology, or physical anthropology.
It is wise to bear this in mind when you are investigating Forensic Science Programs, as any domain that draws you can facilitate pinpointing the right education or school.
The benefit to pursuing your Degree in Forensic Science on a college campus is that you these are years when the social and professional interactions you have form new networks that can last a lifetime. Also, being on-campus means all the facilities are available to you, from gymnasium to laboratory to library and more!
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There is a startup in New York called Sulia. It's tiny - 10 people work there - and you've probably never heard of it.
But it is one to pay attention to - especially if you are Twitter CEO Dick Costolo or Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
Sulia is a site that organizes short form content into channels like "New York City," "Comic Books," "Tampa Bay Buccaneers."
It gets that content in two ways. One way: It pulls the first sentence or two of news stories from across the Internet onto Sulia.com. The other: It has users who write directly into topic channels on Sulia.com.
What's interesting about Sulia is that, in an age when entrepreneurs tend to focus on attract users first and worrying about monetization later, Sulia has obviously been built from the ground up to eventually make money some day.
Currently, it does not, but organizing the Internet's massive content by topic matter is a no-brainer money-making move. You can imagine that stroller makers would love to advertise on the Sulia channel for pregnant mothers. Chase and Mercedes would love to be on the Sulia page for the ATP World Tour or the US Open.
So that's what's interesting about Sulia: it's a business that has been built from the ground up to be a business someday.
What's impressive about Sulia is that, despite the fears of the Zuckerbergs of the world, users seem to still be showing up anyway.
Last month, 10 million people visited a website called Sulia - up from 0 just 10 months prior. Some context: Twitter.com still had less than 5 million unique visitors three years after the site launched.
The reason we think Costolo and Sandberg need to pay attention to this startup is that it is solving the biggest problems of their companies.
Obviously Twitter should organize the links its users push into the system by topic matter, and then sell ads against those channels. Obviously Facebook's News Feed should have little tabs at the top so users can click into a "sports," "business," or "politics" section to see what's popular amongst their friends and across the Internet.
That would be a great place for expensive ads, and, by the way, the 10 million people who visited Sulia last month seem to think it would be a handy product, too.


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Sacramento, CA – December 15, 2011
– Today the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans (PSO) announced that the legal challenge against the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process is not yet over. Coastside Fishing Club, one of the three petitioners in litigation before the San Diego Superior Court challenging MLPA regulations adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission for the North Central Coast, filed an appeal with California's 4th District Court of Appeal. Regulations to close large areas of southern California's coastal waters to fishing will likely go into effect in January 2012, and the appeal process will likely last until late 2012.
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"The only true hope California's fishing and boating community has left to stop these impending marine protected areas from existing in perpetuity is to support our legal effort," said Dave Elm, chairman of United Anglers of Southern California. "The SaveCAFishing.org website provides a simple, convenient way to support our efforts on an ongoing basis. I challenge all anglers and anyone that supports public access to public resources to donate to our effort to ensure sustainable recreational activities are allowed to continue in California's coastal waters.
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Well, today is my first as a member of the Oracle Alumni. It was sad to leave all of the great people and friends I've made over the years at Oracle, but greener pastures beckoned etc etc.
I don't expect the change will affect the blog much (bar editing the disclaimer), since it has never really been so specifically about what I do at work.
What it has changed is my choice of laptop art! Switching machines is traumatic at the best of times no matter how carefully you have backed up. For the time being I've switched to an old Compaq Presario we had at home called "Sunshine". It may no longer be the fastest chip in the mill, but it has a custom paint job to care for me through this transition;-)
I've always wanted to pimp my PC! It's more common these days to find designer cases and stick-ons, but not full custom jobs. This is acrylic with a hardy varnish finish. Unlike a spray job, it creates a nice texture that actually feels great under your wrists.
It's a long story why I painted a Care Bear, but I daresay it makes it the cutest Compaq ever. I can almost half imagine myself firing up on wireless at Starbucks;-) Boy am I glad it isn't Hello Kitty!
My occasional technical diary of thoughts, tips, and tools from some of the more interesting things I'm playing around with at the time. That means all things Web, Open Source, Polyglot-programming, Electronics and Data, or just my latest rant.. who knows!
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Moving on .. to new laptop art!
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