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Wacom Bamboo Test

Rogelio — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:32:06 +0000

This is hmm, Hannya? Well, I just wanted to do a test run with my tablet and create a 2d girl but look what it turned out…

I wanted to color it but it turns out that my skills on handling brushes and blends is 0.

My First Tablet

My First Tablet

Rogelio — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:55:38 +0000

Finally, I was able to get my hand on this baby. My first tablet, it’s Wacom Bamboo: Pen and Touch. Bought it online at Ynzal and just arrived yesterday and was really excited.

This is one of the second generation in the Bamboo family from Wacom. It’s a small tablet with both pen and multi-touch input. It’s black, sexy and has a sleek design.

Though it’s not a replacement for using mouse. I think this will help me, since my right arm is aching sometimes. Especially when doing vector stuff.

Color: Black
Tablet Buttons: 4 ExpressKeys
Size: Small

Approximately 6 x 3.5 inches active area for pen.
Approximately 5 x 3.35 inches active area for touch.
Approximately 10 x 7 overall size with pen in the holder.

Software:

Wacom Driver and Control Panel
Windows and Macintosh compatible
Corel Painter Essentials 4
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 (Win) and 6 (Mac)
Nik Color Efex

Pen:

2 side buttons
Eraser
3 spare pen nibs
1024 levels of pressure sensitivity

Firefox 3.6

Rogelio — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:54:04 +0000

Finally Firefox 3.6 is available for download. It was released yesterday and what can I say, it’s great!

The features? One is, it has improved overall speed, more faster than Firefox 3.5. Second, HTML 5 and CSS. Third, a new type of theme called Personas and many more.

Aside from that, I was able to create an illustration. For the first time I’m able to use and finished an artwork in Illustrator. Well, I’ve use Photoshop for the final touch.

I say, it’s really hard since I do my all of my vectors in Photoshop. I’m not comfortable yet with Illustrator but I hope I may be able to. (´ー`)y-~~

Wallpaper Calendar: January 2010

Rogelio — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:01:21 +0000

Another year has passed, and it’s a new year, new decade. Well, never mind that. Here’s a wallpaper calendar for the first month of the year! Yeah!

I really wanted to create a set of monster but I’ve only created a trio. What do you think they are? I have no idea either. One of my favorite creature among the three is the blue one with tentacles, and the least favorite is the green one(by the way, it looks like a condom).

The wallpaper is available in 9 different resolution, so take a pick and enjoi! Ladies and gentlemen, Desktop Wallpaper: January 2010.

Other resolutions: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600

Happy New Year!

What Is Your Memorable Christmas Experience

Rogelio — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:37:55 +0000

Happy Holidays! I’m not into it but anyway.

So, what is the most memorable Christmas that I’ve experienced? Hmm. Well, Every Christmas is memorable to me. Just the thoughts of being alive is one thing and seeing my Girl is another thing and maybe the foods! Wahahaha. So, what’s yours?

Have a good “Christmas“!

Bang-bang to:

Thanks to: Candy Blush, PPESO, SKIPHEARTBEAT, Jhelo Cruz and breathe for LOVE for making this mini Christmas blog giveaway possible.

Red Christmas Wallpaper with Beat

Red Christmas Wallpaper with Beat

Rogelio — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:27:13 +0000

Howdy! I finally manage to post something this month, I’ve been busy and lazy at the same time. Christmas is coming in a few days and here we are with a new wallie. And it’s not Santa-san this time, it’s a new guy. Though I don’t know his name.

But before that, here’s something new in me. I’ve been playing with Reason lately. It’s a kick-ass music software, just check the link. And here’s my first shit. Entitled Hyp by yours truly.

I just hope I’ll be able to create something long and more dark.

Anyways, have a good holidays. Again, dark Christmas wallpaper, another splatter and… dark. Available in 9 different resolutions. Enjoi.

Other resolutions: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600

Win7shell Plugin For Winamp

Rogelio — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:55:04 +0000

I’ve been using Winamp for about 3 years now. And it has been always my favorite among the other media player. Since then, I always set up my Winamp to “minimized to tray” just to not get in the way in the old windows taskbar. Now came Windows 7 with its new and improved Windows Taskbar. I found its convenience and decided to take advantage of its features. But found out that Winamp doesn’t act as it supposed to be when pinned in the taskbar. So here comes Win7Shell to the rescue, found this plugin on the net while searching for an answer!

So what is Win7Shell? It’s a simple plugin for Winamp, that integrates with the new Windows taskbar of Windows 7. I’d say a must have plugin for Winamp. That is, if your in Windows 7.

Features

Shows playback status and progress in the icon background of the taskbar icon.
Uses taskbar icon to display a “VU meter”.
Shows playback status using icon overlays on the taskbar icon.
Customizes the aero peek thumbnail with:
- Winamp logo
- Album art
- Customized information about the current media playing
- Custom image file
- Progress bar, showing playback progress
Adds customizable player control buttons on the aero peek thumbnail.
Adds ‘Recent’, ‘Frequent’ and ‘Tasks’ categories to the jump list.
Winamp is now easier to find in 3DFlip.

It’s free and great plugin for Winamp users out there.

Download: Win7Shell [Win7Shell Google Code]

Windows 7 On My Machine

Rogelio — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:40:32 +0000

Last week, Charlotte told me that she has a copy of a 64bit Windows 7 so I asked her to bring it in my place just in case.

I never really wanted to install new flavor of Windows but since I have already the copy of the OS and I’ve been thinking of reformatting my system, so I think I give it a try. I installed a 64bit Windows 7 and dropped Windows XP on my machine. It’s been a week now and so far everything is running smoothly, no hardware problems and all is well and stable. I think my system is ready for production.

I admit it, I’m started to liking this Windows 7, not for its aesthetically satisfying look but for its productivity boost that given me to my day to day work. All is well, jumping from window to another and finding files.

By default, Windows 7 takes over your boot-up process and wants to be your only OS, and Linux treats Windows like a weekend hobby you keep in a shed somewhere on your hard drive.

[Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu in Perfect Harmony] – Kevin of lifehacker.com

Yeah, True. The only problem now in my machine is on how to restore my boot loader to boot my installed Ubuntu 9.10. And this is the problem since Ubuntu 9.10 uses Grub 2 by default. It’s new for me and I haven’t read the Grub 2 documentations yet. I tried restoring the boot loader by legacy method but it’s different (oTL). Anyways, the only solution now is to learn. Hooray~!

Happy 5th Birthday Firefox!

Rogelio — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:17:42 +0000

I’ve been using it since version 2.0 and it has served me well. As a token of my appreciation and celebration to it’s 5th year, I’ve made this illustration.

Kudos to the people behind Firefox and to the community. And also to those who came up with the name!

Long live Firefox!

Download: [image]

[update]
Thank you for those who voted this design for Five years of Firefox design challenge!

Link: http://www.intothefuzz.com/2010/01/11/five-years-of-firefox-design-challenge-winner/
[/update]

Wallpaper Calendar: November 2009

Rogelio — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:21:39 +0000

Here is the calendar for this month of November, a happy red monster enjoying his feast. I really did enjoy making this wallpaper not because his eating the child, it’s because of the process on creating and polishing the character. And how the character evolves from my first design [image].

This wallpaper is available in 9 different resolutions also available in no calendar versions, so take a pick and enjoi the desktop calendar wallpaper for this month.

Disclaimer: No humans were harmed in the making of this wallpaper.

Other resolutions: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600

No Calendar Version: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600

Doodle and Some Changes

Rogelio — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:34:15 +0000

Wow, Busy-busy again in these past days, works and tons of procrastinations. Procrastinating isn’t so bad though, well for me sometimes it trigger itself, so you can procrastinate later. Yeah. This post should have been finished 3 weeks ago, thanks to that.

Now, presenting Gluttony, my first doodle ever uploaded in the on my blog. This is my version of Gluttony of the Seven Deadly Sins from the Christian faith. It was not long ago that I want to create a set of Illustration for the Seven Sins, something like a project and now this is my first step. It may change though. This was made when I’m attending our class in Speech Communication 3, I was supposed to make my speech but instead I doodled and made this.

Aside from that, I’ve changed the theme of this blog. I edited some parts of it, the original theme is from Mono-Lab, the theme is called Piano Black *thanks for the theme*. I found their link in Aelyn’s blog which is also has a great theme. I’ve also added some links, where you can find/contact me in other social networks. Social Media Icons are from Komodo Media *thanks for making and sharing this cool icons*. And I also removed all of the ads in the site, it’s not working and nobody clicks them anyway or maybe I just don’t know where to place them.

Ubuntu 9.10 : Karmic Koala – Beta

Rogelio — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:36:55 +0000

The public beta for Ubuntu 9.10 codename Karmic Koala has been released by the Ubuntu Team, which is cool. I downloaded the beta and installed it on my virtualBox a few days ago. Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala brings a lot of new features and I’m kind of excited for the final release.

When you install the OS, you will notice that the installation dialog have been reworked, and you’ll see the information about the distro and its features. Boot performance has been improved and faster than before. Splash screen software has been replaced with Xsplash (Read the blog post of Scott James Remnant that’ll explains why). And by default, Ubuntu 9.10 uses ext4 filesystem and the GRUB 2 boot loader.

The latest release of GNOME(GNOME 2.28) has been included. Pidgin has been replaced by Empathy as the default instant messaging client (read the comparison of usability here). In the Applications menu, the Add/Remove Applications has been replaced by Ubuntu Software Center and has been moved to System > Administration menu.

Well, I’m still playing with Koala and there are still more visible and under the hood features. Me can’t wait. The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009. So if you want to try Ubuntu 9.10 : Karmic Koala, you can download the beta here.

Ubuntu 9.10 Screenshots

Wallpaper Calendar: October 2009

Rogelio — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:17:58 +0000

I’ve been busy this past few weeks and thought I would make a desktop wallpaper for this coming October. And look what I’ve got! It’s a crow *ohhh, spooky*. Anyway, I am hoping that I could make another or more desktop wallpaper in the incoming months. The wallpaper is available in 9 different resolution also available in no calendar versions, so take a pick and enjoi! Ladies and gentlemen, Desktop Wallpaper: October 2009.

Other resolutions: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600

No Calendar Version: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600

Opera 10 Released

Rogelio — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:30:54 +0000

Okay, I don’t know that Opera 10 has been released. It just popped out the updates when I’m testing the layout that I’ve been working on. My primary browser is not really Opera, I may have been in my positive mind to upgrade or I just really want to upgrade my current version, eh?

Well, upgrading… crunching… nom nom nom nom nom… So what’s new? Opera 10 has a new design which is better than the previous version. There’s this turbo thing that improves your browsing speed even on a slow connection area. The tab bar is resizable, just drag the underneath of the tab bar to reveal the thumbnails of the opened web pages. Also in a default view of the browser you can see the thumbnail of the web page by hovering your mouse pointer over the tab, which is quite handy. It has an built-in e-mail client, speed dial, mouse gestures and better download manager with BitTorrent.

Opera comes in different languages and is available to Windows, Linux and Mac. For more features, you can find it here.

Try Opera 10 for free.

A Search For Laptop Charger

Rogelio — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:17:50 +0000

A while ago, I’ve searching for laptop battery chargers, Google here and there. I don’t have a laptop and I don’t need chargers, it’s just I’ve been asked to by my cousin in abroad. He just said that his charger has been burnt and he needs a new replacement but cheap and reliable chargers that can be bought online because his too lazy to go to a local store in their place, so I found this site Amerimax Advance LLC. Searching for best prices for laptop battery chargers and adapters, luckily it seems that this site is the best place among my other site that I’ve been visited. This site offers a wholesale and retail of computer accessories and electronics parts, from digital camera accessories to laptop battery chargers. With fast shipping and no minimum order, also you can shop by different brand and they ship internationally.

Although I’m not the one who’s really buying the item, I’m happy that I found the site. It’s really a bother when you asked to do some work while you have lots of work in your hand. I just hope that he would found his laptop charger in that site and may live happily ever after.

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Heal Me Please

Rogelio — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:27:24 +0000

Self treatment is not advisable unless you know what you’re doing to yourself. It might get worse and your not like Rambo or anything, you should go to a doctor and get some check-up. Well, but what if you live in a place where the hospital or clinic is 20 miles away from your home? Would you bother? And all you have is some herbal in your grandmothers backyard, and some ointment in your grandfathers closet and of course Internet. Seriously, you will do some “self treatment” on your self and boost that HP of yours.

Well, internet is necessary unless you have a medicine book or you are a doctor. Now that you have the internet in your hand, search for what symptoms you’ve got and see what’s the Cures for Ailments that your symptoms matches. Just make sure or you will be messed up. And since you’re at your computer why not know how various physical and mental conditions affect the brain’s formation by looking at these Brain Scan SPECT Images by The Amen Clinics. Visit Dr. Amen’s site and learn how you could treat your mental problems. It may help you.

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That’s VoIP Man

Rogelio — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:33:34 +0000

VoIP sure is great. I think it is, especially when you want to have a conversation with someone overseas without worrying high international call rates. By using this means of communication, surely is cheap. Well it goes for everyone, for personal needs and business needs, from freelancer, home owners, small business to corporates this is the thing. Calling your clients or bosses surely boosts up your relationship. Unlike e-mails or messenger, having an urgent message to deliver in this kind of circumstances will get delivered immediately without having you waiting for there reply, and the worse case if that person is offline.

There are so many VoIP services available many have satisfying services. Take a look at these Phone Service Comparisons, which show the description of some famous services available. Having problems with your DSL and phone service provider? Spectrotel might help you solve those problems. Get fast and reliable internet and phone service only from the trusted telecommunications provider. Well, have fun on choosing a provider and have fun with the service.

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Stay Alive Scene III

Rogelio — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:00:19 +0000

Here is my new gig poster design for this month of August. The gig will be this coming October 22 at Rancho Gloria, Catarman N. Samar. Starting at exactly 1900, The entrance fee is only Php. 30.00 with a free beer. If you have Php. 144.00 you can grab a bucket of beer. Performances by Catarman’s best local band. Enjoi the gig!

Now What?

Rogelio — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:16:42 +0000

I’ve been using Ubuntu for a while now and somehow I feel comfortable using it. It’s been a year since I installed Ubuntu and even tried some other distro such as Fedora, Open Suse and Solaris but haven’t actually using it as a part of my daily life. I just installed it, take a quick tour, explore a bit then leave and booted back to Windows.

I still have lots and lots to learn about these systems, especially when it comes to admin tasks, the file system and the environment. Also I’m curious about other distro and the Linux kernel. And how does it feels writing a program in this environment, from developing to deploying your own program. I want to learn it, the terms, structures and as well as the tools. So good luck to me.

Back To School Concert

Rogelio — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:03:36 +0000

The gig will be on July 10, 2009 at UEP Gymnasium, Catarman N. Samar, it will start at 7:00 pm. Entrance is P25.00. This gig presented by SK Federation of Catarman with the cooperation of Catarman local bands. And also the gig is sponsored by some local government officials -Enjoi the gig!