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Mugenbine fan-mode par excellence.
Monomania’s spectacular take on Metroplex.

ZOIDS fan-creations.

Photography on the cheap. [via]

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By Gobi – Thursday, November 10, 2005

IrfanView

IrfanView is one of those great freeware programs that I use daily and couldn’t imagine doing without. At its basic level, it’s a quick image viewer but it does so much more with the help of plug-ins.

The 8BF plug-in is a must-have if you’re interested in photo editing as it allows IrfanView to use the numerous Photoshop plug-ins available freely on the net. It’s not quite Photoshop (or even Photoshop Elements) but IrfanView is remarkably useful and versatile for a freeware solution.

I’ve tried a number of different Photoshop plug-ins with IrfanView but I consider Little Ink Pot’s free Expose plug-in to be indispensable. Most of my indoor photos tend to suffer from poor lighting and Expose is a quick and easy remedy for that. You shouldn’t expect perfection but again, for a free solution, it’s rather good.

Both IrfanView and Expose have been updated so snag the latest versions if you’re interested.

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By Gobi – Thursday, November 10, 2005

Tablet

Microman M11x

A digi-doodle of a M11x series Microman figure.

Like my other digi-doodles, this one was done with a mouse and like previous attempts, this took much longer than I would have liked. Drawing strokes — curvy lines, in particular — takes much too much effort with a mouse. A pen and paper version of the above doodle would have taken me about 15 minutes; this simple doodle took me an hour-plus in front of the PC. I’ve been keen on getting a graphics tablet for some time and I think I might take the plunge very soon. I don’t expect to turn into an accomplished artist overnight but I’m hoping that creating simple doodles will be much less frustrating and time-consuming with a graphics tablet.

Wacom seems to be the brand to look for when it comes to graphic tablets. The Japanese company has an informative web site with the Pre-Purchase FAQ being especially useful. The Graphire4 CTE-640 model seems to be just what I’m looking for right now. The A5-sized graphics tablet isn’t the cheapest Wacom model — that would be the smaller A6-sized CTE-440 — but it’s got a terrific software bundle. I’ve been meaning to get Photoshop Elements for photo editing and I might as well get it together with the graphics tablet.

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By Gobi – Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Lost in translation

Japanese title: Ponkotsu Roman Daikatsugeki Bumpy Trot

US title: Steambot Chronicles

(via Gamasutra)

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By Gobi – Monday, November 7, 2005

Elsewhere on the web

Warcraft III unit quotes.
“Bah Weep Granah Weep Ninny-Bong! It’s a universal greeting.”

United fan Dominic Monaghan.
“To kill time I am playing FIFA 2006 on the PSP with various cast mates. No-one can beat my Ruud and Rooney combination, and I’m hoping the same will be true against Chelsea. Come on you Reds!”

16bit.com’s MP3 broadcast.
Action figures and general geekery. If you don’t have a feedreader or an Apple-brand product capable of parsing the xml file, click on the direct link. The 6.8MB file is a little over seven minutes in length and well-worth the download.

Rejected Sun Tzu precepts.
“All warfare is based on deception. When the enemy draws near to you, cry out, ‘You spilled soup all down the front of your tunic.’ When he looks down at the front of his tunic, attack.”

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By Gobi – Saturday, November 5, 2005