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Of killing speeds

Published
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eehgow
on June 1, 2009
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#02

Eskrima#02

Continuation of the first one. No time to blog. Maybe later ;)

Hiatus-breaking

Published
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eehgow
on May 28, 2009
in art attempt and life as a web designer
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#01

#01: Eskrima

Something I decided to do on a (hopefully) daily basis. I’d love to stick around and talk about what’s happened between the last post and this, but duty calls.

Besides, I don’t think anyone would even care.

Fringe benefits (?)

Published
by
eehgow
on January 28, 2009
in Things that make you go "hmmm...", life, life as a web designer and musings
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One of the perks (or perils, to some) of working around people who are quite knowledgable in Photoshop is that sometimes, no matter how hard you try, your face will eventually show up on someone else’s torso. Some will retaliate and some will take it seriously and ignore you for a week. While some, well, they hold internal contests.

Yesterday, a colleague buzzed us a link of another colleague’s glamour photo whose name shall not be divulged in this post:

A few seconds later, another colleague sent out a YM blast about a design contest of sorts. Whoever edits this photo best will win a prize (a toy at his discretion, he said). After a few minutes, I came up with a couple of comps. But this one won the third prize just this morning, as judged by the victim himself:

And the spoils of the skirmish:

Hotwheels Chevy Camaro® Concept

Officemates pillaged a few neat stuff, too:

2nd Place wins Watchmen Issue No. 1

1st place gets a Captain America® Bobble Head

1st place gets a Captain America® Bobble Head

You probably know why they obscured their faces.

I love this office these people. Great job! ;)

Jam Sessions @ MJ’s Kitchen

Published
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eehgow
on January 27, 2009
in events, life, music, plug and updates
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UPDATE: A map from wikimapia.org. Now you won’t have the “I can’t find the venue” alibi. :)

After what seemed like a decade-long hiatus, I’m posting entries again — and, hopefully, not just shameless plugs like this. And here’s my temporary New Year (and Chinese New Year) entry: “Hello 2009!”

Jam Sessions @ MJ's Kitchen

So… you think you can un-watermark?

Published
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eehgow
on October 14, 2008
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A few days ago, a colleague shared this:

Watermark?

I’ll be nice and not comment on the haphazardly done faux-”floor” that looks like someone just bled to death on the entire set. Maybe someone forgot to clean up after himself? Stock photo geeks would know that the familiar watermark over the puzzle pieces tells us that the photo is from iStockphoto. I did a quick search using the keywords “jigsaw puzzle” but apparently somebody did a good job in using one that isn’t easily searchable. And besides, I don’t like the idea of spending the entire day going through over a thousand images just to find the exact photo.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for free (and nice) stuff. But I also believe that when you do something not legal, you’d make all the effort not to get caught.

The words “copyright” and “infringement” come to mind.