Desktop Wallpapers - Living the Life That You Want

It pays to be creative. With creativity, you can sort out some messed up things and make it sound or look like a new one but actually freshly-cut from an old material. With creativity, you can live your dream in an instant: wandering off in the ocean, soaring out in the heavenly planetary space, cuddling with your favorite pet, coming face to face with the hottest celebrity, smelling the crisp fragrance of flowers, and who knows what else. In an instant, the crazy internet revolution can give you all of these for free. No credit card hassles. No purchases required. Yes, it is crazy, absolutely free of charge.

To live the life that you want, desktop wallpapers offer you a variety of designs or photos to download freely from the internet and paste on your computer screen. This collection gathers your innermost wishes and desires, and make them look and feel like real - but on the computer monitor.

Animals Category is a collection of adorable and cuddly images of dogs and cats playing with each other or playing alone.

Celebrities category is a showcase of the hottest celebrities in Hollywood dressed up in their most trendy clothing. List includes Angelina Jolie, Liv Tyler, Nicole Kidman, Britney Spears, and other favorite popular stars.

Flowers category displays different images of flowers like red tulips, white roses, and other colorful flowers in bloom.

Music category sets up your favorite music artists in different photos. These photos remind you of their album covers and music.

Military category shows fighter planes, assault vehicles, B52 bomber, aircraft carriers, and other helicopters for military use.

Nature takes you to a relaxing stroll into their photo of a Wooden Path or in admiration for their image of a Water Drop on a Leaf.

Places bring you to places you have never been to or actually have already been to that linger in your mind. Examples are the Empire State Building, White House, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, or the Tower Bridge.

Space category will stun you with its images of heavenly space, planetary space, and everything abstract to space and Earth time.

Anime category toys with the works of computer and the works of real life, producing animated characters and designs such as Naruto 24.

Cartoons take you down the memory lane of childhood with its designs of cartoon characters like Tweety, Winnie the Pooh, and more.

Cars category lets you imagine driving your favorite car of Porsche and other luxurious big boys' toys.

Holidays category reminds you of the good times during holiday seasons like Christmas, Valentine, Mother's Day, and so on.

More alternatives can be found in this collection of wallpapers. Each wallpaper satisfying your gnawing passion for things or your desires or dreams of luxurious or simple stuff, how you want it and whenever you want it. So if you are too tired, bored, or you just want to slip into that dreamy space and time, take a time off to stare at your favorite wallpaper and live it the way you want it.

Easy Mediterranean Chicken and Spinach Rice Bake

Easy family comfort food- chicken and rice bake with spinach.

Looking for weeknight supper ideas for the (can you believe it's that time of year again?) back-to-school frenzy? This super simple toss-together recipe is budget-friendly and versatile. If you don't have chicken on hand try using pieces of cooked turkey or your favorite sausage. Vegetarian? Use a can of white or black beans instead. The Mediterranean and Santa Fe- thanks to the fresh and unexpected spike from tomatillos- flavors in this fabulous recipe cozy up to a parade of proteins.

A family favorite from the archives, this is easy comfort food to bake and savor before the fall begins its alchemy, spinning green into gold.

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Making Your Perfect Wallpaper

So, you've found a beautiful image that you'd like for your wallpaper. It most probably is small. The nicer images on the web generally are. Here's why: Many pictures don’t look very good when viewed at their actual size. When down-sized, they do. On sites where users rate these images, they consider the small version first. As a result beautiful images generally come in small sizes. This is not a good thing if searching for wallpapers though.

Describing the problem

If there just was a way to increase the size of these images and not lose quality. But wait a moment, you could say. It’s not just that, I would also need to crop some part of my favourite images and then resize them to fit my screen as best as they can.

Let’s see, what were the requirements again?

1. Resize the desired image without losing quality to fit at least one dimension of the screen
2. Allow for enlargement of at least 150% with no noticeable degradation in image quality
3. Possibility to crop these images and maintain the aspect ratio of my screen if possible

Solution: Automatically enlarge the images

First, use Photoshop of course:

1. It has resizing
2. Has sharpening
3. Cropping

Well, cropping works nice, a little bit of overhead always opening Photoshop every time you want to try another image, but hey, it works. The only problem here is the resizing part. Photoshop really blurs the whole image even for upsizing to 120% times the size of the original image. That’s very poor quality enlarging. This means that if you find a 800x600 image (an average size for the good quality images on deviantart) it would be too blurry to fit on a standard 1024x768 screen. This looks really bad. Photoshop is the best thing out there, many people could argue, and it couldn’t do that? How so?

Sharpen it

Here’s where the Photoshop expert comes in. But don’t just upsize it, sharpen it too. It will certainly look better, you’ll see. And he’s right, for this very small enlargement, sharpening can do the trick for some images. Not all, but it’s ok. Still, there is no satisfying solution when it comes to resizing images to 130% times their original size, and there are a lot like that.

To make things short, you could try every possible sharpening/upsizing solution for Photoshop and it wouldn’t get much better but for very few images that aren’t even that good looking in the first place.

Specialized upsizing programs

There are some specialized commercial programs out there, most boast to make perfect enlargement at 1000% times the original. It looks just like some marketing hype, and actually, it really is. Sad, but true. Even so, they are better than what you can do in Photoshop. They simply fail to keep their promise when it comes to just 200% times enlargement. Why’s that? It’s because they were targeted for upsizing images for print.

This is still awful. Images that are so small in the original that they would need 1000% enlargement certainly wouldn’t have enough detail to satisfy my wallpapering desires.

Reshading

That’s where reshade.com comes in. It pretty much solves the upsizing problems I mentioned. The algorithm offered here for free makes even a 200% non-degrading enlarging possible. There’s also a crop feature and the possibility to “quick add” an image for resizing (like for pages on del.icio.us).

So, there you have it, your perfect wallpaper, reshaded and maybe touched-up a little in photoshop.

Tom Cruise Shaggy Hairstyle

Tom Cruise shoulder length hairstyle


Tom Cruise shaggy hair

Tom Cruise Shaggy Hairstyle

Tom Cruise shoulder length hairstyle


Tom Cruise shaggy hair

Beehive Hairstyles

Beehive hairstyles are a type of woman's hairdo that is named after and resembles an actual Beehive. This hairstyle is truly unique and a work of hair art.

The Beehive is also sometimes called the B-52 for its resemblance to the nose of a B-52 bomber plane.

The hairstyle was most popular in the 1960's and worn by famous people such as Audrey Hepburn and Dusty Springfield.

Beehive hairstyles have seen a resurgence in recent years as many famous celebrities have sported them at award shows and movie premieres.

Gluten-Free Pasta Frittata Recipe with Goat Cheese

Tasty gluten-free pasta frittata.

Have I got a simple and flavorful Mediterranean inspired gluten-free pasta frittata recipe for you. It is perfect for the upcoming weekend. Throw it together for a lazy brunch, or a languid late summer picnic. But first, a logistical update. We are back from LA, safe and as sound as two people can be jetting from the oxygen saturated beach of Santa Monica to the rarefied (read- bone dry nosebleed inducing) air of Northern New Mexico. My "of a certain age" skin is not decidedly not happy. My razor textured Floyd's cut now looks like a highlighted squirrel on a tequila fueled bender. And to add insult to follicle injury, there's a technical snafu that despite daily phone calls, shameless begging and patient (I assure you) correction of our physical street address (corrected three times by three different customer service representatives eager to assist you). That's right.

No Internet.

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Animated Wallpaper

Animated wallpapers are applications that place special animations, screen savers and media files directly on the desktop. This makes them different from a typical desktop wallpaper, which is just an image in the background. These applications allow full-fledged 3 dimensional animations, screen savers and media files to be displayed directly in the background. So, if a user is looking for something a little more interesting than animated gif images, this is the perfect application to install. The application includes a standard wallpaper changer which can be configured to cycle through the images. This is just a slideshow that is computer operated and changes the image as per the configuration.

Animated desktop wallpapers is a high quality replacement for the common desktop wallpapers. A distinctive feature is that along with simple beautiful images, it offers the user a real living world, full of sounds and movement. For instance, some animated desk tops can convey the time of the day through audio-visual effects representing the periodic cycle of the dawn, dusk and night on the desktop. Watching an animated wallpaper on a desktop is a great way to relax after a long and exhausting work day.

Amimated wallpapers can be customized adding images, movies, sound clips and other media resources to it. It is a decorator's dream as it allows him to effortlessly add animated themes to a computer’s desktop. Animated wallpapers are very convenient to use as they are not a strain on the computer’s memory or a drag on it’s performance. They work quietly in the background without taking up too many system resources, unless specialized applications are required to run the animation. The program controlling an animated wallpaper is enabled with six themes. An user can set flash files as animated wallpaper as well. This is easy to use and most commands and functions are immediately accessible. The above functionalities and features have contributed to animated wall papers becoming extremely popular with computer users.

3D Animation

3D animation is a more advanced graphical presentation with the help of computer and digital displayers. Animations such as movies, presentations, walk through, cartoon films, television advertisements and web stuff (life on the Web or Internet) became popular after people tasted 3D graphics. In general Multimedia stuff such as 3D Illustration, AV Presentations, Digital Video, 3D Medical & Scientific Animations are very useful in real life application in respective environments.

Computer Graphics and Animations

3D computer graphics / animations are different from 2D computer graphics / animations in that a 3D representation of geometric data is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images. The rendered images are used for later display or for real-time viewing. 3D graphics animations show the angle of camera or viewers, virtual shoot of aerial footage and put the virtual reality 3D model into it perfectly so the 3D animation looks absolutely real. This is called motion tracking, which is when we track the exact motion of the real life camera that shoots the footage and that is replicated perfectly in 3D. The same effect is also used often on the big screen where 3D animations are used to create movie scenes.

Making of 3D Animations

The 3D animations are created based on a theme or concept. The theme is expanded with more detail of the design; flow of the animations is called storyboards. The character and object design and development are the preliminary jobs for animators based on the specification. Based on the storyboard direction further key frames are to be developed. All the characters or objects are called 3D models that are data file that contain the information needed to view or "render" 3-D objects. Key-framing is the process of assigning values to parameters at specific moments in time that specifies frames in an animated sequence. A Texture Map is required for manipulating the scheme or pattern on the models. Texture Mapping is a way of controlling the diffuse color of a surface on a pixel-by-pixel basis, rather than by assigning a single overall value. The graphic designer / character developer can achieve by applying a color bitmap image to the surface. The color patterns / scheme can also be generated by the application itself to create a procedural texture. Finally, the sequences are to be rendered for getting an output with compression. Rendering is the process of producing bitmapped images from a view of 3-D models in a 3-D scene. An animation is a series of such renderings (taking a picture of the scene) each with the scene slightly changed.

3D animation software features:

3D Modeler, TrueType font support, Import and modify file formats, Export .3DS files, Built in 3D Object browser, Jointed character editor, Morph targets, Renderer for high quality, production quality images, Create 3D scenes and animations and output .AVI movie files, .JPG and .BMP images, Supports textures, bump maps, soft shadows, spotlights, fog, and much more, Texture support for .BMP, .GIF, and .JPG format files, Scripting language etc.

Standard Computer System Requirements from 3D Animation software:

Windows NT4, Win95, Win98, WinSE, Win2K, or WinXP, OpenGL accelerated graphics card with full ICD support, (ala GeForce), 64 MB memory, 128MB recommended, or 256MB if you use WinXP, 300 MHz Pentium, 5MB disk space.

AniBoom is involved in 3D Animation Workshop, Competitions, Seminars and online info centers, where you can learn about this beautiful medium, with a special eye for its use on the Web. You can learn how to create 3D graphics and animation step by step, gain knowledge and experiences. AniBoom makes aware of aspirants on computer, software, technologies, process for making of 3D animations.

☺homework - smiley tag. :]

indonesians.


dapet PR yg harus di Tag dari missie Ariga. makasi yah ada kerjaan juga.
here we go.


10 hal yg hari ini membuat kamu tersenyum.

1. bulan ini bulan Ramadhan. Alhamdulillah selalu merasa positif di bulan suci ini.
2. my boyfriend. yg selalu bisa menghiburku dalam kondisi apapun. terutama bgt pas dia niru2 perilaku & perkataan gw. i didn't thought that i would look that funny in his eyes. haha ♥ you!
3. my kittens. mereka lucu2 & masih kecil. menggemaskan! kitty kucing pertamaku udah mulai manja & mengelus2 kepalanya di kaki gue. lucunyaaahh!
4. presentasi di kelas HI hari ini Alhamdulillah berjalan lancar. merasa lega & lepas beban membuat gw tersenyum.
5. dengerin lagu-lagunya Arctic Monkeys di YouTube barusan. lagunya yg jenius & mantap membuat gw berdecak kagum & tersenyum.
6. makan di restoran Thai yg favorite gw hari ini. nikmatnyaa.. kangkung goreng crispy & red curry chicken.
7. hari ini status facebook gw banyak yg komenin. biasanya normal, tapi mungkin sekarang orang2 lg pada suntuk kali ye jadinya ngomenin status orang. tapi gw seneng, ada ajaa yg kasih komen positif. :]
8. keingetan bahwa besok, jum'at, sabtu, ampe minggu gw gak ada kelas. yayy akhirnya bisa santaiii ploongg!
9. berencana pengen beli koleksi Brushes dari MAC cosmetics. yah ini emang sebenernya treats buat gw tapi kalo semua keperluan utama gw terpenuhi & ada sisa, kenapa gak? :]
10. hari ini di kampus banyak yg negor. gw kan ceritanya foreigners boow jadi gx terlalu kenal orang2 lokal. tapi Alhamdulillah udah mulai banyak yg kenal. seneeengg :]

yasudaah itu yg membuat saya tersenyum hari ini. sebenernya banyak yg bisa buat gw tersenyum, wong gw orang'nya easy-going alias emang demen yg hepi2. :]
TAG'nya karna udah pagi2 buta gini gw capee nih, jadi siapapun silahkan ambiil.
tapi ini ada beberapa list nama yg udah gw tag.. silahkaan~


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David Beckham Ponytail

David Beckham ponytail hairstyle

David Beckham Ponytail

David Beckham ponytail hairstyle

Bob Hairstyles

Bob hairstyles are a short to medium length style in which the hair is generally cut straight around the head at about the jaw line, often with bangs and/or a fringe of sorts.

The bob hairstyle was first made popular in the early 1920's when American film star Colleen Moore dawned the style.

Bob hairstyles are still a very popular choice of design, and worn by many famous celebrities including Rihanna, Charlize Theron, and Keira Knightley to name a few.

Enjoy this picture gallery of fabulous bob hairstyles.

Free Animation

Internet has brought a dynamic and open source of using of graphics stuff. Cartoon and animations are the part of that. Digital animations are designed using software tool separately for 2-D and 3-D animations. There are many websites do business related to graphics, animation and websites. They have many free Animations in Animations Library. The animations are in different forms stored in website library or catalogue. There are digital greetings, postcards, mailers, buttons, emotional faces, and shapes are animated. While browsing the Animation Library, you can listen to attractive music by using the Jukebox also. So that can be used in your purpose. You can search for free animations using the search box provided in many websites. They offer thousands of free clip art images and the animation version of the same images. The catalogue is designed in alphabetic sequence, or thumb nail pattern with ascending order. So a user can easily find the desired animations. Free animations can be searched by typing the word connected to the name of the animations.

Types of Free Animations

Typical 2-D and 3-D animations are available freely from downloadable websites. There are several models of shapes are available in 3-D form. You can use the downloaded animation in your mobile, computer, laptops, palmtops, I-pods etc. There is some hub in Internet, where you can avail the animation files. To navigate the animation file you need to use the interface designed. All the animations, graphics and 3D animated file are gif, swf format that are free to download and use on your websites and computer desktops.The animated Buttons, Bullets, Dividers and Arrows are web design stuffs.

How to download

Once you enter to the specific websites, there are options for free download files, music, animations and graphics etc. For downloading you be required to be a user of the website. There will be a registration entry page that will allow you to enter your name, user name, password, email ID, Telephone number etc. Once you've entered the detail, an email will go to your email inbox for a verification of valid email Id holder. That email provides a code to be entered for the first time of entry. Indirectly the website can trace you as a user, who uses the free stuff from Internet. Later on you will be interested for more valued animations fro their website. That record will help them for the business an all.

Most of these animations are free for personal use only. If anybody uses for a commercial basis may have to inform the free provider company as per the term and conditions. Some free animation links leads you to the owner’s page, or display a copyright notice with term and conditions. Generally, Animation files are bigger sized files. There are bunch of files are to be downloaded. That pack file may have such big memory size. So you need to check your hard disk space to accommodate the files.

How Much Hair Should I Lose Each Day?

How Much Hair Should I Lose Each Day?

Hair loss is a normal occurrence throughout our lives. In fact, you may not know that you are supposed to be losing an average amount of hair each day. If you are noticing a few extra hairs in your daily shower, you may want to take a look into this simple hair loss guide. It has been medically proven that you are meant to lose an average of 6 hairs each day. This of course, does not mean that you need to pull 6 hairs out of your head each day. You will start to notice a couple of hairs in your shower. Sometimes you may not even feel anything at all when you lose a hair. Now, there is nothing to be too concerned with, if you are losing a little bit more. But those who are losing a significant amount fast should seek some sort of treatment. There are plenty of hair loss treatments that you can take a look into using. Simply see your doctor and find out what they might recommend. Losing a few hairs here and there is nothing to be worried about. Make sure to keep an eye on your hair loss count. This will help you determine the rate that you are losing hair. If you would like to prevent hair loss, then seek out a professional or a product to help you out. Do not fret about 6 measly hairs falling out of your head each day!

Doraemon Wallpapers

Doraemon (ドラえもん) is the title of a popular manga is authored Fujiko F. Fujio (F ·藤子不二雄) since 1970 and is about the life of a child's 4th grade elementary school slacker named Nobi Nobita (野比のび太) which was visited by a robot cat named Doraemon who came from the 22 th century. He was sent to help Nobita Nobita to offspring can enjoy its success than to suffer from financial debt - which will happen in the future - due to ignorance Nobita.

Nobita, after failing a test after school or harassed by Giant and Suneo, will always go to Doraemon for help. Doraemon then usually will help Nobita by using sophisticated equipment from the pockets of magic; equipment is often used as "bamboo propeller" and "Door to Where Only". Often times, Nobita to go too far in using the equipment and even lapse into a bigger problem.

and this is the wallpaper from doraemon good look ok...

♥ ♫ ARCTIC MONKEYS new album, Humbug.

HELL YEAA!!
The King Band of Indie.. Arctic Monkeys new album is officially released TODAY. August 24th 2009.
EXCITEDD!!


me & my bf are their HUGE fans.
my bf ordered their original CD straight from their official website & will be imported from Europe!
i can't wait.. but the package have not come yet until now. huhuu :[


well the album is Co-Produced by Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) & said to be inspired by the albums of Black Sabbath.
so it should & suppose to be good.


as for my personal review as a BIG fan, i think this album is not as 'kicking' as their last 2 album.
maybe i'm just not used to the new songs yet or i'm not used to their new exploration either.
although, it's not a dissapointment at all.
AM is still AM with their genius thoughts of music.


for those of you that have not heard their music at all, i strongly recommend you to listen!
they are totally awesome!
:]


RECOMMENDATION TRACK : Crying Lightning, Secret Door.


Jadi, menurut kalian??
Any Thoughts??

Tom Welling Wavy Shag Haircut