August 2004

Displaced images

CreativeBits explains how to use the displace filter in Photoshop.

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Good Practice in Funding

Earlier this year I was working on a major rewriting project for the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector’s Good Practice Funding website, which was launched yesterday. My job was to take text written for print and make it more appropriate for delivery via web to public servants as the primary audience. This website [...]

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20Gb iPod for sale

I’ve just set up an auction for my second generation 20Gb iPod. If you’re interested in buying it then visit the auction within the next 3 days.

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DVDs; Databases; Tutorials

New at the Learning Centre: Newbies Guide to Watching DVDs (on your Mac) (republished from Macguide Issue #14 March / April 2004) and Newbies Guide to Databases (republished from Macguide Issue #15 May / June 2004). This brings the total number of items at the Learning Centre to 27, although I have more to add [...]

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Kiwi Mac News

This week NZMac.com has relaunched with a new look and using the Mambo CMS. The forums there are a good place for Kiwis to talk about Macs. If you prefer mailing lists then remember my NZMacs mailing list (which uses YahooGroups). Discussion there is sporadic, but generally useful. [Update: this list no longer exists.] Previously [...]

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Using the Colour Palette

I’d overlooked this post on CodePoetry, but it really is very useful. If you do anything at all with Apple’s Colour Palette then read this. The Colors [Via Mac OS X Hints.]

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