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47 of 365 is technology haiku #GIMP #fail

Lame duck ninja haiku
Lame duck ninja haiku

I used GIMP to make an idea I had earlier today as I was slashing through piles of email that have less and less relevance to me . It fit nicely into the 7-5-7 form which I forgot is not the haiku form, which is 5-7-5. DUH! In case you’ve not heard, I recently resigned from my long-term position at Rider to take a similar position at Princeton University. And so, all those emails that might have had me jumping a month ago are a lot easier to pass on, respond quickly to, or simply (ninja vanishing sounds).

tags: email, ninja, lame, duck, employment, moving on, Rider University, Princeton University, New Jersey, lemasney, 365, postaday2011, GNU, GPL, GIMP, open source, creative commons, CC-SA

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46 of 365 is a man on fire #GIMP

 

Man on fire by John LeMasney via lemasney.com
Man on fire by John LeMasney via lemasney.com

Here we have a man on fire. A poetic, metaphoric, and timely self-portrait.

In the GIMP, I imported the silhouetted image of the man, along with the flame image. In order to combine them, I put the man as the top layer, and set the layer style to “screen”, which keeps the white of the upper layer, but let the flames come through wherever the black occurred. It’s a simple, but very powerful technique when you want to quickly combine the contents of two layers.

tags: fire, man, silhouette, GNU, GPL, GIMP, open source, creative commons, CC-SA, share, 365. lemasney, postaday2011

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45 of 365 is a valentine #Inkscape

 

A valentine
A valentine

 

I hope you all had a wonderful valentine’s day.

tags: valentine, 365, lemasney, sharing, daily, open source, creative commons, GNU, GPL, CC-SA, postaday2011

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A review of the Verizon FIOS remote by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #fail

A review of the Verizon FIOS remote by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #fail
A review of the Verizon FIOS remote by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #fail

It is likely that I am just upset that it’s not a TiVo remote, but I really think this remote has some incredible design flaws.

tags: Verizon, fail, lemasney, 365, daily, postaday2011, GNU, GPL, GIMP, Inkscape, open source, creative commons, cc-sa

 

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43 of 365 is a birthday wish #GIMP

 

Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!

 

So, Janie Hermann and another couple of friends have birthdays today. I just wanted to make a special commemoration to her and the rest. I’m happy to have you around!

tags: Birthday, GNU, GPL, GIMP, painting, friends, daily, 365, lemasney, postaday2011, creative commons, CC-SA

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41 of 365 is an emblem for classroom sustainability #Inkscape

 

Sustainable classroom certification
Sustainable classroom certification

 

Laura Hyatt, who is basically synonymous in my mind with sustainable practice at Rider University, recently approached me about a cool project. She is looking to emulate successful classroom sustainability efforts in other universities, and asked me if I could help with certification branding. I looked at some of her examples, and made these. By demonstrating that in your classroom you do things like use refillable reusable beverage containers, turn off lights, do little or no printing, provide materials electronically, practice sustainability with texts and assignments, and use the outdoors and locality in your curriculum, you gain points on a standard scale. The more points you get, the higher the certification you can meet. I’m hoping to have my Digital Media Communication class be the first Emerald certified class at Rider University. Thanks for the project, Laura!

tags: Rider University, sustainability, emblems, logos, branding, certification, classroom, lemasney, 365, sharing, postaday2011, GNU, GPL, open source, Inkscape, creative commons, cc-sa