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The odds that you'd find these particular Easter eggs is somewhere between slim and none. And Slim just left town. These little treats reside in your software, operating systems, and even in your art. Since Easter falls on April Fool's Day this year, I thought I'd let you in on a little secret about these Easter eggs. Really, they are bloatware as you'll find in a lot of older Windows software. It's extra code in a program taking up space on your hard drive.
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Fans will now have the opportunity to work with artists such as Neil Gaiman and Alicia Keys in collaborative projects. The series of projects was announced on Monday as part of the 'Keep Moving' campaign, a promotion for the Blackberry Z10 mobile device (formerly RIM).
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YouTube is truly one of the tent-poles of the Internet, being one of the few websites known and loved by all. And with good reason. It's the home to millions of video clips covering all genres, no matter how niche. Sure, there's an overabundance of funny cat videos, but hey, there are also movies and genuinely funny parodies too, so it's all good. But wait, there are also music videos galore, from professionals and amateurs alike.
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One of the first things I do when I start using a new computer or after reinstalling the operating system, even before installing a different video player or browser, is to set the mood by selecting a desktop wallpaper. Of course, no matter how careful your choice, chances are you'll grow tired of it sooner or later. For me, it's what attracts me to wallpaper streamers—these small applications run unobtrusively in the background and periodically change your wallpaper.
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The Creators Project is a collaboration between hardware giant Intel and boundary-pushing magazine and documentary squad Vice Magazine. The project explores the boundaries between art, technology and the emerging installations that gel the two together. Through a series of videos and interviews, the project explores various artists’ theories, works, and the way they approach the technology conundrum.
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Can you really "kill the man" and make a living on the Internet as a creative professional? I spoke to a quartet of creatives recently, each proudly working for themselves in different ways. Read on to find out more about a freelance writer forced into his dream career through redundancy, a photographer who stumbled upon a means of making money through her ability with Photoshop, an artist who followed her dream instead of processing card payments and a journalist who found himself offered a six book deal by a major publisher!
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Much like chiptune and other forms of once-underground and reclusive digital trends, glitch art has become pretty popular over the last few years. It can now be seen in everything from music videos, to fashion and even advertising. In case you’re not familiar with the term, glitch art is the celebration, synthesis and loosely controllable manufacture of images, videos and sounds.
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One of the most magical things is, you've got a nice, crisp piece of paper, you put a benzene marker on it, it just looks gorgeous -- says Corel Painter Master Greg Banning. But the thing is, those things are toxic. So you're working overnight trying to get something done, and in the morning you're just stoned. That's what drove Greg to start using Corel Painter more than thirteen years ago.
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Sometimes it is fun to sit back and create something new. If you have artistic ability, your options for creating are vast. For those of us who do not have any ability, our options are extremely limited. I have stumbled across this fantastic iPhone app called Pixel’d which allows users to create some beautiful pictures even if their artistic abilities are lacking. We can’t all be the next Michelangelo, but with the help of technology, we can certainly try.
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Fancy some computer-related tutorials? You can find plenty on a variety of topics from awesome apps to programming languages on Youtube, but what about other non-technological activities that you might complete every week? Here I will be taking a look at a few hobbies you can pick up from Youtube that can actually save you money, which, let’s be honest, can be handy considering how some economies are (or have been) plunging lately.
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Stage 32 has come about to help actors and other professionals of the industry to get together, share stories and advice, advertise positions, create new works and generally help each other out. It's a hot-pot of activity which is sure to inspire and open up doors. And it's worth checking out even if you're an amateur!
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Recently on MakeUseOf we showed you how to find, download, print and build your own card models. This got me thinking about just what card models I would enjoy printing out and building. After all, when you’re downloading templates, you’re accepting a prescribed design and method of construction. Like me, you might prefer to create different models, preferably with a better focus on building rather than a heavy bias on the end product.
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You too must have enjoyed a comic or two. You too must have dreamt up comic book characters of your own. If Stan Lee could create an entire universe of super-humans, our childhood imaginations could too. Maybe then we only had our foggy flights of fancy. Now, we have a legion of comic book tools. So let’s see how you can create your own web comics with free tools, and also its more digitalized cousin – the Internet meme.
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Whether you're looking for free stock photos from sites like SXC.hu, or random images to ponder from aggregators like ffffound, finding nice pictures is really not a problem. Finding good talent for creative work, however, is an entirely different proposition. This is where the Behance Network comes in. This beautiful collective showcase lets commercial-level artists showcase their work.
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The Internet’s boom brought many great things with it, including access to places we might otherwise never visit. This accessibility goes hand in hand with the fact we don’t leave our chairs as much as we used to; and why should we? It’s all available right there, on our computers. In other words, as computer geeks, many of us don’t get out much. For example, when was the last time you visited your local museum?
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