Introducing SSHMenu

OK, I stumbled across one of the most useful apps I have discovered in a long time, SSHMenu. SSHMenu is a panel applet for GNMOME (I have been informed it can be used outside of GNOME as well) that keeps track of all your regular SSH connections and makes them available with a single mouse [...]

September 28th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

DigiPro T-6000U 6×4.5″ USB Graphics Tablet Review

For those of you who keep up with my blog, here is the promised review of the DigiPro T-6000U 6×4.5″ USB Graphics Tablet. I wrote a tutorial on how to install this on Ubuntu because I had such a hard time finding the correct information when I went to install it, and said I would [...]

September 11th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Ubuntu DIGIPRO T-8000U T-6000U T-5500U 12000U 14000U

OK, I recently purchased a DigiPro T-6000U Graphics Tablet to use with Ubuntu (More Specifically Jaunty Jackalope or AKA 9.04) and it took me a while to figure out how to get it working, but as I found out in the end it is way easier than I thought to get it working, and I [...]

September 5th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

GIMP Cartoon Clouds

Cartoon Clouds are so easy in GIMP that I almost shouldn’t be writing this article, but maybe it will be useful for somebody. The basic idea here is we are going to be trying to create a cool looking puffy cloud (For those technical among us Nimbus Clouds). The concept here is going to be [...]

August 19th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

GIMP – Stitching Photos

In this tutorial we are going to be stitching two photos together. The average person may be thinking that it is as easy as copying and pasting text, but for anyone who has tried understands that there is a lot more to it. If you are not concerned with whether or not your final product [...]

August 12th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

GIMP – Smoke Tutorial

Today I am going to show you one way to make smoke for your graphics. I know there are a hundred and one ways to do this but this method is the one I like the most because I have more control over what is happening to my photos or images. This is actually very [...]

August 7th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Installing Microsoft Fonts – Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

There many reasons why you might want to use Microsoft Fonts, the largest reason is going to be compatibility. Lets face it some people are not going to quit using Microsoft Products, no matter what.  Installing the Microsoft TrueType fonts will make OpenOffice more compatible and will improve the look of some web pages (Some [...]

July 10th, 2009 by Allen Sanford