Stupid Marketing Images

~SP — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:46:11 +0000

Who in their right mind lays prone, in business casual wear, with their laptop computer on an airport waiting bench? This is so ludicrous that I just cannot fathom an advertising agency that would ever consider this as a realistic scenario. But unrealistic scenarios are everywhere on the internet.

Enigma Desktop 2.0 Released, Adds Installer, Widget Manager, and Templates

~SP — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Windows only: Reader Kaelri, well-known for his killer Enigma desktop, has released a new version complete with an installer—making this amazing desktop customization easy enough for anybody to install.

The latest update includes features geared at beginners—the new welcome dialog in the middle of the screenshot adds widgets to your desktop which can be easily dragged around the screen—making customizations easier than ever. The full list of new features includes:

- EXE Installer
- GUI widget manager.
- Template configs - usable right out of the box.
- Black & white variants for every widget.
- Individual story links for the RSS Reader.
- Show/hide button for Sidebar.
- New mail indicator for Gmail Icon.

Getting started with Enigma is simplified down to just a couple of steps, detailed in the included instructions:

1. Download and install Rainmeter. (http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/legacy.html)
2. Run EnigmaSetup2.0.exe to install the theme to Rainmeter. (Make sure Rainmeter isn't running while you do this.)
3. OPTIONAL: Choose one of the files in "Templates." Replace C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.ini and replace it with your desired template. (Make sure Rainmeter isn't running while you do this.)
4. Run Rainmeter.

The full package includes fonts, AutoHotkey scripts, and multiple templates to get you started. Kaelri recommends also installing either the NOOTO, CleanGlass, or SlanXP visual styles for Windows to match the Enigma look. Don't know how? Follow our guide to installing custom themes. Great work, Kaelri!

Enigma is a free download for Windows users only. Linux users can check out the previously previously mentioned Enigma for Linux.

Resolving to acquire greater Resolution

~SP — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:11:19 +0000

When plagued with original photos, images, or graphics which contain jagged pixels (jaggies), you can quite often clean-up the appearance of that file if you simply reduce it’s overall size without resampling it at the same time. Granted, most garden-variety image editors provide no control over this resampling step. But if your editor has a …

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Stupid Marketing Images

Enigma Desktop 2.0 Released, Adds Installer, Widget Manager, and Templates

Resolving to acquire greater Resolution