Photoshop. Helping the graphically inclined rub out photobombers since 1988

Click the image to see a bigger before/after. (yeah I know it’s not perfect but for a small print or web use you’d never know something was missing)

Now I’m not a believer of Karma (in a nutshell – belief that what goes around comes around) but a few weeks ago I wrote a rant about people tagging all their friends in these collage pictures (Facebook: Stop Tagging These) like smiley faces, pinup girls, etc etc…and how stupid/annoying I thought it was.

Well I was again tagged in one of these pictures the other day and I was tagged as “Dusty” in this one. WTF does that mean? I’m not physically dirty… I thought maybe that it’s because my picture was a black and white picture with some sepia tones – but then how are other people pictures Lucky or Cuddly or Nice? It’s hard to tell someone’s personality from a picture of them with a milk mustache. I asked the kind tagger what “dusty meant” and they said they weren’t sure but my picture looked dusty cause it was brown. Thanks. Thanks a lot. I’m officially this guy.

It wasn’t the notification that alerted me to the fact that someone had tagged me in one of these collages – it was the fact that I had around 17 newsfeed items from my friends being tagged in the same picture. I know the argument is “QQ I can do what I want, it’s MY facebook!” but it’s really annoying and nobody really likes these things but you.

One more time: QUIT TAGGING THESE!

For those of you who haven’t seen this yet there’s a new version of facebook available (In addition to the mobile and full versions) called Facebook Lite. Facebook Lite is a mix between the mobile version and the full version it seems. The first obvious omission is the Facebook Chat… which for some reason causes my computer to hang for a split second every time I get a new message… and even if I’m in another tab it causes my keyboard to lose focus in whatever field I’m typing into (even though the cursor is still sitting there blinking at me).

I couldn’t find options like “Poke” on other people’s profile and their wall seems to be much more lightweight and load much faster.

If you’ve got a slow computer and don’t necessarily care about all the bells and whistles then Facebook Lite seems to be the way to go. It also might be a nice choice for those of you who have smartphones and don’t feel like using an old “mobile” version of Facebook.

Check it out! Facebook Lite

I’ve been told time and time again by local businesses that there’s a minimum amount that I have to spend in order for them to accept my credit card. Usually it’s a donut shop or convenience store that has a lot of transactions that are in small amounts (ie 1 pack of cigarettes or a couple of sprinkle-donuts). There’s actually no rules that say you have to purchase a certain amount and in fact it’s against the store’s Merchant Agreement to demand a minimum purchase.

Nontoxicreviews.com has kindly created some easily printable PDF’s that are credit-card sized and you can whip these badboys out next time someone claims that you have to purchase a minimum amount. Thanks, Andy.

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Picked up an Acer Aspire One today from Walmart of all places. I don’t normally shop for my electronics there but Best Buy’s selection was slim to none and Wally-World had what I wanted so I bought it. I needed it small, decently fast, and read more card formats other than just SD. I was trying to choose between the MSI and the Acer. Best Buy didn’t have either (they did online but were sold out) and on my way back to work, defeated, I tried walmart.com and sure enough they had them in-store. So far I love my Aspire One. Here’s a good write-up on it. I’ll post again with some rants and raves about it once I’ve had time to use it a bit.

Was on Facebook looking at Bon Iver’s page (my current favorite band) and this link was served to me on the right side of the page. Hilarious. Because girls that show their boobs on the internet are statistically Christian, right? Of course.