Ebay without IE/Firefox/Chrome/Opera/Safari etc…

The Adobe® AIR™ runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that run outside the browser on multiple operating systems.

Ebay Desktop is a new alternative to the Ebay website. It has all of the features of the website with the addition of a few extras such as popup notification and a more streamlined user interface. Anyone who spends time on this popular auction site will enjoy this new application.Download Ebay Desktop here.

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Learn how to make Digital Matte Paintings

Scribd is a large online community of Readers. There are documents and ebooks available that touch on a plethora of topics. The book I am sharing is small and was found in the repository available on the site.

Mattes are used in photography and special effects filmmaking to combine two or more image elements into a single, final image. Usually, mattes are used to combine a foreground image (such as actors on a set, or a spaceship) with a background image (a scenic vista, a field of stars and planets). In this case, the matte is the background painting. In film and stage, mattes can be physically huge sections of painted canvas, portraying large scenic expanses of landscapes.

Digital Matte Painting

Publish at Scribd or explore others: How-to-Guides & Manu art drawing

Hulu is your friend!

The web is full of many different sites offering video for your viewing pleasure. Personally I am a big Hulu fan. There goal is TV your way. Watch your favorite videos right from your browser, anytime, for free. With full episodes of TV shows both current and classic, full-length movies, web originals, and clips of just about everything, Hulu is the place to watch and enjoy premium videos from the biggest names in entertainment.

Digital Video Distributors

Hulu,Joost

Viewing video online has been a increasingly popular trend for internet users all over the world. Google's YOUtube dominates anyother site by tenfold it would seem. You may ask yourself, "Why go anywhere else, if everyone is on YOUtube?". Content on their website is user submitted by individuals. Two other popular Video websites that i would recommend to anyone who enjoys watching T.V. shows and movies at no cost, try Hulu and Joost.Hulu is the better of the two in my personal opinion offering so many different shows and movies that more than 1/2 my night are spent watching Episodes from their huge archives.

HoudahSpot 1.2 Free Only Today!

My review of HoudahSpot as seen on MacZOT.com

This is a very powerful desktop search program with some extra filtering capabilities to allow you to easily isolate what you are looking for. I decided to give it a try with a simple query of entering a friends name and it pulled pictures as well as address book entries. That caught me by surpise. I am impressed by this piece of software, and would highly recommend all Mac Users give it a try. It is clearly worth the price of admission if you have large hard drives with thousands upon thousands of files. It can really make searching simple. Besides the fact it stays active in the back as needed so any new files fitiing criteria will automatically be updated in search windows. Give it a shot you will not be disappointed.

NOTE: If you're seeing this on June 16, 2006 head over to MacZOT, you might be able to get a Free copy of HoudahSpot

Search easily in Tiger, Mac OS X, with HoudahSpot