Looking for some old school dnb to fill your ear drums. Then look no further than right here on Damion DJ & Producer Blog with a new mix from DJ Diddle. He is one who explores the different sides of dnb properly to give you the right up and down levels of sounds to suite your needs. Take a listen below with the stream version or click the link to download

Cover Art by: Damion Schweizer

R00ted Tracklist

1. Sub Focus - Let The Story Begin
2. Adam Freeland - Under Control (TC Remix)
3. Fourward - Fury
4. Derrick & Tonka - Master Steps
5. Bonobo ft. Andreya Triana - The Keeper (Redeyes Remix)
6. Bcee - Heartache (Instrumental Mix)
7. Spectrasoul - Wedgehead
8. Stunna Ft. Focus - Blackheart
9. Break - People Are Different
10. Rockwell - Underpass
11. Bop - Skeptikos
12. KJ Sawka - My Girl (d!ddle Remix)
13. Mutt Ft. Kevin King - Conversations

If you haven't noticed I added a new bar at the bottom of the page with the help of Wibiya. Wibiya enables blogs and websites to integrate the most exciting services, applications and widgets of their choice into their blog and website through customized web-based toolbars. There platform offers a one-stop solution for integrating, managing and tracking third-party applications. This is a free service that Wibiya offers.

Currently they offer a fixed set of tools such as creating a blog community via facebook connect,enabling twitter alerts on your blog or website and enabling post navigation but there is a lot to wait for as they will be adding more and more application through time. Wibiya as lets you track the use of the toolbar with your account. So check it out today and added it to your blog or website.




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Here are some tutorials for creating 3D text effects using Photoshop and Illustrator. Some of these are for using Photoshop on it’s own while others explain techniques for using Photoshop and Illustrator together. So give them a try and show off your 3D Text.

How to Create Stunning and Bold 3D Text

Create 3-D text with some extreme lighting

Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

Design a Slick 3D Ice Text Effect

How to Create a 3D Text Photo Manipulation

Awesome Milk Typography Effect in Photoshop

The inPulse smartwatch is not a BlackBerry Smartphone on your wrist, nor is it manufactured by Research in Motion (nor is RIM developing an accessory like this on their own - this is the "BB watch"). Rather, the inPulse smartwatch is manufactured by Allerta, a new Waterloo-based start-up focused on intelligent smartphone accessories, and works as a companion to your BlackBerry Smartphone to notify you of incoming BlackBerry messages/events.

inPulse smartwatch for BlackBerry Tech Specs & Key Features

• 1.3" full colour organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) display
• Bluetooth® v2.0+EDR
• 150 mAh lithium-ion polymer battery
• Glass lens and full metal body
• 22mm interchangeable wrist band
• Vibrating motor
• Micro-USB port (for charging)
• Over-the-air firmware updates
• Dimensions: 51mm height x 38mm width x 12mm depth

Here is some more information on the inpules Smartwatch. The battery life is 4 days depending on use and can be recharged in about 30 minutes via standard microUSB cable. To use the inPulse wristwatch you must also install an app onto your BlackBerry that runs in the background. The Cost for this device is $149.00 which is not a bad price at all. It's available for pre-order now (not taking payment yet but you can get on the waiting list), with the first consumer shipments scheduled for February 2010.



Reference: Crackberry.com

HP has introduced its Dream Screen 130. It is a beefed up picture frame. Dream Screen is a multimedia home tablet with Pandora Internet radio, music, photos, video, weather forecasts and Facebook. Who doesn't want a picture frame with access to there Facebook. This product also connects to the internet through wireless or wired connections. This product price is running around for 299.99 through HP. Here are some more features of the Dream Scream HP.

Intuitive interface

• Easily access content on your PCs and the Web via a simple menu
• Enjoy music, photos, and videos with HP MediaSmart software
• Control entertainment via an intuitive handheld remote control
• Turn it to landscape or portrait orientation with the included stand

Quick access to Facebook and more

• View and stay current on Facebook
• View slide shows of photos uploaded to Snapfish
• Stream music and photos from your PC
• Listen to Internet radio from Pandora or HP SmartRadio
• Stay organized with the calendar; be on time with the built-in alarm clock

Cool looking in your home

• Complement your home décor with the elegant design
• See the light: access digital content with simple, light-up touch controls on the display
• Get superb sound quality from concealed speakers
• Wall mount the screen if you prefer: holes have been predrilled on the back
• Warranty and support: one-year limited; get help toll-free, 24 x 7, or via e-mail in as little time as an hour

If you use Photoshop on a regular basis then you will find this photo to be humorous for it's real likeness of Photoshop. I wonder how long it took the person who did this to come up with the idea and how long it took to put it together.



On a side note. You will notice on that I have made some changes to the DJ & Producer Damion Blog. I have added page numbers at the bottom of the blog to navigate to older posts. I have also added the playlist for this month up on the right hand side to listen to while you read the current blogs. I have also added a new sharing function for every post. To make it easier for you to share these blogs. I will continue to add more features as I learn how to add them. Hope you enjoy.

Windows Mobile 6.5 launched earlier this month and people weren’t very impressed. Windows Mobile 6.5 was just release on October 6th this year and the company is already working on updates for this version with Windows Mobile 6.5.1. This may be because a lot of users felt that the operating system really didn't change much from previous versions. This doesn't give users of the current platform much reason to be convinced in staying with the windows platform. Windows Mobile 6.5 does have a new and improved web browser and home screen so I guess that is a plus.

Windows Mobile 6.5.1 will however bring several significant improvements, including a rewritten, finger-friendly contact application, according to Download Squad. Microsoft is also adding several UI elements, including buttons and check boxes with a visual refresh that will hopefully address how most of the OS still looks like it's from 2002.

Windows Mobile 7 is expected out next year, and it will reportedly represent a major shift by including more finger-friendly controls and a new version of Office Mobile. But until then, it sounds like Windows Mobile 6.5.1 might be the way to go if you're stuck with a Windows Mobile device.



Read more at DownloadSquad via jkontherun

Blogger is what I use for my blog platform and it has some lacking features but it works for what I need it for. So I came across some Blogger templates that I thought would be cool to share. So if you use blogger and want to spice up your Blog then maybe these site can help you out. If not there are many other Free Blogger Template sites out their.

BTemplates

Chocolate Candy

Vikiworks Infinity

Photoplus

iWork

UrbanArtist

Bloggin Out Loud

It has arrived, the Hundredth Post. So being that it is the hundredth post I have decided to put up the new Playlist-04 for your enjoyment. I have a special track added to this playlist that was provided to me by my good friend Diddle.

Diddle has been djing for 10 years and has been a musician since the age of 4. He has performed many events all over the East coast of the United States. He has also been producing some great tracks since 2001. So check out his track KJ Sawka My Girl(d!ddle remix) on the New Playlist-04 Compiled by Damion.

Since were in the celebrating mood today I added "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire to the playlist because today is the movie release of Where the Wild Things Are, plus it's a good song.


Cover art by: Damion Schweizer

A new technology is about to come out that will make it a breeze to get connected online. A consortium that includes Intel, Cisco, and Apple is set to release new technology called Wi-Fi Direct that will turn a slew of gadgets into hotspot.

Going Wi-Fi is about to get a lot easier. For many consumers, setting up an in-home Wi-Fi connection point is something of a hassle. Before you can enjoy the convenience of logging onto the Web without cables and wires, you need to hook up some gear and create your own "hotspot."

But that's set to change come mid-2010, when a tech upgrade will make it easier for users of consumer electronics to exchange files between electronic gadgets.

The new technology, called Wi-Fi Direct, will be built directly into consumer electronics and automatically scan the vicinity for existing hotspots and the gamut of Wi-Fi equipped devices, including phones, computers, TVs, and gaming consoles. Owners of most existing Wi-Fi-enabled devices will be able to upgrade to Wi-Fi Direct with a simple software download.

This technology will effectively turn gadgets into mini access points, able to create wireless connections with other Wi-Fi-enabled gadgets or broadband modems within a radius of about 300 feet. The alliance includes Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Apple (AAPL), and more than 300 other makers of the equipment that runs Wi-Fi networks, often used to provide wireless Web connections in homes, cafés, hotels, and airports.

Reference: Business Week

3D graffiti, whether it’s in chalk or paint, on walls or the street, represents a new way of combining the mastery of Renaissance art techniques with the gritty, ephemeral qualities of amazing street art. These 3D street artists gives graffiti a whole new meaning one that departs from the conventional interpretation of graffiti as vandalism in the form of images and letters scrawled on public property. Check out some of these talented artists and be awed by their works of art.

Kurt Wenner

Julian Beever

Tracy Lee Stum

Eduardo Reler

Daim

Reference: WebUrbanist

Adobe, which makes Photoshop, introduced Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone, a Photoshop Lite program to tweak and add effects to camera phone shots on the iPhone. It's not to be confused with its big brother Photoshop desktop application, which sells for $599.

The Photoshop iPhone app also lets users access photos stored on Photoshop.com and view them on the iPhone, but Adobe has plenty of company with that feature.

Said features include in the app are rotating, cropping, using filter effects, and adjusting exposure, tint and saturation. Photoshop mobile includes "sketch," to make pictures look like drawings and "soft focus," for a slight blur.

Take a listen to the New Damion Mix "A New Change". It has some sick tracks that are worth taking a listen to. If you like some Nu Skool and Progressive breaks this is a mix for you. Get ready to get your dance on.  Go ahead and start rocking out! Download it on Soundcloud


Cover art by: Damion Schweizer

Technology is a fast moving and growing industry and marketers are now starting to utilizes the potential of some of these mediums of technology to there advantage. One that I will be talking about is video's in print.

In a marketing stunt to promote its fall TV series, CBS Corp. has inserted thousands of tiny screens in copies of the Time Warner Inc. publication Entertainment Weekly for the month of September 2009.

The screens measure two and a quarter inches diagonally and play about 40 minutes of clips from new and old CBS shows.

The video begins with a cheeky intro to the "video-in-print" technology, starring characters from the show "The Big Bang Theory."

After that, the reader/viewer can push a spot on the cardboard insert that holds the screen and watch a clip of the sitcom "Two and a Half Men." Push another to see a preview of the new crime-investigation spinoff "NCIS: Los Angeles." Another delivers an ad for PepsiCo Inc., which is helping fund the promotion.

The player, developed and made by Americhip Inc. of Los Angeles, is much like the chips that play music in some greeting cards and magazine ads and is rechargeable.

The audio quality is good, but beware: There are no volume controls, and in a quiet environment, it’s prettyloud. This is surely a intentional design feature, aimed at getting the attention of people nearby.

Upon getting to the ad, there is a 5-second delay before anything happens — there is enough on the page to probably hold the unassuming reader’s attention for that long, if nothing else the eerie stare from Neil Patrick Harris — and then a 5-second still promo before the promo for the player’s developer, Americhip.

As impressive as this step is, the true marriage of print and digital multimedia still seems quite far off, and eons away from the streaming updates in the newspapers of Minority Report fame.


Side Note - My last name is used in this video.

Reference: Wall Street Journal, Wired

Sony's new "bendable" and transparent organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology is being shown in prototypes featuring an OLED a mere 0.2 mm thick. The prototype devices are a Vaio notebook, a flexible e-book, and a Walkman bracelet.
The OLED screen is transparent and flexible, and the viewing angle range is almost unlimited. OLED technology has a number of advantages over LEDs, including higher efficiency, faster response times, and no requirement for backlighting. The devices also have very low energy needs.

Sony demonstrated an OLED television in 2008 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, and a flexible 0.2 mm thick OLED audio player at this year's show. Several other companies, such as Samsung and LG, are also working on flexible OLED displays.

The devices on show at CEATEC JAPAN are all at the concept stage and there is no indication of when, or even if, they will ever be marketed.

The Sony Reader and Walkman redone with flexible OLED technology.
(Credit: Scott Ard/CNET )


Vaio with flexible OLED screen.
(Credit: Scott Ard/CNET)



Reference: CNet, Physorg.com

So I am sure that you have all noticed the bar code doodle logo that Google is using today. They are using it for the celebration of the 57th anniversary of the invention of the bar code.

On that note, have you ever even thought about how the bar code was invented? This intrigued mind did and this is what I found out about the creation of the bar code.

Their research began in 1948 after Mr Silver, a graduate student at the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, overheard a local food chain boss asking one of the institute's deans to design a system for reading product data automatically.

Mr Silver and Mr Woodland, a fellow graduate student and teacher at Drexel, first tried using patterns of ink that glowed under ultraviolet light, but it proved too expensive and unreliable.

Mr Woodland then came up with the linear bar code, and later replaced the lines with circles so that they could be scanned from any angle. The pair patented their “bull’s eye” design the next year.

The bar code was first trialled in 1966, and in 1970, the familiar Universal Product Code (UPC) design, still used around the world, was agreed on as an industry standard.

The first item to be scanned using UPC was a packet of Wrigley’s chewing gum at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, in June 1974.

Neither inventor made a fortune on the idea because they sold the patent in 1952 for a moderate sum before it was commercialized.

Mr Silver never even witnessed the bar code’s success, having died in a car crash in 1962.

Reference: Telegraph.co.uk

In today's world of computers there are hundreds of different tutorials out there on Photoshop manipulation. More than likely you have seen different styles in which have inspired you and your creativity. However today's post is going to be on some photos that look like they have been Photoshoped but are not. The photographers just took different approaches and angles to achieve their results.

Typography is the a form of science meeting art. Space, size, type treatment/effects, contrast, color selection – and much more – go into every piece of design that involves the use of type. The impressive works of art below are all focused on typography art that are guaranteed to inspire your next typography project.

Lyric portrait

Ash Dreams

Chinad0ll

Steven Paul Jobs

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke by Steve Yee