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How-to: Modify and Install ATI Drivers on your Windows XP Laptop

Eric/Steel Frog — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:27:22 +0000

Unless you’ve never bothered to try and install video card drivers on your laptop, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that you simply cannot download and install drivers from the ATI (AMD) website and install them. Here is how you modify the driver’s setup information file to allow installation on a mobile platform requiring little more than peeking [...]

Brushes: Core (14 brushes)

Eric/Steel Frog — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:46:10 +0000

The Core brush pack contains 14 Photoshop brushes of circular, abstract designs. Useful to add random textures and effects to backgrounds. Most brushes are around 600 to 700px in size. You are free to use these brushes as you see fit as long as you don’t redistribute them without my consent. Approx. 556kb

How-to: Stream World of Warcraft to Justin.tv

Eric/Steel Frog — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:55:15 +0000

Many of you have been dropping in my channel and asking how I go about streaming my World of Warcraft gameplay to the site. While the process may seem a bit daunting at first but in reality, it is quite a simple and straightforward process once you are properly equipped with the necessary tools. We’ll familiarize [...]

How-to: Stream XBOX360/PS3 Footage to Justin.tv while playing in HD

Eric/Steel Frog — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:59:39 +0000

If you’ve been following my blog and Twitter updates, you’ll undoubtedly notice that I’ve been busy trying to find a way to stream to Justin.tv while still being able to play in HD on my TV. Ultimately, the goal has always been to make the whole thing as seamless as possible for the player. Keep in [...]

How-to: Run Windows Vista’s Media Center on a MIMO Monitor

Eric/Steel Frog — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:33:40 +0000

My latest chore: run Windows Media Center on the previously-mentioned MIMO Monitor in order to watch TV while I work. As simple as that sounds, Windows Media Center has a few pitfalls of its own. I was unable to get any kind of image show up when I dragged the window on to the monitor except [...]

Sneak Peak: “I Dream in Kiwi” and “Infinitree” Free Wordpress Themes

Eric/Steel Frog — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:04:45 +0000

I’ve been talking about Wordpress themes on my Twitter feed for the last few days and figured it would be fun to post a sneak peak of what I’ve been working on. Here are low-resolution teasers of the “I Dream in Kiwi” and “Infinitree” Wordpress themes, to be released when they’re done. For the curious, grab [...]

Brushes: Inksplosion (21 brushes)

Eric/Steel Frog — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:46:05 +0000

Included in this pack are about 20 ink explosions/spills. Also included is the ‘instant ink spot’ brush that will allow you to make your own in seconds. Feel free to use the brushes in any scenario, but please don’t redistribute them. Have fun! April 4th, 2009: Updated with a quick fix to the “Instant Ink Spot” [...]

Brushes: AdSense (34 brushes)

Eric/Steel Frog — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:43:48 +0000

Tired of having to open your AdSense account every time you need to see if your banner ads will fit in your latest design? Me too. Here’s a quick and dirty brush that should help you out. Included in the package are all the text, image and link ads currently available. Use them as you [...]

Brushes: Cityscape (26 brushes)

Eric/Steel Frog — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:17:51 +0000

After having to re-do basic cityscapes and outlines for various projects, I figured it would save me time and money to simply create a brush composed of a few dozen buildings and re-use those as time goes by. Included in the package are 26 building outline brushes for your various projects. They are fairly small [...]

Review: MIMO 710 USB Monitor

Eric/Steel Frog — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:03:38 +0000

I wrote an entry about the newly-available (in Canada and the US at least) Mimo monitors a while ago, which I thought would make a nice accessory for laptop users. I’ve decided to bite the bullet and order the Mimo 710, which promptly arrived at my doorstep a few short days later. The total cost with [...]