I have added a Powershell function that uses logparser to mux all the netmon capture files in a directory and list unique IPs and Por...
Senin, 28 Februari 2011
Sabtu, 26 Februari 2011
Portrait Photography in Linux - An Extensive Guide
Right now Windows and Mac dominate the professional photography world. That does not mean though that Linux does not have the tools available for professional photography.While most photography software is designed to run on Windows or Macs, there are a lot of great software that runs on Linux. The purpose of this guide is to show what tools are available to someone wanting to do photography using only Linux tools. Read article...
How to Add Watermarks in batch to Your Photos in Linux - DigiKam
If you are a photographer who uses watermarks on your photos, you know that adding a watermark by hand on every image is a laborious and time consuming process. Instead of doing it one by one, it obviously is much faster add all your watermarks at once using a batch process. DigiKam probably has the easiest way of doing this in Linux. Read article...
How to Create A Watermark for Your Photos Using Inkscape
If you want to be a photographer to make a living, or perhaps as just a side job, chances are you will want to start watermarking your images for more exposure. Fortunately, creating a watermark is really simple to do using Inkscape. Read article...
How to Edit RAW Photos in Linux Using RawTherapee
After having tried many different RAW editors in Linux, I came to the conclusion that RawTherapee is my favorite. RawTherapee has many great features. In effort to show some of what RawTherapee can do, I created this video tutorial:...
Best Software for Editing RAW photos in Linux
If you are a photographer who shoots in RAW, then chances are you have heard of and probably used Adobe Lightroom. If you use Linux however, Lightroom is not a viable option.Some of the more popular RAW editors in Linux include UFRaw, RawTherapee, Darkroom and Raw Studio. I will briefly discuss each below so you can decide which program is best for you. Each of these programs can easily be installed through apt-get using a package manager (such as Synaptic).!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-1243617165883857"; /* Software - Large Rectangle */ google_ad_slot...
Organizing your photos in Linux
If you do any sort of photography or photo editing, you will need a photo manager to handle all your photos.Linux offers quite a few different photo managers and editors. DigiKam, F-Spot and Shotwell are some of the more popular photo managers in Linux. Though these photo managers all have different positive features, the photo manager I prefer to use is a bit less traditional for Linux. It is Google's Picasa. This tutorial will discuss briefly how...
10 Tips for Portrait Photography
Portrait photography can be a lot of fun. There tends to be some higher expectations when you do portrait photography though. With landscape photography, you can take photos of mountains or trees, and they won't care if the pictures don't turn out, but with portrait photography, there are people who hope and expect the photos to be the best possible quality. Here are some tips on how you can acheive that. Read article...
Kamis, 24 Februari 2011
Tip of The Day - Backing up files using external media
I recently did a post on different options for backing up and storing files online. Even though online storage and backup is wonderful, there is a chance that we could experience an apocalypse. In that case, online storage would do us no good and we could possibly loose important files (ok... in the case of an apocalypse, files are the last thing to worry about, BUT there IS a chance our file storage company of choice might go under). To ensure that our important files are kept safe, it is wise to consider other methods for backup.Read article...
Senin, 21 Februari 2011
Tip of The Day - Use Your Email Client To Send and Receive Facebook Messages
Something happened this morning that made me super happy. I replied to a message from Facebook using Gmail and it worked! This must be a new feature because I have never noticed it before. Facebook just started posting message threads in emails so I decided to try to reply in Gmail to see if it would work. It did!The sad news is that I tried doing multiple threads but it only seemed to work for the initial message sent. As this seems to be a new feature, I will post any updates as I get more info.Also; if you are like me and you have Facebook notifications...
Tip of The Day - Your Best Options for File Sharing, Backup and Online Storage
Today I just signed up for another online file storage website. http://uploadingit.com. I tend to sign up for as many different file storage websites just in case they end up being good. Most are not that great, but some are. So far I think Uploadingit.com might be one of the good ones.Everyone has files that they consider to be important (in many cases, priceless), but most people don't do anything to ensure the safety and protection of these files. I am not going to discuss why you should do this (it should be obvious) but I will talk about some...
Jumat, 18 Februari 2011
Getting Familiar with Chrome OS - Google's CR-48
Chrome OS running on CR-48Here is an in depth review of Chrome OS on the Google CR-48 computer. The Chrome OS is a new concept for the computing world so rather than just giving it a grade comparing it to other existing computers, or operating systems, I am going to talk about the most common tasks done while on the computer and write about how well Chrome OS performs for these tasks.Read article...
Selasa, 15 Februari 2011
Parsing Windows 7 Firewall Logs
I've talked quite a bit about on this blog about parsing Microsoft's Windows Firewall: http://thinking-about-network-security.blogspot.com/2009/07/parsing-vista-firewall-logs-part-i.html http://thinking-about-network-security.blogspot.com/2009/07/parsing-vista-firewall-logs-part-ii.html http://thinking-about-network-security.blogspot.com/2009/07/parsing-vista-firewall-logs-part-iii.html http://thinking-about-network-security.blogspot.com/2009/08/parsing-vista-firewall-part-iv.html http://thinking-about-network-security.blogspot.com/2009/08/parsing-vista-firewalls-part-v.htmlThere...
Senin, 14 Februari 2011
Happy Valentines's Day!
OK. So Valentine's Day is usually not the funnest holiday. Spending many miserable valentine days getting hopes dashed I decided to do something about it. I can't determine how many Valentines I get, but I can determine how many I give out. Here are some I did this year:This one did not turn out as well as I would have liked, but I think the idea is pretty funny.I tried to think of a funny caption for this one, but figured a hard core cupid would...
Jumat, 11 Februari 2011
Ten Years After Leaving the Air Force
Ten years ago today was my last official day as an active duty officer in the United States Air Force. I left the Individual Ready Reserve in June 2002, but I don't count that extra time since I worked as a civilian full-time. I find it ironic that the "Officer In Charge" (OIC) of "Career Enhancements" signed my Honorable Discharge! Leaving the service can be quite a "career enhancement" when you want to continue defending Air Force data assets...
Kamis, 10 Februari 2011
Why I switched from Firefox to Google Chrome (And why I think you should give it a try)
VSAbout a month ago I made the switch official. I now use Google chrome as my default browser. I remember it as being a bitter sweet day for me. I should say that I love Firefox. I have used Firefox before most people had even heard of it. I was using it back in the day when it was still Firebird. Firefox has always been good to me. So why the switch then? Let me tell you why I switched, and why I think you should give it a try.Read article...
Rabu, 09 Februari 2011
Create a Celebrity Wallpaper using Inkscape - Jimmer Fredette
With all the hype BYU's Jimmer Fredette has been receiving, I decided to do a celebrity wallpaper tutorial featuring him using the Gimp. Like most things I do, I always wonder if I could do it in both Gimp and Inkscape. So I decided to try it. This tutorial will show how to remove backgrounds from raster images. I will talk briefly about bitmap traces, and I will also be using many texture filters and layers. Read article...
Create a Celebrity Wallpaper using the Gimp - Jimmer Fredette
Jimmer Fredette has been a Utah celebrity for a while now, but has slowly worked his way into the national spotlight. I thought it would be fun to show everyone how to use the Gimp to do a Jimmer wallpaper. These concepts can be used for any celebrity wallpaper you may want to do. Read article...
Jimmer Fredette/BYU Basketball Wallpapers - Free, High Quality
The Jimmer - You Got Jimmered! BYU Cougars - Jimmer Fredette #32 The JimmerBYU Basketball - You Got Jimmered. Done in InkscapeIf you like these wallpapers, press the links below and share them with your friends. If you want me to make a custom wallpaper (you choose the text) write a comment below and I will see what I can do.If you would like to try making your own wallpaper, I have tutorials for how to do it using the Gimp and in Inksca...
Selasa, 08 Februari 2011
Comparing Microsoft's Communication Methods
Today is Microsoft Patch Tuesday, which means if you so choose you can read posts by the Microsoft Security Response Center like February 2011 Security Bulletin Release. The advisory states "we have 12 bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and IIS (Internet Information Services). Three bulletins are rated Critical."Microsoft communicates information about these vulnerabilities using two graphics.The...
Senin, 07 Februari 2011
The Best Way to Download Free Textures for your Designs
Anyone getting into graphic design will eventually start using different textures. I want to feature a few of my favorite places to find some free textures. Textureking.comTexture King has a large database of textures. The website is easy to navigate and downloading is super simple.Imageabstraction.com Image Abstraction also has a great database of textures and is well organized. I found downloading to be a bit easier on Texture King, but it...
Bacon Candle; Fact of Fiction? How to Make a bacon candle.
Recently on Lifehacker.com I read this article on making an oil lamp using bacon grease. I did a bit more Googleing found a site where someone posted pictures of their bacon candle. I wondered how well this would work, so I set out to do it myself. Read article...
Jumat, 04 Februari 2011
Fake Depth of Field in Gimp - DOF Explained
Before Fake DOFAfter Fake DOFThis tutorial will be discussing depth of field and how to create this effect in the Gimp. Read article...
Rabu, 02 Februari 2011
Get-WinEvent, EventLogs, ETL, Providers on Win7 Part II
Working with Windows Tracing (ETL) logsThis is part of ongoing research project to understand how improved tracing providers in Windows 7 can help detect the presence of malware. Microsoft has been improving event tracing for a number of years. The latest versions allows netsh to invoke multiple providers. After you have chosen your providers, you start the trace either by referencing the provider name or GUID. 'Netsh trace start' allows for keyword or capture filters, which can be useful if you know what specific events for which you need...
How to make a DIY Phone Charger Stand using Tennis Balls
This is a pretty simple project for making a phone charger stand out of tennis balls. It can be used for just about any type of phone with any type of charger. Read article...
Geeky News - Bing copies Google. Just one more reason why I use Google
If you want to do a search for something online, you google it. You don't bing it. That just sounds bad (and perhaps inappropriate). Google has been the search engine giant for over the past decade. Other search engines have been trying to play catch up, and some have done relatively well. Microsoft announced bing.com not too long ago, and it has been doing quite well. Not well enough though for bing to succeed without piggybacking...
Make your Designs Better by having better fonts
One of the simplest ways to improve any design is by having a well designed font. Fontsquirrel.com is perhaps the best place I have seen to get fonts that are free for commercial use. This is definitely a site you will want to bookmark.The site is clean and well design and makes it easy to browse for whatever font you need. Before you tackle your next design, hop on over to Font Squirrel to see if there is a font that will work for your desi...
Langganan:
Postingan (Atom)
