Thursday, August 21, 2008

HHH: Herman Hesse on Hatred

Herman Hesse was a German writer and painter during the rise of Nazi Germany. From the end of the 1930s, German journals stopped publishing Hesse's work, and his work was eventually banned by the Nazis. He lived in one of the most hateful political environments of the 20th Century and here's what he had to say about hate:

"If you hate a person you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What is not part of ourselves does not bother us."

Interested in more from Herman Hesse? Check out Siddharthta (1922), Steppenwolf (1927), or The Glass Bead Game (1943). The last of these one the Nobel Prize.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Springfield Little Theatre - 2007-2008 Season

Springfield Little Theatre - 2007-2008 Season
Gypsy
The Just So Stories
A Tuna Christmas
Disney's Aladdin Jr.
Grease
The Miracle Worker
Tom Sawyer
Tick, Tick...Boom!
Seussical The Musical

Click here for more info and dates. Bonus assignments will probably be available for several of these performances later in the year.

Photojojo � 11 Super Awesome Photoshop Movie Effects

Photojojo � 11 Super Awesome Photoshop Movie Effects
Make your yearbook page or just a photo from your collection into a movie poster with these tutorials for Photoshop.

Jerry Seinfeld's Motivational Stratetgy

Read all about Jerry Seinfeld's productivity secret.
Very easy to use and probably most effective for people who are either a little obsessive or highly competitive (even with one's self).

Monday, July 23, 2007

The Best 80 Photoshop Text Effects on the Web

The Best 80 Photoshop Text Effects on the Web

For those of you in Mass Media or playing around on your own, this provides tutorials for text effects in Adobe Photoshop, but I think many of them will work in Photoshop Elements as well.

Science of Baseball: Fastball Reaction Time

Science of Baseball: Fastball Reaction Time

I thought some of the baseball players might find this interesting:

Fastball Reaction Time imitates a 90-mph fastball thrown by a major league pitcher. While this exhibit doesn't test if you could actually hit a fastball, it does test whether you could react in time to hit one. When you see the "swing batter" screen, a signal in your eye sends a message to a part of your brain that controls your muscles. Your brain must then send a signal to your muscles, telling them to click. Although it takes some time for the signal to travel along each nerve, the major delay in your reaction time occurs at the junction points in between the different nerves involved, and between the nerves and the muscles in your fingers.

The Beauty of Photoshop - Faith Hill

The Beauty of Photoshop - Faith Hill

Just an example of what photoshopping a picture can do. I've seen even better examples, but this one is pretty good. And, no, the yearbook staff won't edit all your photos to slim you down or fatten you up in the right places!