Check this out. I bought this bracelett and the matching ring for my wife. The price is absolutely justified and the shipping costs are included. If I should need anything else as a present, this will be the my first address to look. As a bonus, you get a very friendly person to answer you mails and conversations. Give it a try. You will not be disappointed . To water your mouth, here is the link to his blog.

Playing around with the GIMP

This is just a test to make some appealing counters. In the process I used multiple layers and filters. I would say, that after getting used to the slighty different way to handle things, the GIMP is a really powerful alternative to other, way more expensive graphic-programms on the market.

The support community is just fantastic. There are thousands of tutorials in all kinds of languages. Millions of brushes round it up.

From the link above you get a really good start with links, documentation and tutorials.

Cheers,


Chris

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I wish you beautifull people a happy new year and prosperous 2009. Stay healthy and be the best that you can be.

Chris

A change of direction

Boy what a month. The amount of work was almost to much to bear, so it´s no wonder I didn´t have the nerve to waste my precious free time on doing something equally stressing.
For quite some time I thought about quitting blogging, but instead of leaving the community I decided to take a new approach. I´m leaving the stressy part to others. Go ruin your health while hunting for the riches most of us will never acquire. After reading a nice article about the ancient school of stoics I decides to want what I have, and not what I don´t have. And all of a sudden life seems brighter. I still appreciate if some green comes rolling in, but it will not be the main reason why I´m doing all this. In the future you will see all kinds of topic, ranging from arts, food, technology, movies....ah whatever I find interesting. Maybe I´ll even show you some of my own arts.

Ahhh, free at last.


Cheers,

Chris

And the new president is....

OBAMA!

Congratulations to the first black president in the history of the United States of America.
May he bring peace and change to this great country.

Amen.

Ebay bans ivory sales

It´s about time. Finally Ebay banned the sale of ivory. A hurray for the endangered species of the world. Okay, alot of people sell items made of ivory inherited elsewhere, but there is always the danger of illegal goods beeing sold. If you want to sell you old family jewelery, there are always other ways to do that. In my opinion Ebay has taken a step in the right direktion.
I am pro selling stuff over the internet, but when this could lead to the extinction of an endangered species, the fun really stops. Wanna read more about it? Look here.