Thursday, June 01, 2006

So, now I learn that there's a Photoshop Hall of Fame. 12:03:30 PM    comment []

What You Can Accomplish In 2000 Hours With Photoshop Bert Monroy's digital painting of a Chicago cityscape took 2000 hours to complete. Spread over 11 months of work. The overall image contains over 15,000 Photoshop layers and over 250,000 vector paths throughout the scene. The image and details can be explored here. [ ratchetup] 10:03:16 AM    comment []

From Michael Geist, this news: EJECTED GAME PLAYER SUES OVER CONFISCATED VIRTUAL PROPERTY BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report reports that a man who lost his virtual "real estate" in the online community Second Life has alleged that the game publisher has violated his property rights by suspending him from the community without reimbursing him for the real-world value of his holdings, according to a complaint filed May 2 in a county court in Pennsylvania. Article at http://pubs.bna.com/ip/bna/eip.nsf/eh/a0b2v5k9d9 For a free trial to the source of this story, visit http://www.bna.com/prodcuts/ip/eplr.htm 10:03:12 AM    comment []

As pointed out in the comments, Lullaby Pit has info on a Unity08 conference call, dealing with third-party-challenge issues and influencing the major parties, as well as the role of technology. Quotable: “We’re going to hold an online convention where those in middle, not just voters in New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, will be able to decided who the candidates will be.” 12:40:06 AM    comment []