Geeks Trying To Be Funny » TV http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks ...because computer engineers are people too. Wed, 23 May 2012 00:50:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 TV time http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks/archives/2145 http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks/archives/2145#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:46 +0000 christian http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks/?p=2145

PRODUCTION NOTES: Ok, this strip is the first done entirely in a Linux ecosystem. The preliminary drawing and shading were done in Sketchbook Pro for Android (Honeycomb). The layout and dialogue were then in Ubuntu 12.4 (Precise Pangolin) using Inkscape. The final image you see here (and other adjustments) were done using GIMP 2.8 which [...]]]>

PRODUCTION NOTES: Ok, this strip is the first done entirely in a Linux ecosystem. The preliminary drawing and shading were done in Sketchbook Pro for Android (Honeycomb). The layout and dialogue were then in Ubuntu 12.4 (Precise Pangolin) using Inkscape. The final image you see here (and other adjustments) were done using GIMP 2.8 which was just recently released.

Looks like I can let Illustrator and Photoshop go now.

]]> http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks/archives/2145/feed 0 Everybody reads the same newspaper in TV and the Movies. http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks/archives/1128 http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks/archives/1128#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:50:09 +0000 christian http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks/?p=1128 Found this via Boingboing.

And then look at this gallery. The first thing that stands out is that article with the woman. If you look hard enough, it’s the same paper in every screen capture in the gallery. It’s like that lorem ipsum thingee that keeps appearing everywhere!

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As an engineer trained as a scientist, I have something kinda personal feelings about this…]]>

As an engineer trained as a scientist, I have something kinda personal feelings about this…

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